THE MORNING MEMO (Kansas City Star) Merck & Co. workers

THE MORNING MEMO (Kansas City Star)
Merck & Co. workers in Georgia, rural Pennsylvania and Canada are among 7,000 employees to be laid off as the struggling drugmaker begins a global restructuring that aims to slash costs by cutting jobs and shuttering factories and research facilities.

China cuts off water supply to villages (BusinessWeek)
NOV. 28 2:18 P.M. ET China cut off water supplies to more communities along a poisoned river in its northeast Monday as it celebrated the return of running water to the city of Harbin.

Report: exec opposes sector unionization (BusinessWeek)
NOV. 28 8:18 A.M. ET The chairman of Wipro Ltd., a top Indian software exporter, says he is opposed to unionization of India's information technology sector, according to a news report published Monday.

Indian official: gov't must open economy (BusinessWeek)
NOV. 28 9:29 A.M. ET The Indian government hopes to open the economy more to foreign competition despite opposition from powerful leftist allies, a senior government official said Monday.

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