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Updated
5/3/2004; 3:26:46 PM
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Wednesday, April 14, 2004 |
Civilian Contractors Pay Price in Iraq (Reuters). Reuters - Known deaths so far include 30 employees and subcontractors working for Texas-based Kellogg Brown and Root, the U.S. military's main logistics contractor in Iraq, and 13 civilians working for San Diego company Titan Corp, which does translation work for the Army in Iraq. [Yahoo! News - Top Stories]
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Electrolux to build refrigerator factory in Mexico. CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) - Swedish Company Electrolux plans to build a refrigerator factory in Ciudad Juarez, employing some 3,000 people. Canadian Press via Canada.com Apr 14 2004 7:44PM GMT
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Delta's Wage War. At 48.9% of revenue, Delta's wage costs are simply over the top. Hardly lean and mean itself, AMR, parent of American Airlines, reported wage costs of 40.3% (excluding affiliate revenue) for its latest quarter. JetBlue's sit at an impressive 27.7%. Little wonder analysts expect Delta to lose $5.63 this year and $0.79 next year. Motley Fool Apr 14 2004 7:41PM GMT
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HSBC opening centre in Manila. Banking giant HSBC is to open a service centre in the Philippines, creating 500 jobs, to handle processing activities. Evening Standard Apr 14 2004 9:19PM GMT
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Survey: small businesses increase hiring plans. Nearly half of small businesses report plans to hire more staff over the next six months, up from 35 percent a year ago. OPEN Small Business Network 2004 Semi-Annual Monitor Survey from American Express. Business Journal of Phoenix Apr 14 2004 5:11PM GMT
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Dupont to shed Belgian jobs. MECHELEN - US chemicals multinational DuPont Nemours announced Wednesday it is to cut 63 jobs among its Belgian staff as part of a global reduction in its workforce. DuPont currently employs 1,400 people across its five plants in Belgium, all situated in the Flanders region. Expatica Belgium Apr 14 2004 5:44PM GMT
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TUNIS, Tunisia, April 14 (UPI) -- An official report said Wednesday unemployment rate in Tunisia dropped to its lowest level in recent years in 2003 to 14.3 percent of the labor force.
The report released by the National Statistics Institute said the rate dropped from 15 percent in 2002 due to increasing foreign investments in the North African Arab country.
It said it is the lowest unemployment rate registered since 1999 when it was estimated at 15.8 percent.
Washington Times Apr 14 2004 2:48PM GMT
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New labor code heralds mutual assistance and partnership in enterprises, minister
Morocco, Economics, 4/14/2004
The new Labor Code to come into force next June heralds a culture of mutual assistance and partnership inside the enterprise said Monday the Moroccan minister of employment, social affairs and solidarity.
The new version of the Code, he explained, meets the expectations of all social partners as nearly 600 articles which were hindering the development of the Moroccan enterprise have been amended. [Arabic News: Business]
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Uganda: University Strike Ends. MAKERERE University lecturers yesterday agreed to call off their one-week strike, following a crisis meeting in which President Yoweri Museveni promised them a better pay package next financial year. AllAfrica.com Apr 14 2004 5:26PM GMT
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Copyright
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Janice Kimball
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