US Airlines Escalate Attacks On Workers AS Losses Moutn

July 21, 2008 The US airline industry, which recorded huge losses in the second quarter of 2008 due to soaring fuel prices, is stepping up its job-cutting and cost-cutting in an effort to resolve its crisis at the expense of workers. Both AMR, the parent of American Airlines, and Delta Airlines reported second-quarter losses in excess of $1 billion. American, the largest US air carrier, posted a loss of $1.45 billion and Delta recorded a $1.04 billion deficit.. » read more

Cheating At Gas Pumps

July 17, 2008   This is a true story, so read it carefully. On April 24, 2008, I stopped at a Kangaroo BP gas station, located at 1325 Main Street, Cartersville, GA. My truck's gas gage was on 1/4 of a tank. I use the mid-grade, which was priced at $3.71 per gallon.. » read more

GM's Pain Hits Retirees

July 16, 2008 When Charles Miller went to work at General Motors' Broening Highway plant in 1954, he was attracted to the company by its reputation for good salaries and stellar benefits. He stayed for 31 years. Since he retired from his job as a data processor in 1985, he has gotten health coverage from the automaker, which helped pay for his heart surgery last year. Charles Miller, 77, and his wife, Dottie, of Perry Hall are losing health coverage that he had gained from his 31 years at General Motors' Broening Highway plant. (Sun photo by Jed Kirschbaum / July 15, 2008) But now the 77-year-old Perry Hall resident and thousands of other white-collar GM retirees and their spouses or survivors, including hundreds in the Baltimore area, are losing that.. » read more

AT&T whistleblower Mark Klein to Senate: "they’re doing a huge, massive domestic dragnet on everybody in the United States" (with video)

Nov. 11, 2007 [Welcome, InfoWorld readers. Note to Bob®: I am absolutely Pammy’s biggest fan!] [UPDATE: Comedy gold! Pravda on the Potomac’s weak-chinned Fred Hiatt buries the story on D01.] [UPDATE: SJC puts off granting the telcos immunity, because the Republicans demanded more time to consider the 26 amendments. At least they didn’t go with Spector’s bogus Compromise, where the Federal government—that is, you and me as taxpayers—would have assumed the liability the telcos are on the hook for.. » read more

Nightmare in Indonesia: The Roots of the Bush-Cheney's Oil Government

July 9, 2008 WAR OVER OIL: EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH KARL W.B. SCHWARZ At Disney World's Epcot Center in sunny Orlando, Florida, crowds of well-fed, smiling children and their parents dressed in bright summer cottons, crowd into the Universe of Energy attraction. There, surrounded by a dizzying array of special effects, they are treated to "Ellen's Energy Adventure," featuring a very young Ellen Degeneres and Bill Nye the Science Guy, who take them on a tour of the wonder world of energy - a crowd-pleasing experience complete with life-like dinosaurs.(1)      A world away in the jungles of Sumatra in Indonesia, a bone-thin family of Aceh natives squat inside their tiny hut clad in worn rags, waiting to eat their meager midday meal.. » read more

Free Trade, Why "Free" Matters

Monday 07 July 2008  Senator McCain was in Colombia last week touting his support for the trade agreement that the Bush administration had negotiated with the country. He also touted his support for NAFTA, contrasting both positions with Senator Obama's opposition to the two pacts. (Artwork: Ben Shahn)     McCain had an important ally in his campaign. The media decided to embellish McCain's case by touting his support for "free trade," as opposed to the specific deals in question. This is a very important difference and it reflects deeply held biases in the media.. » read more

Bill Gates Steps Down, as Tech Users Reflect

Thursday 03 July 2008 As one of the most influential techno-moguls of modern computing looks toward the next chapter of his life, many computer users begin to seek a new technological paradigm.     On Friday, June 27, Microsoft co-founder and world's first "centibillionaire" Bill Gates stepped down from his daily involvement with the competition-shattering company that he established more than 30 years ago. While he maintains his position as chairman, Gates has decided to devote his time to philanthropy through The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. (Illustration by Dan Smith)     The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is one of the largest charities in the world and is dedicated to issues of global health and poverty. It manages an endowment of almost 40 billion dollars.. » read more

Big Job Cuts Announced at American

July 3, 2008 American Airlines expects to cut nearly 7,000 employees by the end of the year, or about 8 percent of its worldwide work force, as it reduces flights and grounds aircraft because of high fuel costs, the airline told employees Wednesday. American said in a regulatory filing that it expected to record a second-quarter charge of as much as $1.3 billion to account for the job reductions and to write down the value of the MD-80 and Embraer 135 regional jets that it is retiring as it eliminates flights. The job cuts, which appear to be twice as big as those announced so far by any other carrier, could affect as many as 900 flight attendants. In a message posted on its Web site, the Association of Professional Flight Attendants said Wednesday that it had received notice from American of its intent to lay off union members with the least seniority.. » read more

Fund Manager Who Faked His Suicide Surrenders

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Bush Officials Condoned Regional Iraqi Oil Deal

Contract Contradicted State Dept.'s Public Stance Thursday, July 3, 2008; D01 Bush administration officials told Hunt Oil last summer that they did not object to its efforts to reach an oil deal with the Kurdish regional government in northern Iraq, even while the State Department was publicly expressing concern that such contracts could undermine a national Iraqi petroleum law, according to documents obtained by a House committee. Last fall, after the deal was announced, the State Department said that it had tried to dissuade Hunt Oil from signing the contract with Kurdish regional authorities but that the company had proceeded "regardless of our advice." Although Hunt Oil's chief executive has been a major fundraiser for President Bush, the president said he knew nothing about the deal. Yesterday, however, Henry A.. » read more

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