The Guardian:
• Bankers' choice: voluntary redundancy or leave role to relative• Media and unions critical – calling it an attack on social mobilityIt is a problem many a company faces in these tough times: how to replace older – and costlier – workers with younger, cheaper ones.A Rome bank has what it thinks is the solution: to make the (Read More)
Washington Post:
Unemployment in the District soared to a record high of 11.9 percent in October, according to government data released Friday, ranking it among California, Nevada, Michigan and other states with the highest jobless rates.
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washingtonpost.com - Virginia:
Unemployment in the District soared to a record high of 11.9 percent in October, according to government data released Friday, ranking it among California, Nevada, Michigan and other states with the highest jobless rates.
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New York Times:
Analysts and executives are wondering if the economic model of broadcast television, which is more heavily reliant on advertising than cable, is irreparably broken.
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The Guardian:
BFI Southbank to exhibit paintings and sketches of 'Freudian ballet' created for the film by Hein HeckrothThe Red Shoes, Powell and Pressburger's 1948 masterpiece, is one of the most visually spectacular movies in British history, and an abiding inspiration for artists such as Martin Scorsese, who counts it among his favour (Read More)
The Guardian:
Getting a place on a graduate training programme can be like tackling an assault course. One determined student talks to Nic Paton about clearing the hurdles ... and winningYou may not (yet) have to stand up and sing in front of a baying audience, but landing yourself a place on a graduate training programme does appear to (Read More)
Washington Post:
CHICAGO -- On the edge of a cornfield 150 miles from Chicago lies a prison, all but vacant, that could become the new Guantanamo.
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Is billionaire investor Silvio Scaglia‘s inclination to keep bankrolling Babelgum running out? The video service is shutting its Dublin HQ and Nice office, paidContent:UK has learned and confirmed.We also heard its New York operation is being wound down, but the company says t (Read More)
Guardian Unlimited: Technology:
'I would not say that I lost faith in Twitter, I would say that I lost faith in my ability to negotiate it,' says Stephen FryStephen Fry, technophile and a "twillionaire" having amassed more than a million followers on Twitter, yesterday explained what almost led him to commit "twitticide" last month and consider leaving th (Read More)
The Guardian:
Administrators running company behind Threshers, Victoria Wine and Haddows announce closure of another 381 stores and loss of nearly 2,000 jobs after failing to find buyerFirst Quench, the off-licence group behind Threshers and Wine Rack, is to close a further 381 stores with the loss of nearly 2,000 jobs.Administrators ove (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Sport:
• Bookmaker to close Aintree call centre with loss of 263 jobs• Offshore rivals are benefiting from tax advantagesBetting company Ladbrokes has confirmed the loss of 263 jobs today. The high-street bookmaker announced the closure of its Aintree call centre in Liverpool, as well as the axing of the jobs.The company blamed th (Read More)
Hyderabad-Cities-The Times of India:
In what appears to be a major scam, the agricultural marketing department has undertaken a recruitment of engineers bypassing the AP Public Service Commission. (Read More)