Civil servants on Â£140k US trip
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Twenty Northern Ireland civil servants are on a three-week trip to the United States costing Â£140,000.
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The federal agency that insures workers&#39; pensions said Monday that its deficit forsingle-employer programs doubled to a record $23.3 billion, prompting renewed hand-wringing on Capitol
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The new US secretary of state is due to arrive in the UK at the start of her first overseas trip as America's top diplomat.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 5  /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The President's Budget for fiscal year 2008 (FY08) transmitted to Congress today includes $4.871 billion in new federal funding for the Civil Works program of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.  Mr.
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Britons pay almost three times as much as Americans for gas, and London commuters pay nearly $16 a day just to get into the city. But they do have their limits.
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Americans are expected to travel roughly the same amount over the upcoming Labor Day holiday as they did last year amid rising concerns about affordability, according to a AAA survey released Wednesday.
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This is a story about Americans' tax dollars at work - or, more accurately, their grandparents' tax dollars.
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Sickness absence in the NI Civil Service is on the increase, and has cost  Â£25.6m this year.
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A new hi-tech communications centre for Lothian and Borders Police is suffering from a Â£1.2m overspend.
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US airlines spend $275 million annually in extra fuel costs each year to transport a heavier traveling public, researchers estimate.
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EACH of the UK's 659 MPs costs the taxpayer more than 175,000 a year in salary and allowances.
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The UK financial services sector saves close to Â£1.5bn a year by moving services offshore, a report suggests.
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The Bush administration spent at least $2.8 million traveling around the country promoting its plan to let many people divert a portion of their Social Security taxes into private retirement accounts, congressional investigators said Friday.
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PM tours worst-hit areas and pledges Â£14m to help with clean-up, but unions warn of spending cuts.
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LONDON: Civil servants with a low pay scale have a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes as compared to their high-paid counterparts, a study has revealed.
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City officials are considering billing the campaigns of President Bush and Sen. John Kerry for more than &#36;200,000 to cover police department costs for visits by the candidates, their running mates and spouses.
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PLANO, Texas - Electronic Data Systems Corp. said Tuesday it would offer early retirement incentives to 9,200 US workers, or 17.4 percent of its domestic work force, and expects to take a $150 million charge in the fourth quarter to cover the costs.