French minister admits role in L'Oreal heiress saga The Star | PARIS (Reuters) - French Labour Minister Eric Woerth, the man spearheading a controversial pension reform, admitted on Thursday he had intervened in favour of the wealth manager of Europe's richest woman receiving a prestigious title. French Labour Minister Eric Woerth leaves the first weekly cabi...
PM holds meeting to discuss China threat Zeenews New Delhi: Amid reports of China's deployment of troops in the Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday chaired a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security to review China's recent posturing and India's options of dealing with it. | Senior Cabinet ministers, including De...
Tax collection. Now there's a moral crusade for the Tories The Guardian | The star chamber is in session. Any foot-draggers in the cabinet are due to be hauled before it if they fail to offer up 25% or even 40% cuts in time for the mass slaughter of the public sector next month. A wail of pleas for mercy has gone up to a...
Economic reforms in limbo as state polls near Deccan Herald New Delhi, 4 Sep,(Reuters): Saturday, September 04, 2010 --> | Will government succeed in passing key pro-market bills that have been in limbo for years? Not in the near future, say analysts. | With state elections around the corner, the Congress-led...
Fisheries Minister to introduce Pension scheme for fishermen Sri Lanka News web | The Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development Ministry will launch a new pension scheme for the fishing community with a monthly payment of Rs 7,000. Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development Minister Rajitha Senaratne said acti...
Lampard warns critics to brand Chelsea as 'pensioners' at their own risk Newstrack India | London, Sep 4 (ANI): Midfielder Frank Lampard has said that they are no pensioners, hitting back at critics who question the ageing Chelsea squad. | Chelsea relies heavily on experienced players like Lampard, 32, defender John Terry, 29, and...
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Third of FTSE firms plagued by pension fund deficits The Guardian Open Platform | Almost one-in-three blue chip pension schemes are so under-funded that they cannot be restored to health without companies either slashing dividends and capital spending or secur...
Briefing.com: Hourly In Play (R) - 00:00 ET Insurance Newsnet | Sep 04, 2010 (Briefing.com via COMTEX) -- Hourly In Play (R) | Updated: 04-Sep-10 00:00 ET | 17:02 | Reminder: Equity and bond markets are closed on Monday in observance of Labor Day | 16:51 | OC Owens Corning increasing production of continuous fi...
Ten ways to survive the pensions crisis Insurance Newsnet | Ten ways | to survive | the pensions | crisis | Rupert Jones | Millions of people's dreams of a comfortable retirement took another battering this week with the news that annuity rates have plummeted to an all-time low. New figures show the amount ...
Strike to Test Sarkozy Pension Gambit Wall Street Journal By DAVID GAUTHIER-VILLARS | PARIS—Fabien Monteil, a delegate of France's Sud Rail railroad union, is planning to march at the head of a demonstration on Tuesday to protest the proposed rise in France's retirement age. | But he's already doubtfu...
Briefing.com: Hourly In Play (R) - 17:00 ET Insurance Newsnet | Aug 31, 2010 (Briefing.com via COMTEX) -- Hourly In Play (R) | Updated: 31-Aug-10 17:00 ET | 16:56 | CWBS Commonwealth Bankshares announces sale of non-performing loans and purchase of performing residential mortgage loans (2.25 +0.15) | Co announced that on August 25, 2010, Bank of the Commonwealth, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, ente...
BRIC ambitions for Indonesia Asia Times | Sep 2, 2010 BRIC ambitions for Indonesia | By Sara Schonhardta | JAKARTA - With Indonesia's economic growth among the strongest in Southeast Asia and brightening future prospects for the resource-rich country, economists are weighing whether it should be the next country added to the BRIC grouping of fast-growing emerging...