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GABORONE, Botswana (IRIN) – Patients and schoolchildren are emerging as the biggest losers from a strike by public service workers in Botswana which is entering its sixth week. Close to a 100,000 public servants, including about 1,500 considered essential workers, are staying away from their posts while government and unions tussle over salaries. Medical practitioners [...]

United States (KaiserHealth) – “That’s where the money is,” Willie Sutton famously quipped when asked why he robbed banks. There’s a similar rationale for employers who hope to improve employee health and contain costs with workplace health clinics: That’s where the people are. Day in and day out, workers troop into the office, spending the [...]

Linda Young – AHN News Writer Beijing, China (AHN) – Tight new controls on rare earth minerals were announced by China’s State Council on Thursday, which issued a national guideline for the industry. World-wide high demand for rare earth minerals, which are essential in high tech manufacturing of electronics, has caused rapid development of mining [...]

Linda Young – AHN News Writer Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – Initial jobless claims declined by 29,000 to 409,000 for the week ending May 14 compared to the previous week’s tally of 438,000 claims. That is still above the 400,000 mark. Analysts say first time unemployment compensation insurcance claims must drop below 400,000 and [...]

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John Nestor – AHN Sports Correspondent new york, ny, United States (AHN Sports) – Count New York Giants defensive tackle Chris Canty among those who feel that there will be NFL football this fall. Canty for one feels that the labor impasse will be over soon enough and the season will get started when it [...]

Kris Alingod – AHN News Contributor Sacramento, CA, United States (AHN) – The impasse over extending taxes continues in California despite a revised budget plan from Gov. Jerry Brown that relies on an unanticipated rise in revenue. Republicans have insisted on an alternative plan that would cut compensation for state workers by 10 percent. The [...]

Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News London, England, United Kingdom (AHN) – British households have lost about $750 (GBP 500) in the past 12 months, according to a study by the Institute for Fiscal Studies released on Friday. It is considered the largest drop in household income since 1981, and is equal to what households made [...]

Linda Young – AHN News Writer London, United Kingdom (AHN) – British Airways and the Unite union have hammered out a deal to end a long-standing that now only awaits ratification by the ballot vote of nearly 10,000 cabin crew members. Ratification looks likely because 2,000 cabin crew members of the British Airlines Stewards and [...]

Linda Young – AHN News Writer London, United Kingdom (AHN) – Banking giant HSBC announced Wednesday that it plans to shave costs by up to $3.5 billion with a combination of strategies, including reducing its retail and wealth management divisions as well as trimming IT operations. HSBC is Europe’s largest bank, but it also has [...]