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| Anger spreads as 2.5m march over pension reforms |
| PARIS - A colossal turnout for nationwide protests against pension reform yesterday threatened President Nicolas Sarkozy with a long winter of discontent if he pushes ahead with plans to increase the French retirement age from 60... |
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Published: Thu, 09 Sep 2010 05:30 a.m. |
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| Financial sector tipped to lose up to 80,000 jobs |
| Securities firms around the world will cut as many as 80,000 jobs in the next 18 months as revenue growth begins to slow, said Meredith Whitney, the former Oppenheimer & Co analyst who now runs her own firm.The reductions, about... |
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Published: Thu, 09 Sep 2010 05:30 a.m. |
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| Easter trading bill pulled from debate |
| National MP Jacqui Dean is re-jigging her bill to extend Easter trading because it did not have the numbers to pass in its current form.Dean's member's bill, the Shop Trading Hours Act Repeal (Waitaki Easter Trading) Amendment... |
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Published: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:48 p.m. |
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| Kidnapped chefs awarded further damages |
| Two Indian chefs awarded more than $70,000 in damages by the Employment Relations Authority (ERA) after being beaten up and held captive when they quit their jobs have now been awarded costs of nearly $21,000.Akbar and Bashan... |
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Published: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:19 p.m. |
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| Every day's a winter wonderland |
| Seasonal snow jobs are highly sought after in New Zealand's commercial ski fields.For instance, last year NZSki, which operates the South Island ski areas of Coronet Peak, Mt Hutt and The Remarkables, had 5800 applications for... |
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Published: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:30 a.m. |
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| Athletes' career game plan |
| Athletes who get to the top of their game often get there because they put everything they have into their sport.But what happens when they're past the age of high performance or suffer injury? What happens to them when they can... |
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Published: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:30 a.m. |
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