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Sites bought at top of market now lie empty as many schemes are 'deferred'
THE DECENTRALISATION DEBACLE:The flawed plan to decentralise thousands of public servants involved massive acquisition costs, writes FRANK MCDONALD,Environment Editor
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Surprise aims to land new jobs - a few hundred at a time
Surprise's Top 5 employers are mostly retailers, but better jobs may be on the way.
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Lack of Security Leads Japanese to Seek 2nd Jobs
Declining salaries and an unstable labor market have led young Japanese to work additional jobs.
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Land Known for 'Jobs for Life' Takes to Dual Careers
With salaries down more than 12 percent over the past decade, young Japanese in an uncertain job market are increasingly making ends meet by working second or even third jobs.
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Christchurch earthquake: summary of Telecom NZ
• Telecom’s network business, Chorus, has brought in 100 additional technicians, engineers and managers from around the country to help with ongoing restoration work and investigation of over 1300 network sites.
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California Political Campaign Sees Lift by Combining TV, Web Ads
clickz A cross-media ad study showed Web ads boost the impact of TV spots in key political polling metrics.
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Breaking the ban
Traditionally, Ramadan is marked by a dearth of serious, secular, live drama and a sharp rise in the consumption of folklore and other products of the cultural heritage, side by side with nuts, sweets, syrups and TV soap operas.
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Study: Online retailers dial up mobile strategies
Washington--Online retailers are speeding up their mobile marketing initiatives, driven by consumers' ever-increasing appetite for mobile applications, according to a new study.
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Across the Mon Valley, contract winners have intricate ties to former superintendent
During a decade as superintendent of three school systems, Patrick Risha, 59, worked repeatedly with contractors whose relationships have included business and political aspects, spurring protests, court battles and a Post-Gazette examination.
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Tackling illegal dumps a work in progress, with some bright spots
Randy Santarelli stood at the edge of the rocky, weed-strewn pit in Jessup, pointing to where roads were built to haul away thousands of pounds of illegally dumped garbage."This pit was the big one," said Mr. Santarelli, a member of Jessup Borough Counc
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