Anil Giri – AHN News Correspondent
Kathmandu, Nepal (AHN) – Hundreds of Nepalese Gurkha soldiers are expected to lose their jobs in the British army in the defense ministry’s latest round of reduction in military strength. “As part of further work on defense restructuring the British Army has announced [...] Continue Reading…
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Tom Ramstack – AHN News Legal Correspondent
DC, Washington, United States (AHN) – The U.S. Conference of Mayors wrapped up its winter meeting Friday in Washington, D.C., with Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel stepping into controversies on same sex marriage and education. Emanuel joined about 80 other mayors from across [...] Continue Reading…
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Linda Young – AHN News Writer
Berlin, Germany (AHN) – Germany’s unemployment rate dropped to 6.8 percent in December from 6.9 percent in November, its lowest rate since 1991, according to the German Federal Labor Agency. Strong German exports are behind the lower unemployment rate. The seasonally adjusted [...] Continue Reading…
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Linda Young – AHN News Writer
London, United Kingdom (AHN) – Unemployment in the United Kingdom has hit a 17-year high, rising to 8.3 percent for the second quarter of the year up from 7.9 percent the previous quarter. The number of jobless people in the UK increased by [...] Continue Reading…
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Diane Alter – AHN News Reporter
New York, NY, United States (AHN) – U.S. stocks soared higher Friday after new data showed that inflation does not appear to be a problem. Just after the opening bell on Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 82 points, the Standard [...] Continue Reading…
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Linda Young – AHN News Writer
Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – Employers added 120,000 jobs, the nation’s official unemployment rate dropped to 8.6 percent and the percentage of working-age Americans with a job dropped to 64 percent during November, the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics announced [...] Continue Reading…
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Diane Alter – AHN News Reporter
NYC, NY, United States (AHN) – Clothes make the man, and more and more men are making the move to more fashionable attire. That increased interest and demand may turn out to be a particularly bright spot for retail sales this holiday season. [...] Continue Reading…
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The Media Line Staff
Ankara, Turkey David Rosenberg / The Med – The 7.2-magnitude earthquake that struck eastern Turkey points up the great economic divide between the country’s thriving west and an east in long-term decline. The Oct. 23 tremor and a series of aftershocks took an estimated 600 [...] Continue Reading…
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Harare, Zimbabwe (IRIN) – Stallholders at the Mupedzanhamo market on the outskirts of Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare, thought they were immune to the 2008 Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Act, which requires large businesses such as banks and mining companies to relinquish at least 51 percent of their shares or interests [...] Continue Reading…
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Linda Young – AHN News Writer
Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – New jobless claims remained above the 400,000 mark for the week ending Oct. 8, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. However, the 404,000 initial unemployment compensation claims filed for the week was slightly down, representing a [...] Continue Reading…
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Tejinder Singh – AHN News Correspondent
Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – There was laughter and goodwill as Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday addressed a select audience of law enforcement officials in Alexandria in Virginia saying, “We need better roads, we need better bridges, we need safer streets.” [...] Continue Reading…
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Linda Young – AHN News Writer
Los Angeles, CA, United States (AHN) – The Los Angeles Times has announced plans to cut at least 66 employees by the end of the third quarter of the year. It is particularly bad news for the affected employees because the nation’s unemployment [...] Continue Reading…
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Linda Young – AHN News Writer
London, United Kingdom (AHN) – Unemployment rose in the United Kingdom by 80,000 to 2.51 million during the three months ending in July, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). That represents the largest jobless increase in almost two years and brought [...] Continue Reading…
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The Media Line Staff
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Rob L. Wagner – Jaad Ameen Jaad is used to deadline pressure. He builds hotels and operates his family-owned Crom Hotels & Resorts International in the highly competitive tourism industry. However, next month Jaad faces a different kind of deadline under the Nitaqat [...] Continue Reading…
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News | admin, 30 Aug 11 | Comments (1)
Washington, DC, United States (KaiserHealth) – To those who believe the federal Supplemental Security Income program for severely disabled children is a lifesaver and not a boondoggle, Hulston Poe is a great example. After four-year-old Hulston Poe was diagnosed with severe ADHD last October, case workers said there [...] Continue Reading…
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