Riley pardons Bates? turkey - Greenville Advocate
MONTGOMERY - Governor Bob Riley pardoned a Thanksgiving turkey on Wednesday as part of an annual tradition in Alabama that dates back to 1949. The event, held at the Alabama Governor?s Mansion, marks the 59th time an Alabama governor has issued a ...
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Selina Scott takes Channel Five to employment tribunal over ageism ... - Daily Telegraph
The journalist, who worked on BBC Breakfast when it started in 1983, had been lined up as maternity cover for Natasha Kaplinsky. She was said to have been told her pay would match that of Kaplinsky - around £500,000 for six months' work. But the ...
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Unemployment continues to rise in Hudson Valley - Mid-Hudson News Network
WHITE PLAINS ? The latest state Labor Department figures released Thursday indicate unemployment continues to rise in the Hudson Valley at the same time as there is modest job growth. Unemployment rose at least one percent in October when compared ...
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Boeing warns of additional layoffs in 2009 - update - RTT News
(RTTNews) - Aerospace and defense giant Boeing Co. (BA: News ) Thursday said its Executive Council has agreed that the current business environment and global economic situation will require additional cost control and some employment reductions in ...
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Local jobless rate improves - Daily Star
Area counties mirrored the state in losing jobs over the past year, but they posted a slight improvement in unemployment from September to October. The state news came as the federal Labor Department reported new claims for jobless benefits reached ...
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Welfare reform - Politics.co.uk
New action has been taken to get single parent families back into employment with a drastic revamp of the way child benefits will be distributed. Under the new plans, due to be put into action next week, single parents with children over 12 will only ...
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5 questions with J. Patrick Cremin - Tulsa World
J. Patrick ?Pat? Cremin leads Hall Estill?s labor and employment practice, joining upon graduation from the University of Tulsa College of Law in 1974. His practice also includes class action, immigration, intellectual property, and ...
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Turkish PM to announce econ package next week-min - Forbes
ISTANBUL, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan will announce a package of measures to boost the flagging economy when he returns from a foreign trip next week, Economy Minister Mehmet Simsek told reporters on Friday. Newspapers ...
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For many, end of the year is end of job - Times Union
ALBANY ? The Capital Region, like the rest of the nation, could experience a wave of job layoffs in December, as companies look to trim budgets before year's end. Economists and labor officials say end-of-the-year layoffs are common, even when the ...
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BANGLADESH: Global financial crunch set to cut remittances - IRIN
A selection of various US dollars. DHAKA, 21 November 2008 (IRIN) - Millions of Bangladeshis will be hit by an expected downturn in remittances because of the global financial crisis, experts warn. Some five million Bangladeshis work abroad, mostly ...
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