Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Today's Teamster News 07.18.12

Made In America’ Policies Hugely Popular, Survey Shows  ABC News   ...Unlike many of the job proposals both candidates are pushing, “Buy America” policies that encourage the government to buy products that are made in the U.S. whenever possible are hugely popular across party lines, according to a national survey commissioned by the Alliance for American Manufacturing and the United Steelworkers...
HSBC Promises Clean-Up Amid Laundering Probe  Bloomberg   ...HSBC Holdings Plc (HSBA) executives apologized for opening their U.S. affiliate to a river of Mexican drug lords’ cash, and the U.S. regulator that failed to stem the flow vowed to prevent a repeat...
New Balance: Don’t tread on Asia tariffs  Boston Herald   ...New Balance is lobbying to preserve a U.S. tariff on shoe imports from Vietnam, saying its removal would jeopardize domestic shoe manufacturing operations that employ 4,000 people across the country...
What's Romney Hiding in His Tax Returns?  Bloomberg   ...As George Will and many others have noted, there must be something truly damaging in Romney’s pre-2010 tax returns for him to willingly endure the criticism and scrutiny that has accompanied his refusal to release them—a refusal he reiterated on Friday, even as the issue, and the matter of his departure date from Bain Capital, has engulfed the campaign... 
Report on states predicts erosion of basic services  Associated Press   ...U.S. states face long-term budget burdens that are already limiting their ability to pay for basic services such as police, local schools and transportation, a report says...
Second judge rejects state voter ID law  Milwaukee Journal Sentinel   ... A second judge has declared Wisconsin's voter ID law unconstitutional, further guaranteeing that the ID requirement will not be in place for elections this fall...