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  • The Fire Down South...( Latin America--)

    10/24/2002 3:29:08 AM PDT · by backhoe · 151 replies · 8,524+ views
    various links | 10-24-02 | The Heavy Equipment Guy
    Once again, Latin America is catching fire...   Dubious? Here's a partial selection of our stories... be certain to follow the "links within the links" and use the bump lists and "keyword" tabs to see all of the data.     http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/774054/posts US scents political shift in Latin AmericaFT.com ^ | Oct 22 2002 | Richard Lapper"I don't know what it is about Latin America, but they seem incapable of governing themselves. Everything goes to extremes..."     http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/762587/posts Democracy Has Failed, Say ArgentinesBBC News ^ | October 3, 2002 | Peter Greste Republic vs. Democracy: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/762587/posts?page=20#20     http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/774838/posts...
  • Houlton furniture firm to close, 50 jobless

    11/01/2002 1:30:30 PM PST · by metesky · 15 replies · 251+ views
    The Bangor Daily Snooze ^ | Friday, November 1, 2002 | By Wayne Brown, Of the NEWS Staff
    By Wayne Brown, Of the NEWS Staff e-mail WayneLast updated: Friday, November 1, 2002Houlton furniture firm to close, 50 joblessHOULTON - Houlton International Corp., which manufactures hardwood furniture components, will close its doors by the end of the year, putting more than 50 people out of work. Several companies that supplied hardwood logs to the firm also will be affected. The culprit, according to Peter Collett, company vice president, is foreign competition in the domestic furniture business, primarily from China. "They've got 30 percent of the domestic furniture market and are expected to double that in the next few years,"...