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"Alexa, play Fritz Kreisler." I say that command several times a week (sometimes twice a day) to my Echo Dot. Why? Because after discovering the violin music of Fritz Kreisler, I have become hooked. His style is incredibly soothing and makes me relax. He also plays in quite a haunting manner as you can hear in his LIEBESLIED. I first discovered Kreisler several months ago after watching the movie, "Music of the Heart" about a violin teacher. It featured a cameo by Isaac Stern. As is often the case I did a bit of research on Stern and found out...

Donald Trump is set to win West Virginia but GOP elites will likely give the delegates to Ted Cruz anyway. It’s the latest state where Cruz will lose but garner more delegates than Donald Trump. Cruz supporters call this a “good ground game.” The Politico reported: Donald Trump has a new enemy in the fight for national convention delegates: the alphabet. Trump is well-positioned for a resounding victory in West Virginia’s May 10 primary, but his win will be accompanied by a delegate selection process stacked in favor of people with last names at the beginning of the alphabet —...

For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use. COLUMBIA, S.C. -- The drain of jobs to cheaper markets overseas and the Republican candidate's eagerness to usher in free trade agreements has prompted textile leaders to support a Democrat in South Carolina's U.S. Senate race this year. "There's a lot of Republicans up here who would struggle to vote for a Democrat, but in the textile industry there's a number of us who are finding it much easier this election," said Carl Lehner, chief executive officer of Leigh Fibers in Spartanburg. Industry leaders embraced Democrat Inez Tenenbaum after U.S. Rep....

For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use. A neighbor's number appeared on the caller ID screen, but there was no message. My wife phoned back to check the reason for the call as she's a frequent movie or lunch companion of the lady of the house. But this time it was the husband who wanted to talk. He had been fired the day before after 18 years on the job as an engineer for a major company. No warning, just a routine summons to the boss' office on a weekday morning. He later said he was somewhat surprised...

India's technology industry has attacked proposed new US legislation that bans the outsourcing of federal work to low cost countries arguing it is a protectionist measure contrary to the spirit of free trade. The move by the US Senate coincides with decisions by a number of foreign companies to halt further outsourcing to India because of a new domestic tax ruling that would enable the Indian government to tax part of their worldwide earnings. (complete article at linked URL)

<p>White House officials braced yesterday for a forthcoming book in which former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill lavishes criticism on the Bush administration.</p> <p>The book, "The Price of Loyalty," chronicles O'Neill's tenure at Treasury and conveys his impression of President Bush as a man uninterested in government policy, who tuned out detailed discussion of the economy and whose decisions were driven primarily by partisan politics.</p>

Mon Dec 15,12:14 AM ET In one of the largest moves to "offshore" highly paid U.S. software jobs, International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM - News) has told its managers to plan on moving the work of as many as 4,730 programmers to India, China and elsewhere, Monday's Wall Street Journal reported. delayed 20 mins - disclaimer Quote Data provided by Reuters The unannounced plan, outlined in company documents viewed by The Wall Street Journal, would replace thousands of workers at IBM facilities in Southbury, Conn., Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Raleigh, N.C., Dallas, Boulder, Colo., and elsewhere in the U.S.Already, the managers have...

For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- CSX Corp. announced Monday it will cut 800 to 1,000 nonunion employees over the next six months, as part of a plan to streamline its management structure and to create a smaller organization. The railroad said the layoffs will cost $60 million to $80 million, which will be recognized over the next two quarters. The company said it expects to fully realize the effect of the savings by the middle of 2004. The company is streamlining its management structure from 11 layers to no more than eight. The...

For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use. The quickening flight of high-tech and white-collar service jobs has always represented the ultimate betrayal of the American worker by globalization. For years, globalization cheerleaders described the hemorrhage of manufacturing jobs as acceptable and even welcome because American workers would be retrained for the higher-paying, knowledge-based “industries of the future” –- especially the research and development, design, and engineering needed to produce cutting edge goods and services. Starting during the tech boom, though, U.S. technology companies made clear that the “higher paying” part wasn´t on their agenda. By pumping up the...

<p>EVERLAST Worldwide Inc. announced last Friday that it will close its Bronx plant in December, eliminating 100 jobs. Production of boxing trunks, speed bags and other equipment will move to the company's plant in Missouri.</p> <p>Everlast expects the move to save $2.8 million a year. That's a huge savings for a relatively small concern, with sales of $66 million in 2002. Company managers would be ignoring their fiduciary responsibility to shareholders if they were to pass up the opportunity.</p>

11/10/2003 Motorola Inc., the world's second- largest maker of mobile telephones, will eliminate 2,400 jobs by the first quarter, on top of the 6,600 it has cut through the first nine months of this year. The additional cuts will cost about $131 million in severance pay, Schaumburg, Ill.-based Motorola said in a quarterly report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Motorola has already paid $328 million this year for the previous reductions. Motorola, which has a plant in Elma, has discontinued product lines, exited businesses and consolidated operations as it has lost market share to rivals, including Finland's Nokia...

How America Lost Its Industrial Edge -- comments by Eamonn Fingleton How America Lost Its Industrial Edge By Paula R. Kaufman Economic commentator Eamonn Fingleton speaks bluntly about what he sees as the frittering away of the United States' manufacturing base and what he regards as the consequent stagnation of the American standard of living. For those who believe in the superiority of the current U.S. postindustrial strategy, a reading of the OECD Economic Yearbook makes for a distinctly chastening study. As Fingleton puts it: "The United States trails no fewer than eight other nations, all of which devote a...

Bye, Bye Miss American Pie; Outsourcing is Tantamount to Slavery I’m just going to blurt it out; tell it like it is. In the words of the venerable, Walter Cronkite, “and that’s the way it is”; here it is folks; outsourcing is tantamount to legalized slave labor. Of course, it’s much more than that to the American worker. Ask anyone who is out of work, out of unemployment, on the verge of losing their home and all that they worked for and thought was their American dream come true. Their jobs by the multi-millions have left the shores of the...

For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use. Dan River, county's largest manufacturer, closing textile plant Dan River Inc., the largest manufacturer in Sevier County, told state and local officials late Monday that it is closing its Middle Creek Road plant and eliminating 416 jobs early next year. Layoffs are expected to begin Jan. 9 and the textile plant is to be closed by March 1, according to a notice sent to the state Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Weaving capacity at Sevierville will be transferred to a plant in the company's hometown of Danville, Va. The company...

For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use. Factory to shut by July, and Hunt Corp. says it will outsource to Asia STATESVILLE - In another blow to the hard-hit Carolinas manufacturing sector, an office supply factory considered a community mainstay will close next year, costing Iredell County about 325 jobs. Hunt Corp., based in Philadelphia, Pa., will start phasing out positions at its Speedball Road plant probably in March and close the entire facility by July, said Bill Joachim, director of manufacturing. The production of Boston-brand office supplies and X-Acto knives will move to Asia, most likely China,...

Fri October 31, 2003 07:13 PM ET By Wei Gu NEW YORK (Reuters) - Umang Gupta, chief executive of Keynote Systems Inc., says he has no plans to join the popular trend of shifting operations to his native India to save money. Even though most other U.S. technology companies are eyeing low-cost offshore centers as a way to boost profits, he said the problems presented by the south Asian country are not worth the benefits -- given his company's large computer networks. "Data center involves sophisticated work and needs a reliable network," he said. "The infrastructure in India is not...