Glencore recently invited Swiss parliamentarians to hear an explanation of its “engagement for sustainable business, for the health and safety of its employees and for the environment”. Media and NGOs were denied access to the closed-door meeting.
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Fisker Automotive, hours after dismissing about 75 percent of its employees, was hit with a federal lawsuit accusing the company of breaking the law that requires employers to give workers advance notice of mass layoffs.
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He said there should be no tolerance for those who foster “chaos for selfish gains”. He did not mention North Korea, so I think he might be speaking about the US…
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Ernest Moniz was a paid adviser to a group founded by and working to advance the interests of Italian oil company Eni, according to personal financial disclosure forms filed in March.
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Reserves have fallen so low they now stand at just 1.4 days of supply
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Venezuela’s opposition is now fighting against a martyr. Maduro currently has an 18-point lead over Capriles. That’s even bigger than in the last poll, published weeks before Chavez lost his two-year battle with cancer.
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Syria’s main opposition group is set to start talks on Monday to form a cabinet and appoint a prime minister to oversee the regions under rebel control.
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Thomson Reuters deputy social media editor Matthew Keys will face charges next month after being indicted
Thursday for allegedly conspiring with members of the hacking group “Anonymous” to
infiltrate a Tribune site shortly after he was fired.
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EU attempts to introduce comprehensive new cybersecurity rules risk failure in the European Parliament, where senior administrators doubt the package will pass before the legislature’s mandate expires, EurActiv has learned.
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The indications are the centre-left has narrowly won the lower house of parliament but former premier Silvio Berlusconi’s centre-right is challenging for control of the Senate.
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