Archive for May, 2010
China’s shift away from cheap labor hard on all
SHANGHAI (AP) — Global manufacturers struggling with life-or-death pressures to control costs are finding that the legions of low-wage Chinese workers they rely on have limits. A strike at Honda Motor Co. and the official response to a spate of suicides at Foxconn Technology, a maker of electronics for industry giants such as Apple, Dell and Hewlett-Packard, suggests China’s leaders are at least tacitly allowing workers to talk back
Guatemala Sinkhole: Giant Crater Opens in Guatemala City
A gigantic sinkhole, larger than a city intersection, has opened in the northern part of Guatemala City, Guatemala, after the region was battered by Tropical…
Duke beats Notre Dame to win 1st lacrosse title
BALTIMORE (AP) — Duke won its first NCAA men’s lacrosse championship in dramatic fashion, defeating Notre Dame 6-5 Monday on a goal by C.J. Costabile with five seconds gone in sudden-death overtime. Costabile won the faceoff from Trever Sipperly and sprinted downfield before beating standout goaltender Scott Rodgers with a shot from directly in front of the net
Yanks Beat Indians 11-2
Alex Rodriguez hit his second grand slam of the season for home run No. 590 and Andy Pettitte was nearly unhittable again in the daytime,…
Pierce excited to return to NBA finals, hometown
WALTHAM, Mass. (AP) — Paul Pierce is excited to return to the NBA finals and his hometown for the next round in the league’s greatest rivalry.
B-17 Drops Flowers in NY to Honor CIA Casualties
Historic aircraft escorted a B-17 bomber as it dropped flowers over the Statue of Liberty in a public Memorial Day tribute to seven CIA employees…
