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  • Gulseema, 5, holds her shovel as she works at the Sadat Ltd. brick factory in Kabul, Afghanistan. Child labour is common at brick factories where parents work as labourers, desperate to make more money and often enlisting their children to help do the easy jobs. Brick factories are an economical business that is still thriving. The land used is dry and barren which is perfect for the making of bricks, providing work almost all year round. A few years ago all factories changed from wood to coal causing further problems with pollution. The factories have been pushed out of the city limits because of this issue. Workers can make an average of $200 to $300 (U.S.) per month. For 1,000 bricks the factory will get about $45.

    Thriving business at Kabul brick factory Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009 07:58AM EST

    Dry, barren land provides good conditions for making bricks all year round

  • Opel workers stage mass protests Thursday, Nov. 05, 2009 08:50AM EST

    Thousands of employees from the auto maker's four German factories vented their frustration and anger at GM on Thursday

  • A car washer cleans the chasis of a car at a carwash along Qabri Gora Road in Kabul November 2, 2009. With Kabul's busy and dusty roads, business is always assured at the carwash, providing about a hundred Afghan men and young boys with an income in one of the poorest countries of the world.

    Kabul's car wash economy Wednesday, Nov. 04, 2009 02:07PM EST

    With the Afghan capital's busy and dusty roads, business is always assured at the car wash

  • Pedestrian crosses road in front of outdoor Coca-Cola advertisment in Sydney

    Buffett's biggest investments Tuesday, Nov. 03, 2009 03:10PM EST

    Over the years, Warren Buffett and his company, Berkshire Hathaway, have bought huge stakes in businesses that span the gamut from newspapers to underwear

  • Eataly: a new supermarket concept Monday, Nov. 02, 2009 11:57AM EST

    It's an unlikely blend of food bazaar, farm stand, educational centre, museum, eclectic dining experience and political and environmental movement

  • The front desk of McGill University's newest student residence building in Montreal - the Carrefour Sherbrooke. Up until April, it was the Four Points Sheraton.

    Not your average dorm Monday, Oct. 26, 2009 06:23PM EDT

    Purchase of hotels a good investment, universities say

  • A flea market is held inside a part of the now closed Trentonworks Railcar Plant in Trenton, Nova Scotia.

    Trentonworks: Underfunded dreams Sunday, Oct. 18, 2009 09:08PM EDT

    When the Trentonworks Railcar Plant in Trenton, N.S., shut down, employees discovered their pension plan might be underfunded by as much as 30 per cent. Meet the people behind the numbers

  • Kevin Newman, TV anchor and executive editor of Global National

    The many faces of Canwest Tuesday, Oct. 06, 2009 05:22PM EDT

    From TV stations to newspapers to websites, Canwest Global Communications Corp. has a lot to lose. Check out some of the company's noteworthy assets and associated celebrities in this photo gallery.

  • Mixed messages in U.S. economy Thursday, Oct. 01, 2009 11:55AM EDT

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    Canada's economy, what to watch for Wednesday, Sep. 30, 2009 07:09AM EDT

    Hundreds of thousands of jobs have been lost, and interest rates have been cut to historic lows. What's needed to drive the recovery?

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