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- Medical care to be provided to Virgin Atlantic staff wherever they are working in the world
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:32:00 GMT
Virgin Atlantic staff are to receive advice and medical care wherever in the world they are based for work purposes.
- Businesses are making more use of online portals to communicate benefits information
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:27:00 GMT
A growing number of businesses are now applying technology to communicate benefits via an on-line portal, to administer salary sacrifice and broader flexible benefit arrangements.
- New online total reward and flexible benefits scheme for Live National Entertainment staff
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:49:00 GMT
Live Nation Entertainment has launched a new online total reward and flexible benefits scheme for all its permanent UK employees.
- Growing number of employers struggle to manage risks around how they reward employees
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:13:00 GMT
The proportion of HR professionals who believe their organisation, or their client, is poorly prepared to manage the risks around how they reward their staff has grown in the last year according to the CIPD.
BBC Business News
- Security stepped up at Kabul Bank
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 11:14:41 GMT
Armed police are posted outside the main branch of Kabul Bank as customers continue to withdraw money amid fears it may collapse.
- Rovers takeover man left UK debts
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 05:02:53 GMT
The Indian businessman hoping to buy Blackburn Rovers, Ahsan Ali Syed, left a trail of debt from his time in the UK, 5 live Investigates reveals.
- BP well 'poses no further risk'
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 02:27:10 GMT
The official in charge of cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill says the well which caused the damage is no longer a risk to the environment.
- Tourism near the Gaza border
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 22:43:21 GMT
At the Zikim Kibbutz, near Ashkelon in southern Israel, tourists come in to see what life is like living just a short distance from the Gaza border.
FT.com - Financial Markets News
- Swiss franc benefits from haven status as doubts spread
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:07:29 GMT
Swiss franc hits record high against the euro and nears parity against the dollar as worries over the global economic recovery drive haven demand
- Bold financial seers look to models rather than the herd
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:59:46 GMT
Stocks have lost nearly half of their value twice in the past decade yet a suggestion the same is about to happen again draws scorn on Wall Street
- Investors? turn to linkers and gold to hedge uncertainty
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:23:56 GMT
In 2002, Ben Bernanke deemed deflation such a threat that he referred to Milton Friedman?s notion of handing out cash to stop falling prices
- Volatility and poor returns killing equities cult
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:17:52 GMT
More market professionals are asking if the brutal de-rating suffered by equities during the past decade means the cult of equity is dying