SLOVAKIA: June elections offer change not revolution

President Ivan Gasparovic signed yesterday a law shortening the electoral term, allowing early...

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UNITED STATES: Corporate profits headed for decline

The health insurance provider Aetna yesterday announced that its fourth quarter profit surged...

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The S&P/ASX 200 closed at 4,915.6 yesterday. The recent surge in Australian share prices appears...

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General Motors (GM) is considering a major cut in its stock dividend after posting an 8.6 billion...

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Efforts aimed at institutionalising Islam in France have recently been launched by the government...

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Growth since the mid-1990s has brought higher per capita incomes, lower unemployment, dramatic...

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The rise in the minimum wage, to be paid to a large proportion of the workforce from May onwards,...

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Recent changes in the nature of the workplace, including the decline of unions, greater...

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Leading Senate Democrats have indicated that they will not attempt to filibuster the confirmation...

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Preliminary figures put the 2005 central state budget deficit well within target at 56.4 billion...

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