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Verizon Workers Relent, to Go Back to Work

Verizon Communications Inc. announced on Saturday that their workers have ended their two-week strike and agreed to return to work from Tuesday under previous contract.

Verizon Strike to End But Talks to Continue

A striking Verizon worker walks the picket line in front of a Verizon wireless store in New York
About 45,000 Verizon Communications employees are set to end a two-week strike and return to work by Tuesday after the telephone company and unions said they reached an agreement to resume bargaining.
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Gold, Silver Rise as Investors Seek Safety

Gold and silver prices rose dramatically early Friday as investors fled crumbling Asian and European stock markets, but later in the session some of those early gains disappeared as investors began buying heavily discounted tech stocks.

Stocks Rise as Tech Leads Market Higher

Investors started buying beaten-down stocks Friday, especially in the tech sector, to lift the Nasdaq composite index into positive territory and shortly thereafter boosting other major indexes.
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NYC should delay Verizon deal due strike: Liu

A New York City education panel should delay voting on a $120 million contract for Verizon Communications Inc until the telecommunications company settles a strike by 45,000 of its workers in a Northeast unit, the city comptroller said on Wednesday.
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NYC comptroller: delay Verizon contract vote

A New York City education panel should delay voting on a $120 million contract for Verizon Communications Inc until the telecommunications company settles a strike by 45,000 of its workers in a Northeast unit, the city comptroller said on Wednesday.
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Verizon Strike Update: Scenes from the Picket Line (PHOTOS)

The strike of 45,000 Verizon land line employees continued onto its ninth day on Monday, as groups across the country picketed in front of Verizon stores. IBTimes was on the scene to capture a group of picketing Verizon workers in Lower Manhattan.
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Verizon, union swap labor complaints

Verizon Communications Inc and a union representing about 35,000 striking workers swapped labor complaints on Friday, with both sides complaining that the other was not bargaining in good faith.
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Union complains to labor board about Verizon

A union representing about 35,000 striking Verizon Communications Inc workers filed unfair labor practice charges against the telephone company, complaining that it refused to bargain in good faith.
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Power companies prepare as solar storms set to hit Earth

Three large explosions from the Sun over the past few days have prompted U.S. government scientists to caution users of satellite, telecommunications and electric equipment to prepare for possible disruptions over the next few days.

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