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XML Business NewsWork-life balancepublished 2 days ago
Emergency on-site day care and a concierge desk that handles errands such as dry cleaning are two perks that help SEI Investments Co. employees juggle work and family.
Clued-in senior managementpublished 2 days ago
A full-time workweek at CB Richard Ellis Group Inc., which has 178 employees locally, can be as short as 30 hours and still qualify for full benefits. The firm is also among the greener companies in the Fortune 500.
Companies that put workers first winpublished 2 days ago
Reading accounts about how employees at certain workplaces believe their places of employment are "the best" is an awful lot like reading the latest issue of Architectural Digest in your shabbily furnished one-bedroom apartment. It seems like fantasy, doesn't it?
Qualitypublished 2 days ago
Special People in Northeast Inc. or SPIN is a non-profit organization that runs group homes, early-intervention programs for children, and a raft of community services, including rides to church or the mall. Efficient social services? In Philadelphia?
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US companies find China less welcomingpublished about 6 hours ago
A business group survey showed that 38 per cent of US businesses felt that foreign companies were increasingly unwelcome to participate in the Chinese market, ... more
Democrats win historic healthcare votepublished about 7 hours ago
After more than a year of sweating blood, Barack Obama and his Democratic colleagues on Capitol Hill have emerged victorious with the enactment of the ... more
Israel gives ground on Palestinian talkspublished about 8 hours ago
Benjamin Netanyahu tries to end a rift with the US by signalling his willingness to take confidence-building measures aimed at restarting peace talks with the ... more
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Wolseley eyes disposals as losses narrowpublished less than 1 hour ago
Building supplies group raises prospect of further disposals of underperforming businesses – such as Brossette in France and Build Center in the UK – following ... more
Icap to shut broking arm of cash equities unitpublished less than 1 hour ago
The world's largest interdealer broker is to close the division as it admits to a rare misjudgement of the potential of one of the key ... more
Smiths buys US technology group for $185mpublished about 5 hours ago
The industrial engineering company's acquisition of Interconnect Devices, a manufacturer of probe technology, is its biggest purchase since Philip Bowman took over as chief executive ... more
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India asks US to relax visa norms for workerspublished Thu, Mar 18 2010 23:30 GMT
India has strongly taken up the difficulties faced by its companies and American MNCs in getting a US visa for Indian professionals with the Obama ... more
Hyderabad: IBM programme to foster NGOspublished Thu, Mar 18 2010 23:30 GMT
The programme brings 10 IBM professionals from seven countries (Denmark, US, Germany, the Netherlands, France, Spain and Austria) to Hyderabad to work on critical projects ... more
BSE in talks for overseas listing of indicespublished Thu, Mar 11 2010 01:30 GMT
The Bombay Stock Exchange, the oldest bourse in Asia, is looking at listing its benchmark 30-share index Sensex on the US-based International Securities Exchange that ... more
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China begins trial of Rio Tinto employeespublished about 7 hours ago
The trial in Shanghai of four Rio Tinto employees who were charged with receiving bribes and infringing commercial secrets is being closely watched by anxious ... more
Cheap vehicles are making inroadspublished about 11 hours ago
Japan's automotive landscape could be changed significantly by ithe ntroduction of cheap, foreign-made vehicles.
Tentative deal to replace iron ore price systempublished about 11 hours ago
Global miners and Japanese steelmakers have reached a tentative deal to replace the 40-year-old iron ore pricing system based on annual contracts and lengthy negotiations ... more
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Windows Phone 7 won't kill Zune HDpublished Wed, Mar 10 2010 18:36 GMT
But Microsoft is telling game developers to concentrate on the phones.
Microsoft researcher wins Turing Awardpublished Tue, Mar 09 2010 13:42 GMT
Researcher Chuck Thacker, who helped pioneer several key aspects of the personal computer, gets honor seen as the Nobel Prize of computing. In an interview, ... more
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Home Builders Can't Compete With Foreclosurespublished Mon, Mar 15 2010 17:20 GMT
Sentiment among home builders is still lousy and cheap foreclosed homes are a big reason why.
Copper prices fall amid concerns over China (AP)published Mon, Mar 15 2010 16:32 GMT
AP - Copper prices have fallen amid speculation that China will take steps to slow its economy.
Snowstorms curb industrial output, rebound seen (Reuters)published Mon, Mar 15 2010 11:19 GMT
Reuters - Industrial production braked sharply in February, held back by severe winter storms that slammed parts of the country, while manufacturing activity in New ... more
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