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NEWS ABOUT: overseas

overseas stories: 3 news summaries

 US Airways Raising Bag Fees 

Domestic checked-bag fee increases by $5

Aug 26, 09 4:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - US Airways is following the lead of its competitors and raising bag fees, reports the East Bay Business Times. On domestic flights, the first checked bag will cost $25 and the second will cost $30, a $5 bump for both. If the bags are checked at the airport instead of... More »

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US Airways • airline • flights • air travel • check in • overseas • baggage

ANALYSIS

Congress Hands Taxpayers Hefty Travel Tab

Jaunts to Paris, Kabul cost $13M last year, 10 times 1995 figure

Jul 2, 09 7:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Spending by Congress on taxpayer-funded trips overseas is nearly ten times what it was in 1995 and triple the amount spent in 2001, the Wall Street Journal finds in an analysis of some 60,000 travel records. Last year, hundreds of members of Congress went abroad at a cost of... More »

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Congress • travel • spending • overseas

(Newser) - Banks who have taken TARP funds from the government are getting creative about the immigration restrictions that come with the bailout, the Wall Street Journal reports. Financial institutions relying on government assistance cannot hire foreign workers unless they prove that they have exhausted the supply of native talent. So... More »

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Goldman Sachs • foreign labor • Citibank • employment recruiting • investment banks • JPMorgan Chase • Wall Street bailout • TARP • overseas

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