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Lockheed to pay $2.5M for racial discrimination
By Times Wires
Published January 3, 2008
WASHINGTON Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Wednesday announced its largest settlement for an individual racial-discrimination case - $2.5-million - against Lockheed Martin of Bethesda, Md. Lockheed agreed to pay that sum to Charles Daniels, a black aviation electrician who claimed he was subjected to racial epithets and threatened with bodily harm by white employees while repairing military aircraft. Daniels, 45, "was the target of persistent verbal abuse by co-workers and a supervisor," the EEOC said. TAMPA BAY AREA Workers see little to rave about Worker confidence in the Tampa Bay area dropped to an all-time low in December after starting 2007 as one of the nation's highest-rated markets. According to the Hudson Employment Index, which tracks trends in 11 major cities, local workers are increasingly concerned about their finances and unhappy with their jobs. The Tampa Bay area rated 78.8 percent in December, down from 112.9 a year ago. To see more, visit www.hudson-index.com. NEW YORK Manufacturing index slides The U.S. manufacturing economy unexpectedly contracted in December, ending a streak of 10 consecutive months of growth and sinking to its lowest point in almost five years, the Institute for Supply Management, a Tempe, Ariz., private research group, said Wednesday. The decline suggests the economy may be weakening faster than some economists predicted. The institute said its manufacturing index registered 47.7 last month, down 3.1 percentage points from the 50.8 recorded in November. A reading above 50 indicates growth; below that level indicates contraction. Post-Christmas sales gain slightly Post-Christmas shopping gave retailers some relief, but the 2007 holiday season is turning out to be tepid, says a report released Wednesday. The International Council of Shopping Centers' weekly sales index slipped 0.2 percent for the week ended Saturday compared with the previous week and rose 2.3 percent compared with the year-ago period. The nation's retailers are slated to report their final same-store sales figures for December on Jan. 10.
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