Music video crews set to unionize in Hollywood
IATSE nears a contract with the Music Video Production Association to represent music video crews for wages and benefits for the first time since MTV era. Talks could wrap this week as video production faces lower album sales and cost pressures while unions expand across media sectors.
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L.A
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DNA Inc
Hungry Vulture award tainted Unum Provident tale
Provident created a Hungry Vulture honor in 1994 to mock long term claims. Hundreds of policyholders accuse Unum Provident of prioritizing profits over seriously ill clients, including Loretta Hale who fights for decades for disability benefits while battling cancer. A 2000 fraud verdict and ongoing appeals frame the dispute with doctors lawyers and affluent policyholders.
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Tenn
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GM eyes Savings from reprogrammable welding tech
General Motors may save millions by using C-Flex, a reprogrammable welding system that allows factory panels to be joined by software changes rather than new tooling. Already in Moraine Ohio and Oklahoma City, it could cut body shop costs from about 150 million dollars to 40 million per product, GM says.
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General Motors Corp
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Gary Cowger
GM North America
Detroit News
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Feds push Internet traffic server move amid security concerns
The Bush administration quickly approved Verisign request to move one of the Internet's 13 root servers after lobbying that national security urgency demanded bypassing normal review. Officials say no true threat existed. critics warn such claims blur lines between security and expediency.
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Clyde Ensslin
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Tom Galvin
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