Japanese leader raps U S work ethic in US critique
Prime Minister Kuchi Miyazawa told a parliamentary budget committee that America is losing its work ethic as US engineers decline and Wall Street dominates jobs. Fellow lawmaker Kabun Muto linked woes to weak Monday Friday effort. Miyazawa warned of a loosened value creation culture.
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Kuchi Miyazawa
America
Miyazawa
Kabun Muto
U.S
United States
Wall Street
Yoshio Sakurauchi
Weather Near Cloudy Farr Heads Into Snowy Tuesday
Forecast shows cloudy conditions with a low near 20 tonight. Tuesday brings 80 percent chance of snow with a high around 32. Details remain unclear in the fragment.
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Farr
Pension Agency Says It Has No Legal Obligation to Help
A U S government agency overseeing two trillion dollars in private pension assets says it has no legal duty to aid individuals with pension problems. Alan D. Lebowitz, the top official at the Labor Department’s Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration, explained the agency’s stance while noting its 1984 creation to oversee prudent plan management and disclose pension facts.
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Washington
Alan D. Lebowitz
Labor Department
Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration
Bush health plan targets Medicare and Medicaid costs
President Bush proposes tax credits and deductions to expand insurance to about 90 million Americans while slowing the growth of Medicare and Medicaid. Officials say the plan would cut payments to hospitals and doctors, including teaching hospitals, and reduce excessive reimbursements to providers. Democratic leaders counter with alternative reform proposals amid a partisan health care debate.
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Millions in tax dollars aiding big business exports abroad
The USDA Market Promotion Program gave hundreds of thousands to McDonald’s Campbell Soup Joseph E Seagram and Sons and other major firms to promote U S products overseas. AP review shows grants range from small amounts to tens of millions, with critics accusing aid for industries likely to promote themselves anyway.
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Campbell Soup Co
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Korea
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Taiwan
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Dole
Dole Fresh Fruit
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Dole Citrus
Dick Armey
R-Texas
Daughter of talk show host found dead in Pennsylvania
Allison Vladimir, 33, daughter of Sally Jessy Raphael, was found dead at the Isaac Stover House bed and breakfast in Erwinna Bucks County. An autopsy was inconclusive but officials cited natural causes and found no signs of self harm or foul play.
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Sally Jessy Raphael
Allison Vladimir
Bucks County
Vladimir
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