This is a cross-post by Ellen Bravo, former director of 9to5, National Association of Working Women and author of Taking on the Big Boys: Or Why Feminism Is Good for Families, Business and the Nation. Congratulations, working women! As of today, your salary since January 1, 2007, has finally reached the total earned by your male […]
Bear Stearns and Pfizer: A Tale of Two Corporate CEO Excesses
by Mike Hall, Mar 24, 2008 Even after all the headlines and horror stories during the past several years about CEOs and top execs getting huge bonuses, sweetheart stock deals and more goodies—while workers and real people get…well, we’ll call it shafted—new tales of greed can still tick you off. Our friends at the Alliance for Retired […]
Cricket Australia’s tour of Pakistan postponed
The Australian Cricket Team’s tour of Pakistan has been postponed due to the volatile situation prevailing in Pakistan. On the advice of the Australian Government and political experts,the Australian cricket board cancelled the proposed month long tour of Pakistan.The Australian players feel insecure over their security, in the wake of the death of PPP leader […]
Supreme Court of India :Job On Compassionate Grounds Is Not A Right
In a land mark judgement passed by the Supreme Court of India, it has categorically held that appointments on compassionate grounds cannot be claimed as a matter of right. The Supreme Court has held that the decision whether to consider a person for appointment on compassionate ground depends upon the finacial condition of the family of […]
False Jewish Conversions Help Venezuelans Enter Israel
The Israeli community of Venezuela told reporters on Wednesday that they were going to investigate the irregularities that have aroused in the process of religious conversion to the Jewish faith in Venezuela. Since they have reasons to believe that some of the recent Jewish converts have been converting mainly as a way to immigrate to […]
Bird Flu: situation in control’ in West Bengal
With no fresh areas coming under the grip of bird flu, the state government on Thursday heaved a sigh of relief. Wary and worried about the impact of the avian influenza in the state’s poultry industry, the government authorities said with Bankura out of the deadly grip of the H5N1 virus and two other districts […]