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AFL-CIO to Invest $700M to Rebuild Post-Katrina New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS – The AFL-CIO plans to invest $700 million in housing and other projects to help rebuild this city left staggered by housing shortages and other infrastructure problems after Hurricane Katrina. The money will come from the union federation’s pension fund and its lenders — investments that should make …

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Judge: Government Wrong to Pressure KPMG on Lawyer's Fees

NEW YORK – A federal judge ruled Tuesday that prosecutors unconstitutionally pressured the accounting firm KPMG into cutting off legal fees for 16 former employees charged with setting up illegal tax shelters. In a harshly worded opinion, U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan offered strong criticism of a Justice Department …

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Times Researcher Faces Trial in China

BEIJING – The trial of a Chinese researcher for The New York Times who is accused of fraud and leaking state secrets ended Friday after one day, his lawyer said. A lawyer for Zhao Yan said the closed trial concluded after an eight-hour session at the Beijing No. 2 Intermediate …

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