The Danger Zone of Salary SecretsThe Danger Zone of Salary SecretsI absolutely agree with the author's contention. There are many ways this situation could have been handled, but by far the most astute and effective way to handle such a delicate issue like the one presented by the author about...
I recently saw a document lying on the copy machine that listed the salaries for everyone in the office, and noticed that most of my direct colleagues make considerably more money than me. This is really bothering me, but I havent mentioned it to anyone. Id like to ask for...
FRANKFURT AFP — Germany faces the prospect of a full-blown recession after key surveys on Tuesday showed business and consumer confidence falling away in Europe's economic powerhouse. The economy contracted 0.5 percent in the three months to June and economists, in light of the latest poor data, now...
More than 30 percent of U.S. public schools are within a quarter mile of major highways, which puts them in the "air pollution danger zone," says a University of Cincinnati study. Previous research has shown that proximity to major highways and pollutants spewed by vehicles can increase school children's susceptibility...
A topsy-turvy and frenetic end to the first ever phase of qualifying at the European Grand Prix's new home in Valencia saw both Jenson Button and David Coulthard make an early exit. Although both appeared safe with a couple of minutes remaining in the 20-minute session, a series...
Blood donation shortage Long Island Blood Services has issued an emergency plea for blood donations as its supplies are in what it considers the "danger zone," due to high demand, high gas prices and high temperatures. The nonprofit blood collection organization said it...
FEARS were growing last night over the fate of Irish climber Gerard McDonnell, who became the first Irishman to reach the summit of the world's most dangerous mountain, K2, on Friday. Weather conditions on the mountain, located in a remote region of the Himalayas on the...
JOHANNESBURG South Africa's biggest city gets a bad rap even from South African citizens. I found a welcoming heart full of colour and culture - with the Market Theatre at the heart of a revitalised city centre. BOGOTA Four kidnappings a...
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Global account management; a complete action kit of tools and techniques for managing key global customers. (reprint, 2006) Cheverton, Peter. Kogan Page Ltd. 2008 242 pages $45.00 Paperback HD62 This is a paperbound reprint...
Mike Jordan was left disappointed with qualifying for the latest rounds of the HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship after only managing to secure 15th on the grid at Oulton Park. Jordan was lying just inside the top ten when his John Guest Racing Honda Integra failed the...
TORONTO AFP — Roger Federer's number one ranking slid into the danger zone as the Swiss suffered an opening-match loss to Gilles Simon 2-6, 7-5, 6-4 in the second round of the ATP Masters Series event. After starting 2008 with a lead of 1,445 ranking points over Rafael...
Seventeen-year-old Asia Leeshawn Ferguson of South Carolina was decapitated after a rollercoaster at Georgia's Six Flags Amusement Park struck him. Batman the Ride reaches up to 50 mph and was said to be going full speed when it struck Ferguson, who, authorities say, was trying to take a...
Militants' control diminishes as secular social life returns Alcohol is openly for sale once more in Baghdad. All over the Iraqi capital, drink stores, which closed their doors in early 2006 when sectarian strife was raging, have slowly begun to reopen. Two years...
NEW YORK -- Start stockpiling eye drops. NBC Universal released an Olympics television schedule Tuesday that with broadcast, cable and broadband offers more coverage of competition from Beijing than all the previous summer Olympics combined. The company will beam out...
NEW CROSS MURDERS French students Laurent Bonomo and Gabriel Ferez were tied up, tortured and stabbed 243 times in an act of unbelievable savagery. What can explain the slaughter in SE14? David Randall investigates For all the relentless murdering...
Dom Joly There is uproar in Weston-super-Mare after last week's not overly complimentary column about the place. TV crews asked irate locals what they thought of Dom Joly. None of them had ever heard of me but they were furious and calling for...
THE part of London I live in is no different to where Ben Kinsella grew up. Middle-class ghettos are bang-up next to working- class terraces where values run like steel through the community. We also have some of the worst sink estates...
TALK about Chinese crackers - one false move and she'll be shedding more than crocodile tears! Thousands watched the reckless stunt unfold at Beijing's World Park last week as the woman lowered her head between the open jaws of a croc. While the audience held their...
The last major remnant of Saddam Hussein's nuclear program -- a huge stockpile of concentrated natural uranium -- reached a Canadian port Saturday to complete a secret U.S. operation that included a two-week airlift from Baghdad and a ship voyage crossing two oceans. ...
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