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...company is talking to developers and aims to set up the studio early next year, likely in the city of Bangalore, David Christensen, the company's business development and international operations vice president, said Wednesday...
...Free samples of Stride gum?” asked the two pretty blondes standing outside of the Mass. Ave. CVS last Wednesday afternoon. Passers-by were offered colorful handfuls of sample-sized gum by pairs of young women stationed on either side of the street. Some hold their hands out mechanically to receive the gum, barely breaking their stride, while others ignore the women completely: preoccupied, irritated, or just utterly uninterested. On any given day, the odds of finding freebies of some sort around the intersection of Mass. Ave. and JFK St. are fairly good. While this sort of marketing...
...Balkan wars may be over, put peace brought no relief for 16,000 mentally disabled children and adults in Serbia's orphanages and medical institutions, an international human rights group revealed on Wednesday. A study by the U.S.-based Mental Disability Rights International (MDRI) found that Serbia's treatment of its disabled citizens includes segregation, inhumane practices, and life-long detention in deplorable conditions. The group deemed the plight of Serbia's institutionalized disabled as torture, rather than treatment...
...strikes Wednesday by rail, utility and certain public sector employees are expected to cause cancellation of around 90% of national and regional train service, while cities like Paris anticipate almost no municipal transport at all. It probably won't stop there either. Unions at state rail company SNCF expect a probable extension of Wednesday's stoppages to seriously disrupt transportation through the weekend - and perhaps beyond: Labor leaders may seek to bridge their movement to link up with next week's demonstrations by civil service employees protesting nearly 23,000 job cuts in the public sector planned...
...civil servants, justice employees and students are equally up in arms over government policy, why is Wednesday's transport strike and its probable sequels seen as the decisive struggle in France's wider reform drive? Firstly, because successive governments have previously proposed and failed to modify the "special regimes" in the face of union resistance. And that is the second reason why the renewed attempt is producing a high-drama showdown. Although strong in sectors like transport - where strikes often cause enormous disruption - French unions represent less than 8% of the national workforce, and have seen their influence steadily wane...