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16951 [lbo-talk] Germany -- rank: 1000
[someone sent a link to this article that addresses the issue of how German auto companies can do it] <http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/sinn6/English> Germany's Pathological Export Boom Hans-Werner Sinn Germany is the world's industrial bazaar. No other country can offer its international clients such a broad variety of industrial products. Germany has 450 hidden world champions for niche products, and is home to 15 of the 20 biggest trade fairs in the world. It is also the worl ...
Document Size: 9801
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Sat Oct 29 07:48:19 PDT 2005
16952 [lbo-talk] Bankruptcy attack? -- rank: 1000
Steven L. Robinson wrote: >Point well made. Even in the once 'depression proof' industry of >baking, U.S. companies are failing. The country's largest baker >(Interstate Bakeries, the baker of Wonderbread, Hostess, and other >labels) is in bankruptcy. It's main rival, Sara Lee, has >been rumored to be on the brink of bankruptcy and is undergoing >'restructuring.. Both have lost market share, at least here in >California, to a Mexican company, 'Bimbo.' It seems American Capi ...
Document Size: 5101
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Fri Oct 28 16:53:03 PDT 2005
16953 [lbo-talk] horse's mouth -- rank: 1000
Carrol Cox wrote: >I'd never thought of it >before, but I've never seen a single press conference in my life! And I >can't think of a single thing I've missed through that lack. How do you know? Doug
Document Size: 4627
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Fri Oct 28 16:14:49 PDT 2005
16954 [lbo-talk] Bankruptcy attack? -- rank: 1000
John Lacny wrote: >The rest of you can talk about how I should be fighting backward >protectionism and maybe even driving a union-made Toyota (apparently >there is one, I just forget which model), but contrary to what some >on this list seem to think, there is such a thing as picking your >battles, and this is not one I'm going to fight. I can understand not wanting to have that fight, but: 1) what do you suppose the position of these anti-Honda workers was on the invasion of Iraq ...
Document Size: 5130
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Fri Oct 28 15:39:51 PDT 2005
16955 [lbo-talk] AFA loon update -- rank: 1000
From: "American Family Association" <afapetition at afa.net> Subject: Update on Walgreens, American Girl, and Other Projects Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 16:49:03 -0500 Update on Walgreens, American Girl, and Other Projects NOTE: Some of these issues were sent via the AFA Action Alert I wanted to give you an update on several issues we've addressed over the past few weeks. Please continue to stand with us in the culture battle for our families, especially our children. Let me encourage ...
Document Size: 12310
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Fri Oct 28 15:22:54 PDT 2005
16956 [lbo-talk] Bankruptcy attack? -- rank: 1000
Mark Bennett wrote: >Well, this might be the simplistic view, but GM's and Ford's products >suck. No it's not simplistic. The domestics keep losing market share (after regaining some of it in the 1990s). SUVs saved their asses for a while, but with that market slipping, their asses are once again unsaved. Doug
Document Size: 4773
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Fri Oct 28 14:58:03 PDT 2005
16957 [lbo-talk] Bankruptcy attack? -- rank: 1000
Steven L. Robinson wrote: >But don't the competitors in Germany and Japan have high labor costs >as well? Isn't Mercedes owned Chrysler doing better than the big >two? More the other way around - Chrysler is dominated by Mercedes - and yes they're doing better than the other two. And the European and Japanese companies are doing better than Ford and GM. I don't know enough about the auto industry to explain why, but it sure looks like Ford & esp GM are fucked.
Document Size: 4944
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Fri Oct 28 14:02:30 PDT 2005
16958 [lbo-talk] Bankruptcy attack? -- rank: 1000
john taylor wrote: >Hello, >I'm a retired autoworker, new to this list. Hello, welcome. >I'm >wondering what folks like you make of all the recent >Chapter 11 filings and the attack on Labor? > >I read that good article by Chris Kutalik from Labor >Notes and another by Jane Slaughter on the Monthly >Review and Labor Notes websites (I think the address >is something like www.labornotes.org). They seem like >a good >start, but I just don't know how we can best g ...
