A consortium led by Italian gas network company Snam and including the GIC fund and France's EDF has signed an agreement with Total to buy its TIGF networks and storage business in southwest France, the consortium said in a joint statement ...
SAP has moved to defend the users of its Sybase database software by filing suit against Pi-Net International, a "patent troll" that has filed several patent infringement lawsuits against SAP customers in the US financial services sector ...
Modern use In the 1950s, women in the workforce in Hong Kong started to wear more functional cheongsam made of wool, twill, and other materials. Most were tailor fitted and often came with a matching jacket. The dresses were a fusion of ...
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Over the past two weeks, glass manufacturing workers at CSR Viridian’s plants in Sydney and Melbourne have spoken to World S ocialist W eb S ite correspondents about the closure and merger of facilities that will cost more than 200 ...
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A Merseyside factory that manufactures flavours for Walkers crisps is moving 150 British jobs to Hungary. Givaudan is moving its savoury flavour production to Hungary Global flavour supplier Givaudan is moving most of its current ...
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Ford will pay out US$750 million ($719 million) to hourly workers as part of a severance deal as it winds down production at its manufacturing plant in Genk, Belgium, by the end of next year. Reuters reports Ford has reached a deal with ...
The Canadian Building Trades says the federal government’s budget for 2013-2014—the Canada Jobs Grant, specifically—will allow an increase in the delivery of training and the capacity to access such training. “We ...
At least 150 workers at CSR’s Viridian glass-making factories in western Sydney confront the closure of their plants and the destruction of their jobs, in the latest of the swathe of job cuts sweeping through the manufacturing sector ...
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Counterfeit food robs Americans of $10 billion each year Californians lose 800,000 acre-feet of water to 305 minnows Golden rice battle only just beginning As we head into a new year, U.S. agriculture faces 2013 filled with opportunities ...
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Today, ST-Ericsson confers with union representatives about the effects of upcoming job cuts as required by French and Italian law. Legally the company is obliged to consult with unions before it takes steps which will involve job cuts. ...
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After the unions and employers failed to reach an agreement for yet another time, unions like CCOO and UGT have announced their decision to protest across Spain. The wage agreement between employers and employees of the Spanish textile ...
Hewlett-Packard's purchase of Autonomy is under investigation by the U.K. Serious Fraud Office, the company said in a regulatory filing ahead of its annual meeting where there are expected to be challenges to the re-election of Chairman Ray ...
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Hewlett-Packard’s purchase of Autonomy is under investigation by the U.K. Serious Fraud Office, the company said in a regulatory filing ahead of its annual meeting where there are expected to be challenges to the re-election of ...
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Renault reached a restructuring agreement with 3 Unions recently. After paving the road, the company will assemble more new vehicles for cooperative partners Daimler and Nissan. According to the contract Renault signed with CFDT Union on ...
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Chris Bowen … ‘times are tough’ The Government will extend the $57.5 million Apprentice Kickstart Initiative to make it easier for employers to take on apprentices. Minister for Tertiary Education and Skills, Chris ...