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10 November 2008

Hell's Kitchen USA Lifestyle, 8.30pm The Wonder Pets Nick Jr, 7.30am Beach Patrol CI, 9pm.. read full story

Such An Extreme Sport, Losing Can Mean A Life Sentence Of Dangerous Poverty

18 October 2008

Extreme capitalism sounds like an extreme sport requiring knee pads and sponsorship by an energy drink company. The only thing which stops its ascent as a professional sport must be the confusing rules. Under the rules of extreme capitalism, those who are rich help the economy by spending money. Cutting taxes on business is within the rules because it stimulates the economy and creates jobs. The poor have different rules. When minimum wage workers demand pay rises and disadvantaged people get ..... read full story

Illegal Immigrants Fare Better In Land Of Liberty

11 April 2005

TWELVE months ago, when I was last in the USA, Americans were debating the death toll of US forces in Iraq... read full story

The Nervous Giant Votes

2 November 2004

IN the USA, commentators describe today's presidential vote as the culmination of one of the most divisive election campaigns in the country's modern history. And seldom have people outside America been so passionately interested in the the poll's outcome... read full story

The Loneliness Of The Superpower

2 August 2003

America may still swagger abroad, but on Main Street, USA, Jennifer Hewett finds only a nervous insecurity... read full story

Canada Steals Rudy's Movie

19 November 2002

When the USA Network announced it was making a TV movie of Rudolph Giuliani's life-story, American film crews figured they would get plenty of work shooting on location at the former mayor's favorite haunts - the Lincoln Center, Yankee Stadium, City Hall, maybe a fire station for post-September 11 scenes... read full story

Much Work To Be Done

10 November 2001

Politicians should be campaigning to ensure that jobs are created for all those who want to work, writes Chris Dodds... read full story

Slowdown Sees More Jobs Axed

17 October 2001

Another telecommunications company laid off staff yesterday as the industry suffers the effects of the economic slowdown... read full story

Extra Applications Insulate Apple From It Shakeout

18 September 2001

Steve Jobs's baby seems to have survived the worldwide computer consolidation and contraction... read full story

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