Mind the gap between principle and practice

Bill introduced in Parliament last week to regulate foreign employment in Singapore seeks to better protect foreign workers from unscrupulous employers....

Economic doomsayers proven wrong: Swan

settings.Last week's strong economic data and cut in the cash rate has completely disproven the doomsayers, Treasurer Wayne Swan says.In his weekly economic note, Mr Swan highlighted last week's trifecta of good economic news: better than expected national accounts figures, the biggest monthly jump in full-time employment in 18 months and a 25-basis-point cash rate cut by the central bank."I think...

People have a right to seek employment anywhere: Shinde

"Everybody has a right to go anywhere and seek employment," he told reporters outside Parliament House.On Thackeray targeting certain news channels, he said, "It is not fair to target media. At times media criticises people and it should be accepted."Known for his stand against people from Bihar who go to Maharashtra, specially Mumbai, to seek employment, Thackeray had last week threatened to brand...

Hacker loses job at Apple

iPhone hacker Apple hired has lost his internship with the company after he forgot to reply to an email concerning his future employment.when he was 19 after repeatedly being able to unlock the company's mobile operating system.But now his employment at the Cupertino, California company has been terminated after he forgot to reply to an email.late last week. "As of last week, after about a year, I'm...

Series of gaffes leaves Romney on the back foot

Mitt Romney's diplomatic foot-shooting spree in London last week provoked the trenchantly conservative Fox News contributor Charles......

How to cool the HDB resale market

property agent friend rang last week with two bits of news she wanted to discuss....

Corporate results to shape market direction

bad news from last week's slew of economic data is that regional economies are slowing down....

Indian worker kills himself in Oman

mason from India, who was reported missing by his friends last week, was found hanging from a tree in Omans southern town of Salalah, Gulf News...

Uranus-Pluto link hints at a major financial drama

Stocks were mostly unchanged last week as stabilising European news offset weak economic data out of China and the US....

2011-12 Boston Celtics Schedule

Last week, The News-Times introduced The Giving Fund, a way for people in the Greater Danbury area to help their neighbors by making...