B2B sfyh.comThe Planning Commission deputy chairman has urged the government to improve governance and productivity by shutting down 123 departments and organisations while privatising dozens others – a plan that is close to the US model of governance.
In an interaction with the media on Monday, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Dr Nadeemul Haq said that markets are [...]
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HAVANA, March 7 (UPI) — Cuba is cutting back state jobs as part of its plan to embrace market economy in stages but still holds at least 100 political prisoners without trial, independent media reports said.
Cuban President Raul Castro announced plans for massive job cuts — half a million for a start — and exhorted [...]
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Lending to small businesses by banks based in the Philadelphia area had a slight uptick at the end of last year, after declining steadily since 2009 and despite some of the biggest local lenders still scaling back.
The aggregate value of business loans between $250,000 and $1 million held by 90 local banks climbed 1 percent [...]
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Fairfax Media says it has bought an online holiday rental and corporate accommodation business for $29.1 million.
The diversified media house said today it had purchased Occupancy, which would extend its online transaction business.
Occupancy operates the rentahome.com.au and takeabreak.com.au websites, among others.
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Fairfax chief executive Greg Hywood said Occupancy was growing strongly and had [...]
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I remember my first university lecture as though it was yesterday. A crusty academic told students to look at the person two seats down from them, because they might not be there next semester. True to his word, many failed and had to repeat the course before proceeding in the degree.
Fast forward 23 years and [...]
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