BRUSSELS - European Union staff said on Tuesday that they will strike next week for their right to pocket an inflation-busting 3.7 percent pay rise which member states say shows double standards. Employees of the European Council -- the body that r
Northern Ireland Office staff received performance payments of almost £600,000 in 2008-09, it has been revealed.In a Commons written reply, NIO Minister Paul Goggins told Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesman Vince Cable the largest bonus award
LAS VEGAS - Nevada utility regulators plan to use about $800,000 in federal stimulus funds for employee training and to add two new staff members to focus on renewable energy. A Public Utilities Commission of Nevada official said the American Recove
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. drug reviewers recommended that regulators further study the effects of atypical antipsychotic medicines in children, a report released on Friday said. Food and Drug Administration staff said a study of the medical litera
Former Tunisian international defender Sami Trabelsi hastold Jawhara FM that he has been nominated as a possible assistant coach to therecently appointed Faouzi Benzarti who will lead the Carthage Eagles at theupcoming African Cup of Nations. 'The
LONDON - Banks will be forced to reveal how many of their staff earn more than one million pounds a year, under recommended reforms of the financial sector to be released Thursday. Half of bonuses paid to bankers should also be deferred for three t
Three senior executives at KPMG, liquidators of the Hong Kong subsidiaries of Lehman Brothers, have been summoned for questioning in Thailand in relation to the sale of properties previously owned by the collapsed bank. The crime suppression unit of
WASHINGTON — An Army task force has found that a growing number of soldiers serving in Afghanistan are suffering from some kind of mental stress and is urging the military to double the number of mental health professionals deployed there. The
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