A worker at Marks & Spencer (M&S) who “blew the whistle” on the high street giant’s plans to slash redundancy terms for more than 60,000 staff has been suspended and faces a disciplinary hearing.
Fairfax Media is the latest media company to slash jobs to cut costs. The "business improvement program" will be implemented during the first half of FY09, resulting in an overall staff trim of 5 percent, some 550 jobs across corporate, its Australian publishing and printing and Fairfax New Zealand.
Tue, Aug 26, 2008 (1:06 p.m.) Drought and anti-drug campaigns helped slash Afghanistan's opium poppy cultivation by 19 percent this year compared to 2007, but Taliban militants could still derive up to $70 million from the harvest, the U.N. anti-drug chief said Tuesday.
SOUTH BEND -- If the food pantry at Broadway Christian Parish doesn't receive donations by Thursday, it will have to immediately slash what it offers to needy folks, says the Rev. Nancy Nichols, pastor.
WASHINGTON (AP) Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama is coming to Kansas City for a town hall meeting at an airline facility that may slash hundreds of jobs.
Velvet Revolver and former Guns N'Roses lead guitarist Slash will take part in Guitar Center Sessions: An Evening of Dialogue and Insight with Slash on Wednesday, September 3rd at the Guitar Center in Northridge, California.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama will host a town hall meeting Tuesday at a Kansas City airline facility that may slash hundreds of jobs. The Illinois senator will discuss economic issues at the American Airlines maintenance plant at 11:15 a.m.
Published: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 at 9:56 a.m. Constitution Party presidential candidate Chuck Baldwin is scouring South Carolina this week looking for voters who are scared of Democrat Barack Obama or distrustful of Republican John McCain.
Published: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 at 10:31 p.m. Constitution Party presidential candidate Chuck Baldwin is scouring South Carolina this week looking for voters who are scared of Democrat Barack Obama or distrustful of Republican John McCain.
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