Wall Street holds steady amid Asia troubles and HP dip
Wall Street maintained an inflation vigil as global turmoil touched Indonesia and India while Hewlett-Packard warned of Asia-linked weakness. The Dow rose to a record 9211.84 as U.S. bonds and big firms attracted buyers despite Asian unrest and IMF austerity.
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Indonesia
India
China
Hewlett-Packard
Federal Reserve
Wall Street
U.S. Treasury
U.S
Asia
Robert Streed
Northern Trust
Chicago
Streed
Human capital drives continued expansion in the economy
The piece argues that human capital has grown alongside technology and capital, with 3.2 million new jobs in 1997 and a record 64.1 percent of adults at work. College grads fueled much of the labor force rise, unemployment for grads at 1.7 percent, and older workers increasingly employed, indicating rising quantity and quality of workers contributing to expansion.
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New York
Standard & Poor
David Wyss
Wyss
Where there's a will: a Dawson workers cooperative tale
In Dawson Georgia a worker owned textile plant thrives on shared sacrifice and self management. Employees supply their own cleaning supplies and tools, handle maintenance after hours, and endure heat without air conditioning. Patricia Jackson praises the cooperative venture amid plant closures nearby.
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Dawson
Patricia Jackson
Ruby Mitchell
Dawson Workers Owned Co-Op
Dawson, Ga
Almark Mills
Marc Lemacks
Youth leagues tap corporate sponsors for funds and reach
Youth leagues expand sponsorship rosters to include credit card firms airlines and health plans aiming to cover costs and access millions of family names and addresses. National sponsors pitch directly to 3 million players and 1 million adult volunteers via proprietary mailing lists while critics warn commercialization erodes pure sport values.
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Little League Baseball
Lionel Trains
Rawlings Sporting Goods
American Youth Soccer Organization
Lever Bros
Sunkist
Quaker Oats
Hawthorne
Calif
Cathy Ferguson
Pepsi-Cola
Coca-Cola
Pepsi
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