US Air Moves to Resolve Dispute With Flight Attendants
US Airways hinted at new settlement options for its 46 000 employees amid a standoff with the Association of Flight Attendants over pay and parity plus 1 percent. The airline warned tickets would be honored on other carriers or refunded if flights are suspended, potentially halting service at 12 01 a.m. Saturday.
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Trucker and Twinkie Strike Ends in Biddeford Maine
An eight day strike by Interstate Bakeries drivers against Interstate Bakeries Corp ended after talks on arbitration. About 1,400 Teamsters left jobs March 15 and drivers at the Biddeford plant paused pickets, with 400 bakers reportedly returning to work as a goodwill gesture.
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Maine
Interstate Bakeries Corp
Teamsters Union
Teamsters
Dennis Raymond
Teamsters’ New England Bakery Drivers Council
Robert Piccone
Teamsters Local
Kansas City
Interstate
J.J. Nissen
Wonder Bread
Hostess
Drake
New York
City
Philadelphia
Wayne
Nat
Buffalo
N.Y
Raymond
Fort Twinkie
High tech lifts Dow over 11,000 landmark gain
New York AP reports stocks rose broadly pushing the Dow Jones above 11,000 for the first time in seven weeks as high tech shares led gains. Microsoft jumped on antitrust progress while Cisco, Oracle and Intel posted solid moves in a tech rally. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq also hit records as fund managers chase quarter-end cash deployment.
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Microsoft
Wall Street Journal
Standard & Poor
Dow
Alcoa
International Paper
Ricky Harrington
Wachovia Securities
Charlotte
Cisco Systems
Oracle
Intel
William Meehan
Cantor Fitzgerald
Bausch & Lomb makes $600 million bid for Wesley Jessen
Bausch & Lomb Inc. offers $600 million in cash to acquire Wesley Jessen VisionCare Inc. at $34 a share, a 37 percent premium over its prior close. Ocular Sciences stock declines as Wesley/Jessen surge on the unsolicited proposal from the Rochester-based lens maker.
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N.Y
Bausch & Lomb Inc
Wesley Jessen VisionCare Inc
Wesley
Ocular Sciences Inc
Bausch
Wesley Jessen
Deducting long term care premiums watch limits
Long term care contract premium deductions on Schedule A depend on the recipient's age at end of 1999. Limits range from $210 for age 40 and under to $2,600 for age 71 and older. AARP Tax-Aide offers free tax help. call 1-888-AARPNOW or visit the AARP site for locations.
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AARP
America
The
Aarp Foundation
IAS
Aarp Oro
Oil prices rise but not like 1970s crisis
Washington reports show oil prices climbing with OPEC blamed, yet experts say today’s market is a business of buying and selling for profit, not geopolitical clash. Comparisons to the 1970s shortages and Carter era price controls are warned as outdated, amid a broader economy in growth.
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Bill Richardson
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Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
America
Daniel Yersin
Cambridge Energy Research Associates
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Robert Ebel
Center For Strategic and International Studies
Ebel
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OPRC
Mexico
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U.S
Israel
Iran
Erro
Paul Portnoy
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