Cerberus and Gabriel may sell stake in Bank Leumi
Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News
Private equity firm Cerberus and Gabriel Capital Corp issued a tender to sell their 9.8 percent stake in Bank Leumi , Israel's largest bank, for a minimum 1.45 billion shekels (234.5 million pounds), the Maariv newspaper said on Sunday.
EP committee proposes 20-week maternity leave
Times of Malta
A European Parliament committee has agreed on a series of amendments to extend the minimum maternity leave entitlement to 20 weeks as well as introducing a two-week, fully paid parental leave period for fathers.
Sonia woos youth in Nehru-Gandhi heartland
Deccan Herald
For many of our young voters it will be their first opportunity to exercise their franchise. I ask them to remember that it was Rajiv Gandhi, who had got the minimum voting age reduced to 18, Sonia said.
Firms urge freezing of minimum wage
Channel 4
Business leaders have urged the Government to freeze the national minimum wage as part of measures to help the country's "embattled" world of private industry.
Liquor bill is aimed at wholesalers
Tulsa World
Product swapping, minimum inventory are addressed in the legislation. OKLAHOMA CITY — A bill headed to Gov. Brad Henry's desk could have a big impact on the liquor wholesale business in Oklahoma, but consumers likely will see little change ...
UPDATE 3-Canada buys C$5 bln in mortgages from banks
Reuters
Earlier on Thursday the CMHC had said it would only accept offers with a minimum yield of 3.925 percent. CHMC did not say which institutions offloaded the mortgages from their balance sheets or how much was offered in total. Each issuer was...
Straight Goods: Will raising minimum wage kill jobs?
CTV British Columbia
With the provincial election campaign underway, Liberal Leader Gordon Campbell is warning of massive job losses if the minimum wage goes up. But is that prediction fact or fear mongering?
S.C. health insurance costs far outpace increases in wages
Island Packet Online
The state Department of Insurance proposed in February a lower-cost, minimum-coverage program, but the state legislature has not approved the plan. The Hilton Head Island-Bluffton Chamber of Commerce allows any member business with two or m...
biz space triad
Greensboro Business Journal
Bay spacing - 60' x 60' , minimum clear height 32' ; Walls: Split face masonry three sides to 7-4 , metal to eaves; Metal rear expansion wall; Floor: 6 4,000 psi concrete heavy wire and fiber mesh reinforcing; Roof: 24 gauge standing seam G...
Home sweet rental
Rapid City Journal
In fact, the necessity of keeping family belongings to a minimum is one of the advantages of renting, according to Fritzie. Even though the walls in her three-bedroom, two-bath home are mostly bare, unique and well-conceived furniture arran...
Chrysler's CEO says auto industry ripe for mergers
International Herald Tribune
Detroit-based GM is burning up more than $1 billion in cash per month, with several analysts predicting it will reach its minimum operating cash level of $14 billion sometime next year. Sales are down 18 percent, and the company has lost $5...
Restaurateurs: Higher minimum wage yields layoffs, health-benefit cuts
Arizona Daily Star
PHOENIX — A voter-approved measure that puts Arizona's minimum wage above the federal requirement is forcing some restaurant owners to lay off workers and reduce employee health benefits, industry leaders told state lawmakers this week.
Votes in annual fish and game hearings support raising muskie minimum size to create trophy fishery in Green Bay
The Appleton Post-Crescent
MADISON Anglers at last weeks statewide fish and game hearings narrowly supported placing a 54-inch minimum size on muskie caught and kept from waters of Green Bay and lower Fox River.
Government Urged To Freeze Minimum Wage
SkyNews via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News
In a submission ahead of Wednesday's Budget, the British Chambers of Commerce say the wealth-creating "productive sector" should have more freedom and flexibility.
British business chiefs urge minimum wage freeze
TODAYonline
A recruitment company advertises job vacancies in London. A top British business leaders' network on has urged finance minister Alistair Darling not to increase the national minimum wage in this week's forthcoming budget.
MU spring notebook | Weatherspoon keeps praise to a minimum
The Kansas City Star
Sean Weatherspoon, the leader of a Missouri defense that underachieved last season, wasn’t ready to use an impressive spring-game performance to boast.
Man awaiting sentence faces more counts
Baton Rouge Advocate
If convicted on that count, Willcutt would face a mandatory minimum sentence of 25 years in prison and be electronically monitored for the rest of his life once released from prison, Bernie said. The possible penalty under that law is 25 ye...
Killer gets minimum 150 years in prison
KPUA AM 670 Hilo
HONOLULU (AP) — A 24-year-old convicted killer will be 74 years old before he can seek a reduction in his minimum sentence of 150 years in prison. Honolulu City Prosecutor Peter Carlisle announced the minimum sentence the Hawaii Paroling ...
