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BA cabin crew to strike this month
Union members representing British Airways cabin crews announced Friday they will hold two separate strikes this month in a dispute over working conditions.
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Trump's golf course plan on tee
Despite the financial downturn affecting property prices and construction projects around the world, bullish American billionaire Donald Trump remains committed to building what he has dubbed the "world's greatest golf course" in Scotland after unveiling designs for the new complex.
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Thousands protest in Greek capital
Thousands of people march through Athens as part of a 24-hour nationwide strike to protest against austerity measures by the government.
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Outcry over China migrant curbs
It's break time at the Seven Colors Elementary School, a privately-run school just an hour's drive from central Beijing. Scores of warmly dressed Chinese pupils are enjoying sunshine. Some play table tennis or skip rope. Others run around the flag pole, seemingly oblivious to the problem their parents face.
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China sets guidelines on bank bonuses
China's banking regulator has issued guidelines linking bonus pay of bank executives and employees to performance, according to state media.
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Man Utd bidders appoint top bank
The group poised to launch a takeover bid for English Premier League side Manchester United has signaled its intent by appointing a major international bank to act as its financial adviser.
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How to temp your way to the top
The recession has prompted many employers to take on temporary staff where they would have once hired permanent workers, this is prevalent at senior level, where executives may be drafted in to turn around the fortunes of an ailing company.
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Slim edges Gates as world's richest
Forbes magazine released its annual list of the world's richest people, and for only the second time since 1995, Microsoft founder Bill Gates' name was not first.
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Greek PM returns from U.S. to strikes
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Bahrain seeks to preserve ancient pearling traditions
Once upon a time, harvesting pearls was a way of life for the people of Bahrain, a glistening archipelago of 33 islands off the coast of Saudi Arabia.
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Daihatsu recalls 274,000 vehicles
Daihatsu Motor Company announced Thursday that it was recalling more than 274,000 vehicles for problems with their suspension systems.
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Ex-Toyota lawyer: Company hid info
When former in-house defense attorney Dimitrios Biller resigned from his top post at Toyota, he walked out with something potentially more valuable than his nearly $4 million severance package.
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Shell halts gas sales to Iran
Royal Dutch Shell has stopped selling gasoline to Iran, the company confirmed Wednesday, adding to a list of oil giants that have stopped sales after a threat of future U.S. sanctions.
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Magnate wins poisoning libel case
Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky has won his libel case against a Russian broadcaster in London, his spokeswoman told CNN on Wednesday.
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Bahrain: Islamic rules averted recession
Bahrain's finance minister said adherence to strict Islamic rules helped his country escape the worst of the global recession.
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Environmentalist sees plastic world
Every bit of fully synthetic plastic that's ever been produced over the past 100 years is somewhere on our planet, a leading environmentalist, David de Rothschild, said Tuesday.
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Brazil announces near-record harvest
Brazil will have its second-best harvest in the nation's history this year, the government said.
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Mexico: Allow cross-border trucking
Mexico asked the United States to move forward with creating a proposal to end a ban on cross-border trucking in violation of the North American Free Trade Agreement.
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Obama meets Greek leader on finance
Global financial reform topped the agenda, as U.S. President Barack Obama huddled with Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou, whose country is at the center of Europe's debt crisis.
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Missing executive's body found
The body of a missing energy executive was pulled from the Mississippi River in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Tuesday, four days after he disappeared, a police spokesman said.
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