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Last November, a similar stunt by the regime led to violent clashes and several deaths, with regime gunmen photographed and videoed shooting into crowds .
PMI rises to 11 – month high, indicating solid improvement in business conditions Output supported by strong increase in new orders Employment growth quickens to nine – month high Input price pressures intensifies Summary Business conditions in the U.S. manufacturing sector improved at the fastest rate since January, according to the final December Markit U.S. Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Indexâ„¢ (PMIâ„¢).
Links Thailand: CONFIRMED – "Men-in-Black" Gunmen Were Regime Police CAPO also confirmed to have lied about "police dressed as protesters," in yet another egregious episode exposing Shinawatra regime as illegitimate and intolerable. January 2, 2014  (Tony Cartalucci) – It is now confirmed that black-clad gunmen seen atop the Labour Ministry building on December 26, 2013 during deadly violence last month that left two dead were in fact police. Thai PBS reported in an article titled, " National police chief admits men in black are police ," that: National Police Office commissioner Pol Gen Adul Saengsingkaew this morning admitted that the men in black†on the roof-top of the Labor Ministry’s building near the Thai-Japan youth centre in Din Daeng are police. The national police commissioner’s official admittance came as he led senior police officers to deliver best wishes and receive New Year blessings from the president of the Privy Council Gen Prem Tinsulanonda this morning. Pol Gen Adul admitted that “men in black†are police and vowed to investigate and bring them to justice procedure. He also admitted that the men in anti-riot uniforms who were seen smashing the windshields of a vehicle of a volunteer nurse are also the police.
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Judge Bars San Jose from Imposing Voter-Approved Pension Cuts; Hollow Victory for Unions On December 24, a state court judge barred the city of San Jose, California, from imposing voter-approved pension cuts on current municipal worker. San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed, a Democrat, encouraged voters in his city to back municipal pension cuts he proposed as part of last year’s Measure B, which drew 70 percent support at the polls. The unions challenged the measure, leading to Judge Lucas’ ruling in Santa Clara County Superior Court
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Via translation from Les Echos, please consider Taxis against VTC: the conflict continues . Note: "VTC" (Voiture de Tourisme avec Chauffeur) translates roughly as chauffeur driven touring car.