tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528521735436082423.post-13160199785180948682008-07-10T11:56:00.003-03:002008-07-10T15:31:49.876-03:00<div style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="691393913-21032007"><span class="386331714-10072008">Air Canada<a href="http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2008/07/10/ac-flight-attendants.html"> has cut more than 600 flight attendant jobs</a> across the country and intends to cut up to 2000 in total. In the US, <a href="http://www.startribune.com/local/24239844.html?location_refer=Business:highlightModules:2">Northwest Airlines has slashed 2500 jobs and bumped up ticket and bag fees</a>.<br /><br /></span></span></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="691393913-21032007"><span class="386331714-10072008"></span></span> </span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="691393913-21032007"><span class="386331714-10072008">SUV and full-size pickup truck sales in the US are <a href="http://www.alternet.org/environment/90962/?ses=955d6d37ab65f6b743ac212e4feebf84">down almost 50% from what they were a year ago</a>.<br /><br /></span></span></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="691393913-21032007"><span class="386331714-10072008"></span></span> </span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="691393913-21032007"><span class="386331714-10072008"><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2008-07-09-schoolbuses_N.htm">US schools are scaling back or cutting services because of fuel costs</a>. More students will be walking farther when classes resume in September. More schools are shifting to four day weeks, and cutting bus trips for non-competitive extracurricular activities.</span></span></span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="691393913-21032007"><span class="386331714-10072008"></span></span> </span></div> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="691393913-21032007"><span class="386331714-10072008"><br />New England governors met recently<a href="http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/nation/20080710-0040-homeheatingworries.html"> to call on the federal government for more home heating assistance</a>. </span></span></span></div> <div><span class="691393913-21032007"><span style=";font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;" ><span class="386331714-10072008"></span></span></span><br /></div>Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15800153451645970774noreply@blogger.com