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Major work stoppages idle fewer workers
Feb 27 2007 5:33PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - About 70,000 workers missed days on the job because of labor disputes last year, only about one-fourth as many as a decade ago, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Demand for big-ticket items down in Jan.
Feb 27 2007 8:39AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Orders to factories for big-ticket manufactured goods plunged in January by the largest amount in three months with the weakness led by a huge drop in demand for commercial airplanes.
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