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Employers cut 533K jobs in Nov., most in 34 years- Skittish employers slashed 533,000 jobs in November, the most in 34 years, catapulting the unemployment rate to 6.7 percent, dramatic proof the country is careening deeper into recession.
- News of a rapidly weakening job market is sending stocks lower in early trading.
Thailand reopens main international airport- Dancers, drummers and apologetic tourism officials greeted travelers Friday at the official reopening of Thailand's main international airport, which was shut down for a week by anti-government protesters.
US general spells out Iraq mission under new pact- A security pact that sets a timetable for troops to leave Iraq requires a shift in how the U.S. carries out combat missions during its remaining time in the country, the top U.S. military commander in Iraq said Friday.
- Stock intended to eventually earn taxpayers a profit as part of the Bush administration's massive bank bailout has lost a third of its value - about $9 billion - in barely one month, according to an Associated Press analysis. Shares in virtually every bank that received federal money have remained below the prices the government negotiated.
Auto bailout could be tied to gov't-run overhaul- The government would order a major restructuring of Detroit's struggling Big Three auto companies in exchange for a multibillion-dollar bailout under a plan circulating in Congress.
- Barack Obama, who rewrote the book on presidential fundraising, amassed more than $745 million during his marathon campaign, more than twice the amount obtained by his rival, Republican John McCain.
- Paul Benedict, the actor who played the English neighbor Harry Bentley on the sitcom "The Jeffersons," has died. He was 70.
- Armed robbers - some dressed in drag - made off with euro80 million ($100 million) in loot from a lightning-fast jewelry store theft in central Paris, in what police Friday called one of France's costliest jewel heists.
Giants' Pierce to meet with NYC investigators- Antonio Pierce is finally going to talk to investigators about what he did on the night Plaxico Burress shot himself.
AeA, Illinois High-Tech Leaders and Lt. Governor to Open NASDAQ on October 13
OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill.
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"The ILTI brings focus to the exciting and high-quality technology companies in our state," said
"Improving technology is critical to the social and economic development of our state," said Illinois Lt. Governor
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"Opening the NASDAQ market further demonstrates AeA's ongoing dedication to promote
Attending executives represent many of
Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ (GS): MDRX); Baker & McKenzie LLP; Cabot Microelectronics Corporation (NASDAQ (GS): CCMP); comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ (GM): SCOR); Fuel Tech, Inc. (NASDAQ (GM): FTEK); Grant Thornton LLP; InnerWorkings, Inc. (NASDAQ (GM): INWK); Littelfuse, Inc. (NASDAQ (GS): LFUS); Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ (GS): MSFT); PCTEL, Inc. (NASDAQ (GM): PCTI); Shure Inc.; Silicon Valley Bank; SNTial Technologies, Inc.; Supply-Chain Services, Inc.; Tellabs, Inc. (NASDAQ (GS): TLAB); Telular Corporation (NASDAQ (GM): WRLS); thincSoft; Trading Technologies International, Inc.; VASCO Data Security International, Inc. (NASDAQ (GM): VDSI); World Business Chicago; and Zebra Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ (GS): ZBRA).
For more information about AeA's efforts on behalf of the high-tech industry in
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