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Entertaining change Sony to look at activists spin-off idea
By Tim KellyTOKYO (Reuters) - Few foreign activist investors have made much headway in forcing change in Japan, where a conservative corporate culture favours long-standing ties with banks, business partners and workers rather than shareholders seeking value.Struggling electronics giant Sony Corp, though, with more foreign and fewer bank shareholders, may prove something of an exception. ...
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Mercedes dealer review opens home front in luxury war
Reuters © Dieter Zetsche, CEO of German carmaker Daimler, poses in a new Mercedes-Benz S-class car during a presentation in Hamburg, May 15, 2013. REUTERS/Fabian ...
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Lifestyle Osama Bin Laden raid knife sold for Sh2.9m
auction in all raised more than $75,000 for several special operations charities, but the proceeds from the knife sale will specifically go the family of Brett "Shady" Shadle, according to Matthew Griffin, a former Army Ranger who helped organized the event. Shadle, who served in SEAL Team Six with Owen, was killed in late March in a training accident in ...
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Lifestyle Grandmother 79 Jumps from plane
jump , she said, was terrifying. The worst part was sitting on the floor of "the narrow, dinky plane which was not exactly a 747 waiting for her turn ...
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Homelessness despair and confusion amid the night shelter funding crisis
The future for housing-benefit funded emergency night shelters for rough sleepers is precarious. So why are ministers so reluctant to intervene to prevent them ...
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NIIT Pledges Support For Sports
Djan Wilteh &Associates' Emmanuel Ola Williams(2ndL) in a handshake with NIIT officials. With them is MC-Caulley of GES IT Company NIIT Computers has pledged its unflinching support for sports in the country. Already, it has supported the Nunu Sports Festival, offering scholarship to 20 outstanding pupils and officials who excelled in the just ended sports festival. "We believe ...
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Community sports recreation datebook
Youth and recreation leagues are forming, camps and classes are taking place, tryouts are being scheduled and more is going on around the ...
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Civil servants are least happy employees in China
Civil servants are the least happy employees in China, research has revealed.A survey of over 9,000 respondents found that civil servants had the lowest level of job satisfaction of the 12 sector categories that were included.According to ...
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Time is ripe to compost
The time has come to compost.Unfortunately, the are no excuses left for the reluctant composter.The oft-used arguments I have no garden, it's too hard or it's smells well, just stink.As a lapsed composter - who throws obscene amounts of food waste in the bin - it's time to step up to my waste management responsibilities.There are many small, stylish and smell-free ...
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Today in healthcare Wednesday 22 May
Good morning and welcome to the daily live blog from the Guardian Healthcare Professionals Network. Throughout the day, we'll be bringing you news, comment and analysis from around the web. The big story of the day ...
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Why market research is important for the NHS
Market research can drive better care, increase patient engagment and help the NHS understand what patients need and how they feel. Photograph: RayArt Graphics ...
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Lifestyle Special K the trend for names
Wayne Rooney and his wife Coleen have called their second son Klay. The name is more usually spelt Clay. It's part of a wider trend that is seeing "c" being substituted with ...
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Wales could be the Silicon Valley of public services
The NHS, public libraries and local education authorities all have roots in Wales, making it fertile ground for innovation. Photograph: The Photolibrary ...
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Its time for a new model of specialist housing for older people
I must declare up front: I'm not a housing expert or an ageing society expert, but I do know the numbers. And they all point in one direction - a huge demographic challenge for all generations, particularly on housing need.Everyone knows that our society is ageing. People are living longer and the birth rate is falling. Between 2002 and 2011, there was a 26% increase in the number of people ...
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Councils need to crack down on payday loan companies
The booming payday loan industry demonstrates a fundamental failure to protect our most vulnerable citizens from exploitation. Lenders who charge massive multiples of interest dominating our high streets is bad enough, but now some payday loan companies are aggressively marketing via children and pushing standards to a new low.In Lambeth's deprived Coldharbour and Ferndale wards, Speedy ...
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Lifestyle Students in Dadaab benefit from ICT training
UNHCR ?s Representative in Kenya. ?Access to quality education is a key precondition for the economic development and self-reliance of refugees as well as the enjoyment of many other human rights.? The CTA project, whose foundations were laid in early 2012, targets three main areas for improvement: formal education, vocational training and community e- learning. In primary schools this year, 32 ...
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How to get ahead in ... becoming an activism co-ordinator
Sustrans , the shift from the fringes to the mainstream also means that lobbying organisations like themselves are now recruiting supporters from a much wider audience. Joe Williams, media and policy adviser to Sustrans, says: "I think this shift is probably a reflection of green politics as well its becoming more mainstream although the stereotype of local activists still remains, ...
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Winger Ioane Faces Fitness Race for First Lions Test
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David Laws vetoes plan to force schools to check immigrant status of pupils
David Laws decided the idea would be bureaucratic and difficult to implement.In a sign of the Lib Dems' determination to assert themselves in the coalition, Laws told the education ...
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UPI Sports Calendar for Wednesday May 22
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Money raised for sports trip
AFTER inviting locals to their garage sale fundraiser, Sunny Pasco and her friends have managed to raise about $1000 to put towards their overseas sports ...
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Grimm outlook after finale
‘s first season closed with Juliette in a coma, and in tonight’s season 2 finale, it was Nick’s turn to be in a rather inert state at the hands of a Wesen. When Baron Samedi unleashes his collection of zombified victims onto Nick and Co. at the container yard, Nick gets separated from the others, which turns out to be just what Eric Renard wants. The Baron spits his infectious ...
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Intl congress on winter sports tourism to open in Sochi Wed
SOCHI, May 22 (Itar-Tass) - The 9th International congress on winter sports, tourism, and outdoor activities will begin here on Wednesday with a plenary session dedicated to mass sports in Russia. The congres is to be held at the Krasnya Polyana mountain skiing resort where ski competitions will take place during the 2014 Winter Olympic ...
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Rare Harry Potter first edition fetches record auction price
Fans wait to see actors from the Harry Potter films at the opening of the Warner Brothers Studio Tour- The Making of Harry Potter near Watford north London March 31, ...
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DWTS Hidden gems of the finals
without ever having to turn it on. It’s a visual feast of sparkles, fringe, and stunning awkwardness. Ready to go down the rabbit hole? Behold this bountiful smattering of Visible ...
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Tajikistan making sacrifices for the future
A massive hydroelectric dam in southern Tajikistan may be the key to the future energy independence of the country and its development, but it comes at a staggering cost and with doubts over its viability.
Tajikistan is an ancient land and one of the oldest states in human history, having been founded by the Samani dynasty in the 9th century, long before territories such as Great Britain or other European nations became unified states. Yet for all this, Tajikistan has remained impoverished and sidelined throughout much of its existence. Read more
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