GENEVA : The International Olympic Committee has rejected a bid by Europe's public broadcasters to buy rights to show the 2014 and 2016 Olympics, the European Broadcasting Union said. The move signals a split between the IOC and the EBU, an umbrella ...
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The European Competition Commissioner, Neelie Kroes, is coming under heavy pressure to relax the EU’s strict state aid rules and allow governments to give massive capital injections and guarantees to banks that are reeling from the current ...
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PHILADELPHIA - President-elect Barack Obama yesterday pledged quick work on an economic recovery plan that will include tax cuts and increased federal spending, and told the nation's governors he wants their advice in designing a package to help ...
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Zimbabwe riot police broke up protests by doctors, nurses and union members on Wednesday and the death toll from a cholera epidemic blamed on the country's spiralling crisis jumped to 565. Trade unions have called protests over a shortage of ...
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By Kim Yeon-hee and Peter Dinkloh SEOUL/FRANKFURT, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Car and truck makers around the world signalled fresh production cuts and job losses on Wednesday with some warning the slump in demand may extend until 2010. "It would be wrong to ...
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An 8-year-old dispute between the state of Washington and the Washington Education Association is coming to an end. Eight years ago, the state filed charges against the teachers’ union, claiming the WEA violated the state’s campaign finance laws ...
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DETROIT (Dec. 3) - United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger said Wednesday that the union is willing to change its contract and will delay billions of dollars in payments to a union-run health care trust in an effort to help the struggling ...
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