Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Today's Teamster News 09/22/10

Obama's Economics Chief Is Set To Leave New York Times ...Lawrence H. Summers, the chief architect of President Obama’s economic policy, would leave at the end of the year.

China's Currency and the Trade Deficit CEPR ...If the value of the yuan rises relative to the dollar, then ... imports would be more expensive in the United States, making people here more likely to buy domestically produced goods...

Watching Wal-Mart at Midnight Wall Street Journal ...on behavior at a Walmart store around midnight at the end of a month: "about 11 p.m., customers start to come in and ... fill their grocery basket with basic items, baby formula, milk, bread ... until midnight, when electronic — government electronic benefits cards get activated and then the checkout starts...

Stores Scramble To Accommodate Budget Shoppers ...New York Times ...Dollar stores have shown the biggest gain in shopper visits over the last year...

Strike Continues as Prince George's Bus Company Refuses to Bargain Fairly Teamsters Local 639 ...Members of Teamsters Local 639 working for Veolia/TheBus voted down the company's contract proposal yesterday by an overwhelming majority....