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Feb. 22 (Bloomberg) — William Dunkelberg, chief economist at the National Federation of Independent Businesses, talks with Bloomberg’s Matt Miller and Carol Massar about the latest survey by the National Association for Business Economics on investment by large companies and the small-business outlook. Corporate investment will contribute to stronger growth in the US and the economy will start to add jobs early this year, the NABE survey showed. (Source: Bloomberg)

Feb. 22 (Bloomberg) — Lynn Reaser, president of the National Association for Business Economics and chief economist at Point Loma Nazarene University, talks with Bloomberg’s Lori Rothman about a NABE survey indicating corporate investment will contribute to stronger growth in the US and the economy will start to add jobs early this year. Spending on equipment and software by companies is expected to increase 7.2 percent this year, up from the November surveys projection for a 4.2 percent gain, according to the median estimate of 48 economists surveyed by the group. Purchases will rise even more next year, jumping 8.6 percent. (Source: Bloomberg)

The influence of private equity investment funds is having profoundly negative effects upon workers and trade unions. In Japan, the IUF-affiliated Service Tourism Rengo was confronted with an investment firm which refused to accept responsibility to collectively bargain at an enterprise it controlled; the following interview with Vice President Kunio Akiyama outlines the situation and describes the union’s initial response. [Japanese language, English subtitles] www.asianfoodworker.net …