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...The latest sign of the deepening crisis hitting the US coal industry came on Friday, when Alpha Natural Resources announced that it planned to idle production at three mines in West Virginia and cut jobs...
...Democrats face a mountain of opposition in coal country Reba Carte, an 83-year-old former mine worker, gave Barack Obama a chance in 2008, Barney Jopson reports....
...… Eleanor Marx: A Life, by Rachel Holmes, Bloomsbury, RRP£25 Marx produced the first English translation of Flaubert’s Madame Bovary, was the first woman to lead the British dock workers’ and gas workers...
...As a former investment banker, Augar tells the story of the disaster in the financial markets. What really happened at Northern Rock, Royal Bank of Scotland et al? This gives you a clearer idea....
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