News roundup: Global job losses could reach 50 million

By News on the Net —— Bio and Archives February 16, 2009

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Good morning, it's Sunday. Here are some of the top enterprise stories on the nation's websites:

Worldwide job losses could reach 50 million and threaten political stability around the globe, The New York Times reports. Rising unemployment has led to protests in countries as "varied" as Latvia, Chile, Greece, Bulgaria and Iceland and fueled strikes in Britain and France, the paper says. Some Republican lawmakers in Illinois are calling for a perjury investigation of recently appointed Democratic Sen. Roland Burris, the Chicago Tribune reports...more