“The high acceptance of thisagreement is a recognition that although workers did not cause this crisis, weall have an interest in maintaining good jobs and ensuring the auto industryremains central to the overall Canadian economy.”The deal is the second cost-cutting agreement reached between the CAW andChrysler in less than a year and includes cuts to benefits, a reduction intime off, relief time and the formation of Canadian Health Care Trust fund,the first of its kind in the country.The CAW-Chrysler deal will be the basis for negotiating new agreements withGeneral Motors and Ford, said Lewenza. Deadspin yesterday had some comments about the Roger Clemens Boinks Little Girls story, but then followed it up with an email response they received from someone purporting to be a cousin of the troubled country singer.Here's part of that:I wouldn't be surprised if Mindy leaked the story to the press herself as she is probably the most cold-blooded, attention-seeking, self-promoting person I've ever met. She may be an emotionally-damaged person as you labeled her in your post but she's also manipulative and prettly much always looking out for number one.Mindy's dad, Tim, is raising her son in FL. Mindy hasn't seen the kid in at least a year yet a couple months ago she was on “Extra” pimping herself out talking about how her son is the most important thing in her life.
The only thing Mindy cares about is self-promotion and if she's lucky, getting back on the County Fair concert circuit.Who knows whether this is true or not, though I can't think of why someone would bother to pretend to be her cousin and have some inside scoop on the woman's personal life She looks pretty bad without this. I had sugeested yesterday and Mondaythat McCready probably doesn't mind the bad press all that much, but I didn't think she would have leaked it herself. On the other hand, it makes sense, if this e-mailer's words are to be believed. I mean, it's horrible to think that someone would do something like this, leak news of her own affair to either the press or the lawyers for Brian McNamee, who have probably been telling anyone who would listen that they're looking for dirt on Clemens.
When you consider that their supposed 10-year affair has presumably been over for several years, McCready isn't likely to burn any bridges with the Rocket by making this public anyway. If you want to know who leaked this information, one way of going about it is to take Deep Throat's advice to Woodward and Bernstein and “follow the money.” In this case, though, we'd have to follow the potentialmoney, and the only one who stood to make any money off of this information was Mindy McCready. KUALA LUMPUR, April 27 (Reuters) – Following is a list ofevents in Malaysia as well as news stories and press reportswhich may influence financial markets. (Reuters News welcomes your feedback and for any queriesplease contact David Chance in Kuala Lumpur editorial on +6032333 8033 or via email at or onReuters messaging )WHAT IS HAPPENING IN MALAYSIA, ALL TIMES LOCAL FOLLOWED BYGMT(The inclusion of diary items does not necessarily mean thatReuters will cover the event)- Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak to announce financialsector liberalisation at 12 p.m. (0400).- Malaysian Prime Minister Najib at United Malays NationalOrganisation (UMNO) branch anniversary at 8.30 p.m. (1230).- Cargo surveyors Intertek Testing Services and SocieteGenerale de Surveillance release April 1-25 Malaysian palm oilexport data at 9 a.m and 2.30 p.m. respectively (0100 and0630).- Malaysian Election Commission holds press briefing onPenanti seat at 10.00 a.m (0200).
MARKET SNAPSHOTS *[.KLSE] *Malaysian shares are expected to rise on Monday, ahead ofan announcement by Prime Minister Najib Razak to further freeup the country’s financial sector. *The market is expected to shrug off concerns about theswine flu outbreak for now with no reported cases in Asia sofar, said a trader with a local bank. *”However, it may impact the Dow in which case it willaffect us too although the market will be positive today andtoday on the financial liberalisation news,” the trader saidadding that the key index was likely to test the 1,000-pointmark. * Malaysian banks are expected to gain on the liberalisationwhich could see the authorities lifting the cap on foreignownership of banks from the current 30 percent *U.S. stocksrallied on Friday as earnings showed companies have weatheredthe recession and economic data raised hopes the economic cyclemay have hit a bottom.
[.N] *Oil retreated below $51 a barrel a Monday, erasing some ofthe previous session’s gains that had been fuelled by firmerstock markets and a weaker U.S. dollar.NYMEX crude for Junedelivery CLc1 fell 67 cents to $50.88 a barrel by 2237 GMT.The contract had risen $1.93, or 3.9 percent, to settle at$51.55 a barrel on Friday. [O/R] *For global market news, click [MKTS/GLOB] *Malaysian crude palm oil futures edged up to a 34-week highon Friday on expectations that data due out Monday would showgood palm oil exports during the first 25 days of April,traders said. [EMRG/FRX] -Singaporeshares .FTSTI fell on Friday, hurt by a plunge infirst-quarter earnings from CapitaLand (CATL.SI), while Thaistocks .SETI rose after a 12-day state of emergency waslifted [.SO] (Reporting by Kuala Lumpur Newsroom). (For full coverage of the flu outbreak, click on [nFLU]) By Catherine Bremer MEXICO CITY, April 26 (Reuters) – Battered by an economic slump and rampant drug cartel murders that have sullied its image around the world, Mexico’s swine flu crisis could not have hit the country at a worse moment. The flu outbreak came out of nowhere and snowballed over the weekend into one of the biggest global health scares in years — just as Mexico’s government has its hands full fighting a high-stakes drugs war and a recession.