Japanese news reports have said that will cut around 10,000 jobs worldwide over the coming year as they attempt to return to profit. The Nikkei business daily and other media have said that the decision by Sony to cut 6% of their workforce has come as they struggle with weak TV sales and mounting losses. [...]
Archive | April 9, 2012
One killed at refugee camp after Syrian forces open fire
Activists have said that one person has been killed and a further four wounded after Syrian forces opened fire across the border at a refugee camp in Turkey. This is the first attack of this kind since Ankara began to allow thousands of refugees to seek shelter in the country. A Turkish government official has [...]
State pensions boost hailed by Cameron
A £5.30 weekly boost to the state pension has been hailed by Prime Minister David Cameron as proof of the Government’s ‘commitment to the elderly’. The payments for the basic rate will increase to £107.45 a week after inflation in September, the month which the uprating of benefits is set, hits 5.2%. This has come [...]
Three arrested on suspicion of murder following body found in a bin
Three people have been arrested on suspicion of murder following the discovery of a body in an industrial bin. Two men aged 28 and 25, and a 20 year old woman have been detained by detectives in Southampton. An unidentified body was discovered by firefighters who were called to a fire in the bin in [...]
Warning issued about rising rate of joblessness
A new study has shown that there will be an extra 100,000 people without a job before the end of the summer and that unemployment will not fall for 18 months. An analysis of jobless figures by the IPPR think-tank has shown that there will not be a peak of unemployment until at least September, [...]
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