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Human rights: Saudis treat domestic staff like 'virtual slaves'

Asian domestic workers in Saudi Arabia face routine human rights abuses that in some cases amount to slavery, with employers often escaping any punishment, according to a new report. Abuses include months or years of unpaid...

Sealy Corporation Reports Second Quarter Fiscal 2008 Results

prnewswire.com     9 hrs ago   4 related          

TRINITY, N.C., July 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- A reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures and the Company's reported financial results determined in accordance with GAAP is provided on the attached schedule On the...

We’re in for a soaking as deluge of bad news heralds recession

The slow drip-drip of bad economic news has turned into a daily downpour. Yesterday morning British shares entered a bear market; Persimmon, Britain’s biggest housebuilder, announced 1,100 job cuts; the Government reported...

Are gardeners really as green as they think they are? Paul Evans finds out

guardian.co.uk     6 hrs ago   4 related          

Gardens across the UK are changing for the better, with more people planting fruit and veg and returning to traditional trends that benefit wildlife. But anyone interested in the idea of gardens working to connect people with...

Returns set to crackle as health-conscious shoppers pick pork

scotsman.com     5 hrs ago   1 related          

Published Date: 09 July 2008 PIG farmers have had a tough struggle over the past 12 months, with much higher feed prices and returns generally failing to cover production costs. In the last week of June the value of UK cull...

Sir John Templeton: Successful stock investor who gave millions to encourage the rational...

independent.co.uk     6 hrs ago          

John Templeton was a highly successful stock investor who, starting in 1937, made a fortune on Wall Street and by mid life had become a philanthropist noted for encouraging rational exploration of spirituality. His name is...

Finn E. Kydland: Doing Good Efficiently

COPENHAGEN – Policymakers can concoct many excuses not to invest in global aid and development projects. Three weeks ago, I joined a group of five Nobel laureates and three distinguished economists to undermine one of those...

Operation Goodnight in Redruth: the holiday town where teenagers must be indoors by 9pm

You see them on street corners in every town: groups of furtive teenagers looking for company but often finding trouble. Fairly or not, they usually get the blame for vandalism, assaults and drunken midnight shouts that shatter...

Amid oil boom, inflation makes Saudis feel poorer

iht.com     10 hrs ago   20 related          

Sultan al-Mazeen recently stopped at a gas station to fill up his SUV, paying 45 cents a gallon — about one-tenth what Americans pay these days. Inflation that has hit 30-year highs on everything else in the kingdom is making...

Fitch Rates Douglas Co., Washington, Sewer District No. 1 Sewer Revs 'A+'

Fitch assigns an 'A+' rating to Sewer District No. 1 Douglas County, WA's $2.2 million sewer revenue bonds, 2008. Fitch also affirms the 'A+' rating on $14.7 million in outstanding parity obligations. The 'A+' rating reflects...

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