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More than eight of ten workers — 85 percent — rank workplace safety first in importance among labour standards, even ahead of family and maternity leave, minimum wage, paid sick days, overtime pay and the right to join a union, according to a new stu...
DATE: Aug 31, 2010
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Cash on corporate balance sheets sits at record levels: according to Moody's, non-financial companies are sitting on $1.84 trillion in cash.
Private equity firms are also hoarding huge levels of cash. As recently as January of this year the industry ...
DATE: Aug 30, 2010
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Insurance takeovers are headed for the biggest year since the peak of the last merger boom as financial-services firms from Bank of America Corp. to Aegon NV of the Netherlands jettison assets.
Deals in the industry have jumped...
DATE: Aug 30, 2010
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Cox Hallett Wilkinson (CHW) has awarded its legal scholarships for 2010 to Melanie Fullerton, Janine Carey, Sarita Ebbin, Arion Mapp and Roger Moniz.
In addition, a special award was presented to Celia Tuzo.
Ms Fullerton is currently pursuing an LL.B...
DATE: Aug 30, 2010
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A passion for print and website design led young entrepreneur Philip Trott to start up his own business.
Mr. Trott fulfilled a dream of running his own company called Rokhaus Creative Studios, which he launched in June and operates out of his home in...
DATE: Aug 30, 2010
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Hiring and manufacturing probably cooled in August, showing companies are scaling back as the US recovery shows signs of stumbling, economists said before reports this week.
Private payrolls that exclude government agencies ros...
DATE: Aug 30, 2010
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LONDON (AP) — It's been in print for over a century, but in future the Oxford English Dictionary — the authoritative guide to the English language — may only be available online.
Oxford University Press, the publisher, said yesterday that burgeoning ...
DATE: Aug 30, 2010
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Investors in uranium miners stand to reap the rewards of a coming boom in nuclear power construction, but to win big they will have to be patient.
The nuclear renaissance is centered in Asia, where China plans to more than double ...
DATE: Aug 30, 2010
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HOUSTON (Bloomberg) — Allen Stanford didn't lead a Ponzi scheme that fleeced investors of $7 billion, a former federal prosecutor who reviewed evidence against him told a US judge in Houston.
Securities lawyer Christopher Bebel reported his conclusio...
DATE: Aug 30, 2010
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london (Bloomberg) — Bermuda-based Frontline Ltd., the world's largest operator of supertankers, reported better-than-expected second-quarter profit and warned that earnings will decline after freight rates slumped.
Net income rose to $81.3 million, ...
DATE: Aug 30, 2010
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