Five million ‘below living wage’

affiliate marketing 29 October 2012 Last updated at 11:14 ETOne in five workers in the UK is paid less than required for a basic standard of living, a report has said. affiliate marketing The proportion is much higher among waiters and bar staff, at up to 90% of workers, the research...

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Pole gets 30 years for killing 6 on Channel Island

affiliate marketing LONDON (AP) — A Polish builder who killed six people, including his wife and children, on the British Channel Island of Jersey has been sentenced to 30 years in prison.Damian Rzeszowski, 31, carried out the knife attack in August 2011 at his home. He was said to have become depressed after his wife admitted to an...

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Microsoft CEO says Windows 8 sales rate higher than Windows 7

affiliate marketing SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Monday sales of the company’s new Windows 8 operating system, released to the public on Friday, were running at a higher rate than its last release, Windows 7.“We’re above where we were with Windows 7,” Ballmer told the audience at an event...

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Anderson Cooper’s daytime show to end after two seasons

affiliate marketing NEW YORK (Reuters) – Anderson Cooper‘s venture into daytime is coming to an end after just two seasons after failing to find an audience in the crowded daytime talk show market.Warner Bros Television, which syndicates “Anderson”, said on Monday the show will not be renewed after the current season ends in the summer...

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Slimmer future for heavy kids who get help early

affiliate marketing NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Weight-loss programs can help even very young children slim down, and it appears that acting early may improve the odds of success, according to a pair of new studies.“What they are showing is a pretty consistent trend that if we were to intervene early, we could really have an effect on...

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Wall Street plans to open Monday, as Sandy bears down

affiliate marketing NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stock exchanges and Wall Street banks sent crucial employees into Manhattan to stay in hotels and coworkers’ homes, preparing to open for business on Monday with at least skeletal staff as Hurricane Sandy threatened to halt mass transit.NYSE Euronext and Nasdaq OMX Group , the two major U.S....

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Ukraine’s opposition doing well in election

affiliate marketing KIEV, Ukraine (AP) —Ukraine’s opposition parties performed strongly in Sunday’s parliamentary vote, according to an exit poll, but President Viktor Yanukovych‘s party could still retain control of the legislature as its members are likely to sweep individual races across the country. affiliate...

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Taxpayer data exposed in cyber attack on South Carolina agency

affiliate marketing CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) – As many as 3.6 million Social Security numbers and 387,000 credit and debit card numbers used by state taxpayers could have been exposed to a hacker in recent cyber attacks on the state Department of Revenue‘s computers, officials said on Friday.The vast majority of the credit...

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Broadway takes few chances with superstorm coming

affiliate marketing NEW YORK (AP) — Broadway took the threat of the mammoth storm seriously, with theater owners canceling all Sunday evening and Monday performances of shows like “The Book of Mormon” ”Once” and “Mama Mia!” long before a drop of rain fell in Times Square.“The safety and security of theatregoers and employees is everyone’s...

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Meningitis Outbreak: Pharmacy Staffers May Have Known Dangers Beforehand

affiliate marketing Earlier this month, TakePart reported on a lethal meningitis outbreak stemming from pain medication mixed at one pharmacy in New England. With the death toll increasing and the rate of ill patients rapidly rising, this fungal meningitis resurgence has become one of the country’s worst drug-related health crises in...

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