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...press conference. "I was mentally disturbed when I saw tears in their eyes." Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel said he told Goyal that "the ministry would certainly not be very happy with the approach of Jet Airways." Something similar happened in France last month when the French oil company Total announced the closure of two refineries, with the loss of 550 jobs. The move provoked a furious public outcry including denunciations from two government ministers, and the firm quickly backtracked, saying it had been a "communication error." For companies receiving government bailout money, the pressure is even more intense: French...
...Brown has been dominant through the first half of her rookie season, coming into the weekend with an 11-1 record, a 1.00 ERA, and 124 strikeouts—a total that puts her tied for tenth on the Harvard career list...
...sector after graduating in 2008, 2 percent took jobs in government and 1 percent joined the military. In 2008, the CIA hosted five recruitment events at Harvard, including career fairs, conferences and job fairs. Only six events were held for the entire Boston area in the same year. In total, 1,000 CIA recruiting events were held across the country last year. Deb Carroll, assistant director of the Office of Career Services for employer relations, said that “the number of students who attend these events has been significant.” She added that...
...poverty line if the financial crisis continues and remittances dip, according to the World Bank. In the Philippines alone, up to five million people are sustained by money the country's expatriate workforce - one of the world's most disparate and omnipresent - sends home. Some 10% of Bangladesh's total GDP, and 16% of Nepal's, comes from the remittances of pools of unskilled laborers working in Malaysia and the Gulf states. The economic impact of remittances is even higher in Central Asia, where entire villages send their able-bodied men to Russia. Tajikistan, for example, draws more than...
...Down in the basement, the older chimps are less fortunate. Tanka, a 10-year-old male, sits in total social isolation—he is considered too dangerous to mix with other animals and too ugly to adorn any cards. In another enclosure, other unwanted chimps sit banging their hands against the floor. As guests approach, they repeatedly throw themselves against the Plexiglas windows that enclose them...