WASHINGTON — United Parcel Service is a model of corporate success its profitability anchored on the use of part-time workers. But now that strategy is under attack in a strike where a key Teamsters demand is that UPS make more workers full-time.
PARIS – Europeans have an affinity for things American. They wear Levis, eat Big Macs, idolize Hollywood stars, and, fortunately for the Pentagon, fly U.S.-made jet fighters.With that in mind, the Defense Department is at full throttle trying to sign up European and other allies to share the staggering $250 billion cost of its Joint Strike Fighter program.
WASHINGTON — After 17 controversial years of the B-2 stealth bomber, congressional negotiators effectively sealed the fate yesterday of the last Cold War bomber program, deciding against making any more.
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon’s Joint Strike Fighter – the expensive replacement proposed for three existing planes – may get a boost from America’s British allies, who are considering it as an alternative to European fighters.
WASHINGTON – A bill to end the cable industry’s stranglehold on the market for subscription home television is winding its way through Congress and may soon allow satellite TV providers to offer local stations to their customers.
WASHINGTON – Earlier this month, an FDA advisory panel recommended that two leading brands remain on the market as long as women are fully informed of the risks, including the possibility that their implants may rupture, leak, or cause an infection.
WASHINGTON – Like any other junior high student in the dusty Texas farming community of Lockney, Brady Tannahill has studied the Bill of Rights in school. But unlike most, the 12-year-old is going to court to defend it.
WASHINGTON – When a mammogram fails, does a woman have the right to sue?
WASHINGTON – Many of the industry observers testifying before a Senate panel yesterday said the Chinese probably gained little from their work with American satellite companies that would have caused China’s missile capabilities to leap ahead.
WASHINGTON – It was the first time since World War II that Congress had voted on a declaration of war. The action came a day after President Clinton approved the activation of up to 33,000 military reservists to serve in the Balkan conflict.
FORT WORTH – Garth Brooks, Randy Travis and Vince Gill have all kicked some life into a country music craze that has helped John Justin Jr. sell boots. But never underestimate the value of a former astronaut named Maurice Minnifield of Cicely, Alaska.
WASHINGTON – A Republican from Norman, former Oklahoma football star J.C. Watts is perhaps the most controversial of the 73 GOP rookies in the House of Representatives.
WASHINGTON – Officials from Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman said yesterday they expected the Justice Department to attempt to block a $12 billion merger of the defense companies if antitrust concerns cannot be resolved.
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