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Super Bowl advertisers strike unusually serious tone
2015-02-02 04:50:11| Beverages - Topix.net
This image from video provided by Weight Watchers shows a frame from their television commercial scheduled to air during the Super Bowl NFL football game on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015. Fifteen advertisers, including Weight Watchers, will make their Super Bowl debut in 2015, buying a place on the biggest, most expensive stage in American television.
Workers strike for new pact at nine U.S. oil, chemical plants
2015-02-02 04:48:21| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Union workers took to picket lines on Sunday after strikes were called at nine U.S. refineries and chemical plants in a bid to pressure oil companies to agree to a new national contract covering workers at 63 plants. The walkouts, the first held in support of a nationwide pact since 1980, target plants that together account for about 10 percent of U.S. refining capacity.
US oil workers go on national strike
2015-02-02 02:44:34| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
US union leaders launch a large-scale strike at nine refineries after failing to agree on a new national contract with major oil companies.
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Obama in India: PM Narendra Modi, Barack Obama strike alliance on climate change
2015-01-26 00:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Economic Times: US President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Narendra Modi have agreed to team up and combat climate change by cooperating to reduce air pollution in Indian cities and ramping up finance and technology for India's ambitious Rs 6 lakh crore renewable energy push. Obama stressed the importance of India's voice in climate talks and efforts to reach a global agreement on the issue. Modi said India was acting with a sense of responsibility towards future generations, not under international pressure....
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FairPoint strike reaches 100th day
2015-01-25 03:19:35| Telecom - Topix.net
FairPoint Communications and more than 1,700 union workers have reached a milestone that many never expected: Saturday marks the 100th day of a strike. MARKET CONDITIONS AND INCREASED COSTS ARE CAUSING THIS LOWER PRODUCTION.
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