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May 13, 2013
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key said intervention won
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May 13, 2013
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key said intervention won
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April 25, 2013
Spanish unemployment rose more than economists forecast in the first quarter to the highest in at least 37 years as efforts to tackle the European Union
April 23, 2013
The clothing label will pay an $882,000 penalty as part of a non-prosecution agreement with the Justice Department, and will give up roughly $735,000 in illicit profits and interest as part of a non-prosecution agreement with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Between 2004 and 2009, Ralph Lauren’s Argentinian subsidiary bribed customs officials “to […]
April 20, 2013
There are many ways to finance a bike-share program.
One is the public model, where the city or region owns the program and it’s operated on a day-to-day basis by a contractor. Then there are public-private partnerships, run by for-profits or non-profits. And, as with Toronto’s Bixi, there is the private non-profit model.
The public model, seen […]
April 15, 2013
Samsung’s next flagship phone, the Galaxy S4, will hit Canada as early as April 27.
Mobile providers are now taking pre-orders for the new five-inch smartphone, Samsung’s rival to Apple’s iPhone.
Those who pre-order a phone, for about $200 on a three-year contract or $700 without a contract, should get it by the end of the month […]
April 7, 2013
SHANGHAI—Two more people have contracted bird flu in Shanghai, China’s health ministry said on Saturday, as authorities closed live poultry markets and culled birds to combat a new virus strain that has killed six people.
State-run Xinhua News Agency said authorities planned to slaughter birds at two live poultry markets in Shanghai and another in Hangzhou […]
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April 1, 2013
Ontario Education Minister Liz Sandals says her government has reached an understanding on issues such as maternity leave with the province’s public high-school teachers, who had protested imposed contracts by withdrawing from extracurricular events.
“I am pleased to be able to inform you that we have come to an agreement in principle with OSSTF focused on […]
March 10, 2013
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke can find two messages from a larger-than-forecast surge in job growth: his unprecedented stimulus is working, and the Fed should keep buying $85 billion in bonds each month.
Employment rose 236,000 in February for the third monthly increase above 200,000 in four months, pushing down the jobless rate to […]
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March 7, 2013
France’s toughest unions are protesting a potentially landmark plan to loosen the country’s famously rigid labor rules, calling it a betrayal by Socialist President Francois Hollande and a gift to capitalist bosses.
Multinationals are shutting factories around France amid Europe’s economic slowdown, with many complaining about the high cost of employing French workers. The French government […]