Cuba to expand use of employee-run cooperatives
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:47:49 -0700
Cuba will soon turn some small-scale manufacturing and retail services into cooperatives as the state retreats from minor businesses in an effort to boost the island's troubled economy, government and Communist Party sources said.
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River lock maintenance will affect NW shipping
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 08:19:40 -0700
While lock maintenance on the Columbia and Snake rivers will force some growers transporting crops to Portland's port to switch from barges to truck and rail, industry representatives say planning -- and a little luck -- have combined to make the closures less of a burden.
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