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The School Bus strikes are turning into disrespectfuk and irresponsible incident by New York bus Drivers. The tensions are rapidly increasing and causing a great problem for parents and students. The city provided parents and students MetroCards and paid to taxis and car services for access to public transportation.

Google has struck a deal with the FTC about their current antitrust lawsuit. Google currently has a major monopoly over the internet market. As a result of the deal, they have to change the way they do business in order to ensure that competition is more fair.

This article talked about the life of Chinese factory workers. Despite the harsh working conditions, the workers don't strike. This reminded me of demand in many different ways. 1) The demand for food will always be high because it is essential to life. The price that these people have to pay is working past the legal hours, living in unfavorable conditions, and working in unsafe factory floors. 2) The high demand for cheap products increases the demand for workers who are willing to work for under the minimum wage. This article taught me the relation between the price of a product and the wage of a worker.

The opportunity cost of going for the oil now would be having a safe oil-containment system.