Document Size: 6790
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Fri Oct 28 13:05:33 PDT 2005
16959 [lbo-talk] horse's mouth -- rank: 1000
Fitzgerald's statement: <http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/iln/osc/documents/libby_pr_28102005.pdf>. Indictment: <http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/iln/osc/documents/libby_indictment_28102005.pdf>.
Document Size: 4865
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Fri Oct 28 10:18:03 PDT 2005
16960 [lbo-talk] Fwd: NEWS: Aziz Galloway Testimony Falsified in Coleman/ Volcker Reports -- rank: 1000
[another release from The New Press] October 28, 2005 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AZIZ TESTIMONY, FOUNDATION OF VOLCKER AND COLEMAN REPORTS WAS FALSIFIED ACCORDING TO AZIZ AND HIS ATTORNEYS "J'Accuse Coleman and Volcker," says British MP George Galloway Alleged testimony from former Iraqi leader Tariq Aziz, which formed the bedrock for the recent attacks on Bethnal Green and Bow MP George Galloway, is completely false, the Respect MP said in Paris today. "J'accuse," said Galloway. ...
Document Size: 6502
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Fri Oct 28 10:15:13 PDT 2005
16961 [lbo-talk] Re: news -- rank: 1000
Zachary Levenson wrote: >>Via The Note: Scooter will be indicted. "Information release" at >>noon; Fitzgerald press conference at 2. > >Do you know if it will be broadcast live on C-Span? And do you mean >noon Friday EST? (Sorry, but it gets confusing for those of us who >live elsewhere...) Sorry to be provincial, but I meant Washington time. I'm sure it'll be broadcast on all the news channels. Doug
Document Size: 4949
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Fri Oct 28 08:20:35 PDT 2005
16962 [lbo-talk] another pimp & ho party -- rank: 1000
[evidently it's not just college kids - from today's Page Six] Scary-looking ex-NBA star Dennis Rodman hosts a holiday dinner at The Park before his "Pimps and Ho's" costume party at Scores . . .
Document Size: 4776
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Fri Oct 28 08:08:55 PDT 2005
16963 [lbo-talk] Spooks & Journalists... It's Not News -- rank: 1000
Chip Berlet quoted: > > Over the years, I have posted many different articles in which I talked >> about the two Factions who appear to be vying for control of the world. How is this nonsense different from the symptoms of a paranoid schizophrenic? Doug
Document Size: 5001
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Fri Oct 28 07:48:56 PDT 2005
16964 [lbo-talk] Wal-Mart goes all statist, and Lew Rockwell is disgusted -- rank: 1000
<http://www.mises.org/story/1950> Wal-Mart Warms to the State by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. [Posted on Friday, October 28, 2005] H. Lee Scott, Jr., the CEO of Wal-Mart, surprised many by calling for an increase in the minimum wage. And what accolades were heaped on him! The company was even cast in a new role, from the exploiter of workers to the responsible advocate of pro-worker policies. And how selfless, for who has to pay such higher wages but companies like Wal-Mart? And thus do we s ...
Document Size: 13794
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Fri Oct 28 07:35:10 PDT 2005
16965 [lbo-talk] Halloween -- rank: 1000
<http://www.knoxstudio.com/shns/story.cfm?pk=HALLOWEEN-POLL-10-27-05&cat=> Halloween falling out of favor with evangelicals, poll finds By THOMAS HARGROVE and GUIDO H. STEMPEL III Scripps Howard News Service October 27, 2005 - Halloween is unevenly practiced in America - celebrated by Roman Catholics in the Northeast, but frowned on by evangelical Christians in the South, according to a Scripps Howard News Service survey. Trick-or-treating is especially welcomed in heavily Roman Cathol ...
Document Size: 8507
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Fri Oct 28 07:30:35 PDT 2005
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