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IBM Sued for Not Paying Overtime

SAN FRANCISCO – A group of workers is suing International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) in federal court for allegedly not paying overtime to tens of thousands of rank-and-file employees. The suit was filed in U.S. District Court Tuesday on behalf of three current and former workers, and seeks class-action status …

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McDonald's Opening Drive-Thru Windows in China

SHANGHAI – McDonald’s Corp., (MCD) the world’s largest fast food chain, is rolling out its drive-through windows in China, reaching out to a generation of newly mobile Chinese in a bid to move sales back into the fast lane. Relying on the windows and other expansion and marketing plans, the …

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Tragic Miscommunication

I’m receiving tons of e-mail dumping on the mainstream media for getting the miners story wrong — some of those e-mails are coming up in Your Word. I spent 20 years on the street as a reporter and spent God only knows how much of my life in these instant …

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