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Sunday, March 3, 2013

Swiss vote for corporate pay curbs

Swiss vote for corporate pay curbs


Swiss vote for corporate pay curbs

Posted: 03 Mar 2013 10:44 AM PST

Referendum sees shareholders given binding say; Golden hellos and goodbyes banned; annual re-elections for directors; criminal sanctions for non-compliance

Wall Street grapples in defence of wrestling

Posted: 03 Mar 2013 09:24 AM PST

Wrestling fans from presidents to top financiers are up in arms over the International Olympic Committee's proposal to drop the sport after the 2016 games

Housebuilding incentive branded a flop

Posted: 03 Mar 2013 11:40 AM PST

A £3.3bn scheme to reward councils that oversee the construction of new homes has so far fallen flat, research by a former housing minister suggests

Tensions rise in China’s tiny democracy

Posted: 03 Mar 2013 07:59 AM PST

The elected committee has returned 200 hectares of land sold off by the previous village chief, but many villagers are still determined to seize back property

UK to invest in world’s biggest telescope

Posted: 03 Mar 2013 11:09 AM PST

With its 39m mirror, the monster E-ELT may provide the first direct images of planets orbiting distant stars and indicate whether any of them have potential to host life

Boehner raises reform as way to budget deal

Posted: 03 Mar 2013 10:59 AM PST

Speaker rejects White House call for some tax increases to end impasse and questions whether some of Obama's most dire warnings exaggerated

Turnout holds key to Kenya election

Posted: 03 Mar 2013 12:03 PM PST

The most ambitious and complicated elections in Kenya's history are likely to come down to a tightly contested race for turnout

No end in sight to Italian gridlock

Posted: 03 Mar 2013 10:02 AM PST

Comic's Five Star Movement meets to plan next move but leader Beppe Grillo has had no contact with President Giorgio Napolitano

Dutch unions attack fresh austerity plan

Posted: 03 Mar 2013 08:55 AM PST

Wage freezes and tax rises proposed by prime minister to help meet EU deficit targets by 2014. Main union federation has called the reforms 'stupid'

China gathers to formalise new leadership

Posted: 02 Mar 2013 11:47 PM PST

The annual ceremonial 10-day political conclave kicks off as the country's Communist party prepares to formally appoint a new president and premier

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