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In the 40’s, 50’s, and 60’s US manufacturing was a juggernaut. Taxing manufacturing, encouraging union growth, and adding regulations had little adverse effect. It’s a different world for manufacturers now. Even countries with more expensive labor and energy costs can undercut US companies.

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Washington Mutual, Nortel, Colonial BancGroup, Property Stays: Bankruptcy

Washington Mutual Inc. ’s bankruptcy examiner filed his preliminary report yesterday and won permission from the judge to extend the current Oct. 8 deadline for submitting his final report.

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How small town Mayor Martin Zanotti became a big man in Cuyahoga County politics

Martin Zanotti spent eight years as Democratic mayor of suburban Parma Heights, pitching big ideas that went foul. Yet Zanotti's wildest scheme -- to throw out the county's 250-year-old, commissioner-led government and make room for reform -- triumphed.

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Sonia: How she carried the Good, Bad and Ugly

Sonia Gandhi was elected president of the Congress party for a record fourth time on Friday. Sheela Bhatt takes a look at the road the Italian-born leader has taken to political acceptability.

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Lehman Brothers, AbitibiBowater, Black Crow, W Union Square: Bankruptcy

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. said yesterday that it will invest another $1 billion in its two non- bankrupt bank subsidiaries, Aurora Bank FSB and Utah-based Woodlands Commercial Bank.

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