Tuesday, March 8, 2022 The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) placed the United Arab Emirates on its global grey list March 4 for “strategic deficiencies” in combatting “money laundering, terrorist funding, and proliferation financing”, subjecting it to heightened scrutiny. The UAE joins 23 countries, including Middle East neighbours Jordan, Syria and Yemen, and Pakistan and Turkey elsewhere in Asia, on […]
Migrant workers in Dominos Pizza ‘slavery’
Friday, August 10, 2007 Eight Hungarian migrant workers sacked from a Domino’s Pizza franchise in Derby, England are said to have taken home virtually no pay for months because of illegal deductions. The claim is refuted by the company who said in a statement “We have begun a thorough investigation during which we have scrutinised the franchisee’s employment practices. This […]
Is Back Pain Treatable? How Is It Related To Sciatica?
Click Here To Find Out More About: Sharp Knee Pain When Kneeling Down On The Floor Another problem withback pain is that it is like an on-off switch. It can happen once and for a very long time. On the other hand, there is a possibility that it might not happen again for years and someday might come up as […]
Senior citizen group seeks recovery of Medicare expenses from U.S. cigarette makers
Saturday, August 6, 2005 A U.S. lobbyist group, the United Seniors Association, filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Boston to recover Medicare expenses related to tobacco smoking. The suit says there is a link between nicotine addiction and smoking-related diseases. The first of its kind lawsuit seeks to recover as much as $60 billion in estimated Medicare expenses […]
GM and Chrysler receive Canadian loans amid US restructuring ultimata
Friday, April 3, 2009 General Motors (GM) and Chrysler will receive bridge loans from the government of Canada and the provincial government of Ontario, however no more will be forthcoming from either Canadian or US governments unless the companies can reinvent themselves. “This is a regrettable but necessary step to protect the Canadian economy. We are doing this on the […]
BT Global Services to double US revenues and cut costs
Friday, September 15, 2006 BT Global Services this week laid out its vision for the next three years: its revenues to double in the USA, Japan, India and China, and £400m of annual savings, achieved through offshoring and slashing its procurement costs. £200m of this will come from a reduction in what it spends on technology from vendors on large […]
The Advantages Of Clinical Weight Loss Programs
Click Here To Find Out More About: Sarms For Sale The Advantages of Clinical Weight Loss Programs by Neville Street According to the Center of Disease Control (CDC), over one third of the U.S. adults are obese. The CDC defines obese as a person having over 30% body fat. Obesity can lead to serious diseases and complications such as diabetes, […]
Interview with Vicky Colbourne, Regional Council candidate for Wards 2 & 6 in Brampton, Canada
Tuesday, September 12, 2006 The upcoming 2006 Brampton municipal election, to be held November 13, features an array of candidates looking to represent their wards in city council or the council of the Peel Region. Wikinews contributor Nick Moreau contacted many of the candidates, including Vicky Colbourne, asking them to answer common questions sent in an email. This ward’s incumbent […]
Food with cancer-causing dye recalled in Britain
Saturday, April 30, 2005 The British Food Standards Agency (FSA) has announced a recall of foods containing banned dyes which increase the risk of cancer. The food products were sold at the Tesco, Waitrose, and Somerfield supermarkets. A Bristol company called “Barts Spices” found the illegal Para Red substance in their Barts Ground Paprika, which was sold in 48g and […]
Odds Matcher The No Lose Way To Sports Bet
Click Here To Find Out More About: Sports Betting If you have placed an online sports bet before you will probably know that most bookmakers offer new customers a free bet. This will typically vary between 20 and 100 (or an equivalent in your currency) depending upon which bookie you are looking at. There are so many bookmakers on the […]