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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (61220)	3/21/2005 1:53:27 PM
From: Condor	Respond to of 74559

GM Canada to Unveil C$2.5 Bln Spending-Newspaper Tue March 1, 2005 8:25 AM GMT-05:00 TORONTO (Reuters) - General Motors of Canada is set to unveil a C$2.5 billion investment package for its Canadian operations, a Canadian newspaper reported on Tuesday. The Globe and Mail newspaper said the funding, set for Wednesday, will include a major boost to its research and development spending in Canada. The announcement comes after GM Canada, an arm of General Motors Corp., reached a deal with both the Ontario and federal governments for more than C$400 million in financial assistance to bring flexible manufacturing to its two car plants in Oshawa, a new product line to its St. Catharines engine plant and research and development investments worth about C$135 million at a number of universities. The cash infusion ensures the future for about 10,000 GM Canada employees and could lead to a third shift at one of the plants, the newspaper said. This is the second major announcement by a Canadian automaker in the past six months. In October, Ford Motor Co. of Canada announced a C$1 billion assembly plant and research center for its Oakville, Ontario operations. The Ontario and federal governments contributed C$200 million to project. reuters.ca

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (61220)	3/21/2005 2:01:33 PM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

Help is ont he way: Number of illegal immigrants in US skyrocketing A new report finds that about 10.3 million people are in the United States illegally. A private research group, the Pew Hispanic Center, says that's a 23 percent increase from just four years earlier. The report says Mexicans are by far the largest group of undocumented migrants in the country. As of a year ago, their numbers were estimated at nearly six million, or 57 percent of the total. About 2.5 million are from other Latin American countries. The federal government has been trying to cut illegal entry, but this report indicates that effort hasn't been entirely successful. The state with the most illegal immigrants is California, followed by Florida, New York, Arizona, Illinois, New Jersey and North Carolina. wbir.com

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (61220)	3/21/2005 3:22:11 PM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 74559

Break Patents on AIDS Drugs: U.S. Should Revoke Preferred Trade Status for Brazil Retaliation is on the way, MQ! U.S. Government Should Revoke Preferred Trade Status for Brazil Monday March 21, 12:36 pm ET - Recent Decision to Break Patents on AIDS Drugs Another Sign of Brazil's Contempt for Intellectual Property Rights WASHINGTON, March 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Defenders of Property Rights today announced plans to petition Acting U.S. Trade Representative, Peter Allgeier, to revoke Brazil's preferred trade status with the United States, otherwise known as the Generalized System of Preferences. The United States is reviewing Brazil's GSP status and is expected to reach a decision by March 31, 2005. ADVERTISEMENT "Brazil's failure to enforce existing property right laws demands a revocation in their GSP status with the U.S.," said Nancie Marzulla, president of Defenders of Property Rights. "Brazil's intellectual property rights abuses under the leadership of President Lula threaten the strength and growth of the American economy." Brazil, one of America's largest trading partners, exported goods valued at $21.3 billion in 2003 to the U.S., of which, 14 percent enjoyed duty-free status. In January 2001, due to a petition from the International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA) for a chronic lack of enforcement of copyright laws, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) placed Brazil on the Special 301 Watchlist. The withdrawal of duty-free treatment under the Generalized System of Preferences would send a strong message to the government of Brazil, which has relied on its special duty-free trade status to develop into the world's 11th largest economy. Brazil announced last week that it intends to break patents on AIDS drugs, demanding that U.S. companies forfeit their intellectual property rights, opening the door for further intellectual property abuses. About Defenders of Property Rights Defenders of Property Rights was founded in 1991 to counterbalance the governmental threat to private property as a result of a broad range of regulations. We believe that society can achieve important social objectives such as protection of our environment and preservation of our national heritage without destroying private property rights or undermining free market principles. For further information, please contact: John Procter at 202-772-2179 or jprocter@dcgpr.com.