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- Argument In The UK On Defense Spending Will Spread To The U.S.
- The British Labor Government is facing a major budget crisis that has been building for several years. The biggest casualty of it all will probably be their Armed Forces. The argument in that country may foreshadow the one to come in the United States. It is almost...
- Blog posts 2009-07-01
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- British Windfall Profits Tax Would Damage Southern Co. Earnings.(Originated from The Atlanta Journal and Constitution)
- ATLANTA--May 15--Britain's new Labor government formally proposed a "windfall profits" tax on utilities Wednesday that could wipe out a year's earnings for South Western Electricity, the British subsidiary of Atlanta-based Southern Co. ATLANTA--May 15--Britain's new Labor government formally proposed a...
- Research articles 1997-05-15
- British Parliament Spending Scandal Spiraling Out Of Control
- Like the United States, Britain is facing a massive increase in their deficit spending that in the long term will be unsustainable. The Gordon Brown government has invested in borrowing to keep up the required social spending while considering tax increases to rates over fifty percent on the richest...
- Blog posts 2009-05-22
- Innovating the HR Function in a Commercializing British Public Sector Organization: Towards a More Strategic Role for HR?
- Although the body of research and practice on HR management in private sector organizations has grown at an astonishing pace in recent years, much less is known about the nature, role and meaning of a strategic HR department within public sector organizations undergoing commercialization. This article addresses this gap by...
- White papers 2004-05-10
- George Robertson, the new man for NATO.(British Labor Party figure named new secretary-general of NATO)(Brief Article)
- ABOUT two years ago, soon after becoming defence secretary in Britain's new Labour government, George Robertson told journalists in Washington that he was bemused by the jargon his job involved. ``Nobody in my constituency [blue-collar Hamilton, sout ABOUT two years ago, soon after becoming defence secretary...
- Research articles 1999-08-07
- British MoD To Adopt Sweeping Recommendations
- LONDON - The British government says it will put into law a rolling 10-year defense budget and the requirement for a regular costed strategic review as part of wide-ranging changes to the acquisition process here. Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth told Parliament on Oct. 15 that virtually all the recommendations of...
- News items 2009-10-16
- BC's NDP: the first four years. (British Columbia, Canada; New Democratic Party)
- British Columbia's New Democratic Party NDP has contributed to the women's rights movement in Canada. Its political activity has furthered change in key areas such as healthcare, poverty, Native land claims, labor and the environment. The NDP is seeking a second-term government. By the time you read this, BC New...
- Research articles 1996-02-01
- Hume Attacks British Over Talks Delay
- Eamon Lynch Irish Voice 04-25-1995 Hume Attacks British Over Talks Delay. SOCIAL Democratic and Labor Party SDLP leader John Hume has denounced the British government for the delay in starting direct talks with Sinn Fein and said the Northern Secretary, Sir Patrick...
- Research articles 1995-04-25
- The challenge to BC's New Democrats: to govern in a dangerous time. (British Columbia's New Democratic Party)
- British Columbia Premier Glen Clark and his New Democratic Party must implement social policies that are not based on right wing solutions which advocate massive cost cutting at the expense of public welfare. Clark should also pass labor laws that will generate more jobs and remove discriminatory laws against the...
- Research articles 1997-01-01
- In Britain, Rottweilers attack.
- The timing could not have been better. Several days after I was asked, as a Nieman Fellow, to write an article on the apparent lack of civility by British journalists, the Local Government Minister, Hilary Armstrong, reacted furiously while being quizzed by a BBC correspondent at...
- Research articles 1998-09-22
- The Bearish Case for the British Pound
- Marc Chandler submits:Sterling has been resilient Tuesday in the face of the Fitch warnings of the UK's rating vulnerability and the deterioration on the trade front. Supporting it has been reports suggesting that Norway's petroleum fund is looking favorable at some UK property investments, and M&A related activity. There are,...
- External links 2009-11-10
- Cheese Working in Film : An Analysis of the Nature of Employment in a Project Based Industry
- The aim of this paper is to present a description and evaluation of employment in the film industry, and through doing so to challenge dominant populist and academic analyses of employment in this sector, as exemplified by the Labor government and a number of British and American academic commentators. These...
- White papers 2002-09-22
- Sequent Wins $6.7 Million Contract with British Employment Service; Clustered Systems Provide High Availability for Nationwide Unemployment Benefit System
- BEAVERTON, Ore.--BUSINESS WIRE--Aug. 1, 1995--Sequent Computer Systems, Inc., today announced that the United Kingdom's Employment Service has awarded a $6.7 million contract for systems and services to Sequent. The project is for the Employment Service's Labor Market System, which supports the new Job Seekers Allowance, a new government benefit...
- Research articles 1995-08-01
- Looking towards CLC 2002: Left organization needed. (Labour Report).(Canadian Labor Congress)(Brief Article)
- If there ever was a time that the labour movement needs an infusion of new energy, ideas and commitment that greater youth participation can bring, it is now. That's because these days the labour movement is definitely on the ropes. In British Columbia the...
- Research articles 2002-01-01
- European Parliament mission leaves for North Korea
- BRUSSELS, Oct. 30 Kyodo A high-level parliamentary mission representing the European Union left for North Korea on Monday for talks with North Korean government leaders, EU officials said. The three-member mission is led by Jacques Santer, a former prime minister of Luxembourg and former president...
- Research articles 2000-11-06
- What a GM Bankruptcy Would Mean to You
- As goes GM, so goes the nation? While it would be a landmark event and a blow to national pride, the failure of the country's largest carmaker would not be the cataclysm you might expect. How the Economy...
- Articles 2009-05-05
- GM reportedly set to sign deal on Thursday to sell Opel:
- General Motors Co. likely will sign a deal on Thursday to sell a majority stake in Opel to a group led by Magna International Inc., German news agencies reported, citing sources close to the negotiations. GM agreed on September 10 to sell 55 percent of Opel to Canadian supplier Magna...
- News items 2009-10-13
- Want to Reform Health Care? Improve the Workplace
- According to the World Health Organization, the U.S. spends by far the most per capita on health care but by most measures ranks not even in the top 30 countries in terms of health-care outcomes. If we want to improve Americans' health and reduce our...
- Blog posts 2009-06-15
- Germany Sweetens Opel Aid Offer If Magna Wins: Report
- By Philipp Halstrick and Angelika Gruber FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany could provide 4.5 billion euros ($6.35 billion) in upfront state aid for carmaker Opel if General Motors picks Canada's Magna, Berlin's favored suitor, as the buyer, a top official said. The last-ditch offer would have the federal government and German...
- News items 2009-08-19
- GM's U-turn on Opel Sale Sparks German Backlash
- By Angelika Gruber and Gernot Heller FRANKFURT/BERLIN (Reuters) - German politicians seethed and unions tore up a deal to cut costs in protest at General Motors' "completely unacceptable" decision not to sell Opel, its European unit, after months of painstaking talks. Labor leader Klaus Franz rescinded hundreds of millions of...
- News items 2009-11-04
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