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Fair Labor Association: 'Boredom' Caused Apple Factory Suicides?

The Fair Labor Association (FLA) has embarked on a study of the working conditions in factories run by eight of Apple's suppliers in China, according reports by Reuters. Auret van Heerden, president of the FLA, noted that the working environment imposed onto the workers, which inevitably perpetuates boredom, could have contributed to the tragic suicides. After several days' worth of visits to the facility, Heerden commended that the conditions were not as slave-like as reported previously....
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Obama Birth Control Mandate Stokes Partisan Strife

Democrats and Republicans sparred Thursday during a House hearing on the Obama administration's mandate that all health insurance plans cover birth control, underscoring how the issue has become politically potent and divided lawmakers along party lines.
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GM Posts Weaker-Than-Expected 4Q Profit

General Motors Co (GM.N) posted a weaker-than-expected fourth-quarter profit as disappointing performance overseas offset strong results in North America.
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Bond Market Update: Rally in Corporates Disguises Churning, Convoluted Dynamic

A current rally in the sprawling $7.74 trillion field for corporate bonds, which are issued as debt by major American corporations, belies a great churning occurring just beneath the market's surface. Recently, Richard Prager, who heads the bond strategy desk at the world's largest asset management firm, put it succinctly: "Houston, we got a problem."

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