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Monday, February 18, 2013

US business hits out at ‘Obamacare’ costs

US business hits out at ‘Obamacare’ costs


US business hits out at ‘Obamacare’ costs

Posted: 18 Feb 2013 10:51 AM PST

Employers warn that the law increases the cost of insuring employees on existing plans as well as requiring companies to insure others not covered

Ramphele’s new party to challenge ANC

Posted: 18 Feb 2013 06:51 AM PST

Veteran anti-apartheid activist's much anticipated launch of a new political movement could signal a shift in South African politics

Chinese leadership to reform gulags

Posted: 18 Feb 2013 05:03 AM PST

Beijing moves towards abandoning the decades-old 'laojiao' system of 're-education through labour' that allows police to detain people without trial

Italy unions pose dilemma for centre-left

Posted: 18 Feb 2013 10:14 AM PST

Critics fear a centre-left national coalition could be taken hostage by workers' groups, in particular by the most radical big confederation, the CGIL

Hollande wrestles with austerity demands

Posted: 18 Feb 2013 10:04 AM PST

French president's growth plans under pressure as he faces prospect of Brussels and Berlin insisting he increase budget cuts to meet deficit target

Islamist group claims Nigeria kidnapping

Posted: 18 Feb 2013 08:11 AM PST

In an emailed statement, the group said it seized seven foreign workers 'based on the atrocities done to the religion of Allah by the European countries'

Fears at Fed of rate payouts to banks

Posted: 18 Feb 2013 08:54 AM PST

Asset purchases could land it with $50bn a year in interest, prompting officials to reconsider the eventual exit strategy from easy monetary policy

Death verdict seen as warning Iran leader

Posted: 18 Feb 2013 09:53 AM PST

Sentences in alleged $2.8bn bank fraud centred on businessman with ties to President Ahmadi-Nejad comes amid an intensifying power struggle

Chávez makes surprise return to Venezuela

Posted: 18 Feb 2013 07:11 AM PST

Elated supporters gather outside the military hospital in Caracas where the president will continue his cancer treatment after flying in from Cuba

Correa rides socialist wave in Ecuador

Posted: 18 Feb 2013 09:41 AM PST

Rafael Correa secures 60 per cent of presidential vote assuring him a third term and wider power base while allowing him to consolidate socialist reform

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