Joseph Stiglitz’s article (A principled Europe would not leave Greece to bleed, 25 January) and your leader (Under a Byzantine shroud, 30 January) offer quite a sensible analysis of Greece’s recent economic troubles. Some other international press coverage vastly exaggerates the problem.The European Central Bank’s dogmatic hardline euro policy, at a time of severe recession, [...]
Muslim civil rights group repeats call for independent probe of FBI shooting
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today reiterated its call for an independent investigation into the death of a …
• Conservative leader: action swift but not extensive• Sources deny Cameron rowing back on pledge to tackle deficitDavid Cameron gave a clear sign today that Conservative spending cuts designed to prevent Britain facing a Greek-style debt crisis would begin with only modest savings in public spending this summer.Speaking in Davos, the Conservative leader said [...]
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Manpower Inc. (NYSE: MAN), a world leader in the employment services industry, announced today at the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos the launch of MyPath.com (www.mypath.com), a…
HONOLULU, Jan. 28 /PRNewswire/ — Tissue Genesis, Inc., an emerging leader in advanced tissue engineering and cell therapy solutions, and American Medical Systems Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMMD) announced today they have signed an agreement for the resea…
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Republican Leader John Boehner sent the following letter this afternoon to Chief Administrative Officer Daniel Beard requesting “an immediate and comprehensive assessment of how ha…
NEEDHAM, Mass., Jan. 28 /PRNewswire/ — Two Step Software, Inc., a leader in equity management and FAS 123R reporting solutions, announced today a record 50% surge in customers as well as increased profitability in 2009. The growth is directly re…
PARIS, January 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Saft, leader in the design,
development and manufacture of high- end batteries for industry and defence,
announces its sales for the fourth quarter and the year ended 31 December
2009.
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A Davos meeting was told executive pay had reached unsustainable levels compared with workers’ payA union leader representing 20 million workers worldwide tonight called for executive salaries to be capped at 20 times the pay of the average worker as he branded the system for rewarding business leaders “corrupt” and a “racket”.Speaking at the World [...]
LONDON, Jan. 27 /PRNewswire/ — Frost & Sullivan has named Alcatel-Lucent its EMEA Inbound Contact Routing Systems Market Penetration Leader for 2009. The Frost & Sullivan Award for Market Leadership Penetration is presented each year to the co…