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...suburb of Longgang, 40 of his clients, all amputees, live six to a bunk-bedded room. They lost their arms or legs in machinery at local factories set up by Hong Kong and Taiwanese firms. None has an artificial limb and all received derisory compensation, generally a one-off payment of around $1,000. Official figures show there are 13,000 serious work injuries each year in Bao An county, which includes Shenzhen. Zhou, a 46-year-old former brick factory worker, has taken 600 cases since 1997, winning payouts of up to $99,000. He may be the last...
...increasingly go-it-alone stance of the U.S. Their grievances are not confined to Washington's delinquent habits when it comes to paying its dues to the international body - some $580 million in arrears is still tied up in Congress despite an agreement late last year to facilitate payment. The Europeans have been increasingly chagrined by Washington's tendency to ignore the international consensus on issues ranging from the use of land mines to the Kyoto climate change treaty...
Local media are digging to such an extent into the councilor’s history that the Globe recently reported on Davis-Mullen’s overdue water and sewer payment-from...
...director. "The images are thought-provoking metaphors for the mystery and joy found in subjects affecting all of our lives." That kind of imagination, combined with an understanding of what Time does best, is why we chose Wink for the assignment. That, and the agency's willingness to take payment in ice skates, guitars and teddy bears...
When interest rates on short-term government debt shoot past those on long-term bonds, it is a phenomenon known as an inverted yield curve. And it's bad. Normally, investors with longer-term debt receive a higher interest-rate payment than those holding shorter-term securities. That's because there is a bigger risk that inflation will hurt the value of a 30-year Treasury bond over time...