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Boris Johnson: Mayor defends banking sector following HSBC money laundering allegations
Moscow :: Russia | 11 months ago
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The Mayor of London said Americans 'slagging off' the City should remember the sub-prime crisis which triggered the global recession started there...Chris Leslie, shadow financial secretary to the Treasury, has written to the peer calling for him to
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G4S had a disastrous Olympics – but the company will barely notice
London :: United Kingdom | 11 months ago
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G4S guards eat lunch next to a soldier at the Olympic Park in London...In the minds of the public, politicians and media, the world's biggest security company is fatally damaged after completely mangling its eight-week contract to provide security
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G4S bids for prison contracts despite Olympics failure
Birmingham :: United Kingdom | 11 months ago
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Prison officers have warned justice secretary Kenneth Clarke against relying solely on private firms for security'. Photograph: Paul Faith/PA Embattled security group G4S is bidding for contracts worth more than £2bn to run five prisons. The
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Report finds culture of distrust at Bustamante's former agency
Orange :: NH :: USA | 11 months ago
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52 pm · An independent review of O.C. Public Works found that past leaders of the county agency created a culture of favoritism, fear and distrust, exacerbated by a common belief that top managers knew of alleged sexual abuse by former agency
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The Nation: GSA inspector probes $268K awards ceremony
Antwerp :: Belgium | 11 months ago
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GSA probes $268K awards ceremony The General Services Administration spent more than $268,000 on a one-day awards ceremony, an inspector general told Congress Thursday, the latest revelation of lavish government conferences on the taxpayers' tab. In
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Sask. labour shortage 'worst in history'
Toronto :: Canada | 11 months ago
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More than 80 per cent of Saskatchewan's non-union contractors believe the current labour shortage is the worst in the province's history, with nearly three out of four unable to hire a journeyperson within three months and four out of 10 unable to
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Renault says former COO Pelata quits group
Mumbai :: India | 11 months ago
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Renault said former Chief Operating Officer Patrick Pelata is leaving the French automaker more than a year after he gave up the No.2 job over his role in a mishandled espionage investigation. "Patrick Pelata is leaving the company" effective Aug. 16,
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Defense Industry Struggles With Uncertainty Over Looming Cuts
New York City :: NY :: USA | 11 months ago
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The mere mention of the word sends chills down the spine of America's defense contractors. The $1.2 trillion of across-the-board spending cuts scheduled to go into effect Jan. 2, 2013, is looming large. With no alternative solution in sight, the
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Knesset passes bill to let security guards use 'reasonable force'
Tel Aviv :: Israel | 11 months ago
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Private security guards will be authorized to use "reasonable force" to block people from entering a building or to kick them out in an effort to prevent a violent act from taking place, under a bill approved by the Knesset Interior and Environment
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G4S hurts its future with Olympic contract debacle
London :: United Kingdom | 11 months ago
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Just months ago, a senior executive from the G4S security firm boasted that the London Olympics would make his British company as synonymous with major events as Switzerland is with watches. Not anymore. In the last few days,
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