We could have just let U.S. automakers go into an uncontrolled freefall.

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Once they saw that Nieto and Meraz were U.S. citizens, they let them go -- without an apology.

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All of which would seem to leave Bayer in a bind: Slash margins to meet the U.S. government's price target or let the drug go off-patent early.

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Six of the Golden State's metropolitan areas were in the top 10 nationwide, and the Los Angeles-Long Beach area ranked No. 1 with 15, 005 workers axed in mass firings in the quarter, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, which reports instances of employers who let go more than 50 workers in a quarter.

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To the contrary, as creditors are wont to do, the U.S. sat back for a few years and let water pass under the bridge, then started to go after their Debtor again.

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