Opposition calls for freeze on QR cuts
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Opposition leader Lawrence Springborg has called on Queensland Rail (QR) to freeze plans to cut 700 jobs until an investigation into the Tilt Train derailment is complete.
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Unions at Alitalia called a plan to cut a quarter of the workforce &quot;unacceptable&quot; Tuesday and urged the Italian government to step in to ease the pain of restructuring the ailing state-controlled airline.
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Business & money: Insurer Resolution is under pressure to seek talks on a Â£35bn bid from rival Pearl Group.
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Federal regulators Friday imposed a six-month freeze on the rates regional phone companies may charge their competitors to use networks to provide local service.
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KARACHI, Pakistan, Jan. 1 -- Opposition leaders on Tuesday debated whether to call mass street protests in response to a government decision to delay parliamentary elections that had been due next week, but now will be put off until after Feb. 8.
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A nationwide blockade called by the Bangladesh opposition to force electoral reforms ahead of January polls entered its second day despite attempts by the interim government to break the deadlock.
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By Alastair Jamieson Consumer Affairs Correspondent  PRICE cuts could be on the way for mobile phone customers after the telecoms watchdog ordered more restrictions on call charges and promised to investigate the cost of text messaging.
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Emergency measures to nationalise back expected to come under fire in today's Commons debate
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Darling to tough out opposition from shareholders, unions, banks and EU
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The government is facing widespread opposition over controversial plans to bar juries from some inquests.
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Bangladesh's main opposition party called on Friday for a three-day countrywide strike in protest against the killing of a senior party leader and four other people in a bomb attack earlier this week.
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OTTAWA (CP) - An influential Commons committee will advise Finance Minister Ralph Goodale to reject personal income tax cuts in his upcoming budget despite the federal government's substantial surplus, sources told The Canadian Press.
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Campaigners for village schools say hundreds face closure because of government pressure.
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Campaigners threaten legal action over fears insurers' plans to use surplus assets will penalise policyholders.
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Prime minister faces objections from all sides over draft law to centralise ownership of reserves.
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S Airways plans to ask a federal bankruptcy judge on Oct. 7 to impose temporary pay cuts on its workers unless it can reach agreement with its unions before then, people who have been briefed on the company&#39;s strategy said yesterday.
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Reuters journalists in Britain are considering a strike in protest at a cut in the editorial budget that staff fear may lead to up to 250 job losses in the news division.