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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.
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.
- 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.
AP IMPACT: Some bailout holdings down $9 billion- 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.
Hill leader says jobs report argues for car rescue- The chairman of the House Financial Services Committee says the new bleak unemployment figures makes helping the nation's beleaguered auto industry even more urgent.
- 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.
AP Enterprise: Deaths loom over self-defense laws- A convenience store clerk chased down a man and shot him dead over a case of beer this summer and was charged with murder. A week later, a clerk at another Jackson convenience store followed and fatally shot a man he said tried to rob him, and authorities let him go without charges.
- Paul Benedict, the actor who played the English neighbor Harry Bentley on the sitcom "The Jeffersons," has died. He was 70.
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.
Ascent Media Systems & Technology Services Engineers HDTV Transition for Discovery Networks
Under the agreement, part of an ongoing relationship between Discovery Communications and Ascent Media, Ascent has been responsible for the design and construction of Discovery's HD infrastructure at its Sterling, VA origination facility within an accelerated, six-month timeframe. The facility supports the origination of programming for four Discovery networks, including: Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, TLC and The Science Channel.
"In order to meet affiliate and subscriber demand for HD content, we
needed a partner with design and execution expertise and supplier
relationships necessary to complete this project on an extremely tight
timeline," said
"The pledges of cable system operators and satellite providers to deliver
100 or more HD channels in the near future represent a tremendous opportunity
for programmers like Discovery," said
More than 30 million flat screen digital televisions are expected to be
shipped by the end of 2007, according to the Consumer Electronics Association
(CEA). The continuing programmer and viewer migration to HDTV has made
display technologies the single largest category of consumer electronics, with
2007 sales projected by the CEA to reach
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consulting, design engineering, and systems integration for broadcast, cable,
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