Raffarin to reform 35-hour week
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France's Prime Minister outlines plans to extend the controversial 35-hour working week.
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The European Union head office this week proposed redefining how working hours are counted under the bloc&#39;s maximum 48-hour workweek law and stopping companies in Britain from abusing an &quot;opt-out&quot; to the law.
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Leading presidential hopeful Segolene Royal described France's controversial 35-hour work week -- one of the shortest in Europe -- as a major step forward, adding that any revisions to the law must be negotiated with unions.
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Pension legislation meant to give retirees greater financial security and prevent airlines from dumping their plans on the government could be on the president's desk as early as next week under a plan announced by GOP congressional leaders Friday.
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A French court is to rule as early as Friday on a trade union challenge over a labor agreement at car maker Renault, in a case that could have implications for the country's 35-hour workweek.
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Shorter courses of chemotherapy taken with Roche Holding AG's cancer drug MabThera are as effective as longer courses in elderly patients with aggressive lymphoma, a study in The Lancet Oncology showed.
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Anti-retroviral drugs are expected to drop from CFA 15,000 per month to CFA 3,000 in October. The Minister of Public Health, Urbain Olanguena Awono, last Friday faced the press within the framework of government communication policy.
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Federal regulators yesterday proposed a revamped package of changes in how US stocks are traded, extending the reach of a rule requiring brokers to obtain the best possible price for customer orders even if it means going to another market and takes longer.
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Shorter courses of chemotherapy taken  with Roche Holding AG's cancer drug MabThera are as effective  as longer courses in elderly patients with aggressive lymphoma,  a study in The Lancet Oncology showed.
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In findings published in today&#39;s New England Journal of Medicine, researchers found that first-year residents who worked 24 to 34 consecutive hours committed 35 percent more serious medical
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Lawmakers on Wednesday approved a bill that would let workers stay on the job longer each week, a move critics say will dismantle France's legally mandated 35-hour work week.
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BRUSSELS The European Commission proposed on Wednesday to water down the rules that govern maximum working hours for employees, bowing to pressure from business and from Eastern European members of the EU seeking to catch up with their richer western
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The Treasuryâs schedule of financing this week included Mondayâs regular weekly auction of new three- and six-month bills and an auction of four-week bills on Tuesday.
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Thousands of gravely ill older people will no longer have to spend their savings or sell their homes to pay for round-the-clock medical care, under government guidelines to be revealed this week.
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The European Union's head office on Wednesday proposed redefining how working hours are counted under the bloc's maximum 48-hour workweek law and stopping companies in Britain from abusing an "opt-out" to the law.
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Hoping to stem a tide of rising  pension debt, a California legislator will propose a  controversial overhaul on Monday that would convert traditional  public employee retirement plans to privately managed  401(k)-style plans, the Los Angeles Times reported on Sunday.
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NEW YORK  - Patients who have a stroke are less likely to die within the next week if they are admitted to a hospital on a weekday rather than over the weekend, neurologists in Canada report.