WorldCom workers seek severance in bankruptcy case
More than 40 former WorldCom employees, aided by AFL-CIO lawyers, urged U S Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan to award severance and health benefits promised but unpaid. The group asked that payments extend to at least 4,000 workers, with potential expansion. John Sweeney pressed AOL Time Warner and MetLife to back the claim. Kate Lee among those who filed.
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AFLCC
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Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
Kate Lee
New York
Corn condition still poor in Kansas crops report
Kansas farmers have begun harvesting summer crops and seeding winter wheat as the Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service releases a weekly update. Fall wheat seeding is 4 percent complete, corn remains in poor to very poor condition at 26 percent very poor and 29 percent poor, with soybeans showing 14 percent very poor and 29 percent poor.
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Qwest Chief Dismisses Bankruptcy Outlook Amid Cost Cuts
Richard Notebaert, Qwest chief, affirming no bankruptcy discussions in his 90 days, cites steps toward recovery. The company sold its yellow pages unit for 74 billion dollars, renegotiated 3.4 billion in loans, and secured 750 million in cash while debt remains at 26 billion. Investors boosted stocks as markets rose on the eve of the anniversary of terror attacks. Dow up 92.18 to 8519.38. Nasdaq 1,304.60. S&P 500 902.96.
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Quest
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Standard & Poor
Boeing union to vote again on contract in Wichita
Leaders of Boeing's largest union urge members to reject a substandard contract as they prepare for a second vote at Century I in Wichita from 8 am to 6 pm. The union cites no job security and ongoing industry instability, while Boeing officials call the deal fair and note a potential production-line shutdown if a strike occurs. Boeing Wichita employs about 12,680 workers with 5,900 in the Machinists union.
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Boeing-Wichita
Dick Ziegler
Ziegler
Century I
Steve Rooney
Union
District Lodge 70
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Washington D.C
Wood
Machinists
Machinists Union
High tech group backs SLT completion in Lawrence
Lawrence businessmen form a pro road group to urge federal and state officials to finalize the South Lawrence Trafficway along a Baker Wetlands route. With about 30 members, the group aims to mobilize support ahead of a U S Army Corps hearing at 6 30 p m at Douglas County 4 H Fairgrounds Building 21.
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Baker Wetlands
Bennett Griffin
Griffin Technologies
Sam Campbell
Campbell-Becker Inc
Kansas City
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Lawrence Technology Assn
Campbell
32Nd Street
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Douglas County
Harper St
Stowers Institute
Growth plans frame Lawrence life sciences park as critics seek funding
Sam Campbell and Bennett Griffin promote a 17 acre life sciences research park around the former Oread Inc. campus as Lawrence aims to attract firms with a $2 billion endowment in Kansas City. The project hinges on improving east west connectivity while opponents question the 32nd Street trafficway through Baker Wetlands and its impact on local growth and wetlands mitigation.
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Oread Inc
15Th Street
Wakarusa
Lawrence
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East Lawrence
Johnson County
Bob Eye
Wetland Preservation Organization
32Nd Street
Eve
31St Street
Baker Wetlands
Haskell
Indian Nations University
Iowa Street
Administration seeks global end to steel subsidies plan
The Bush administration urged the world to eliminate most government subsidies to steel makers to curb decades of global overcapacity. The plan, to be unveiled at a Paris meeting of 39 steel producing nations, would allow subsidies only to close obsolete plants and retrain workers while pressing removal of trade barriers and non WTO practices.
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Paris
Organization For Economic Cooperation and Development
U.S
World Trade Organization
Consumer credit hits eight month high in July
The Federal Reserve reports July consumer credit rose $10.8 billion from June, a 7.6 percent annual rate, lifting total to $1.72 trillion. Revolving credit led with a $6.5 billion gain, boosted by free financing offers as consumers benefited from refinancing and higher home values despite stock market volatility and weak job growth.
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