DR Congo crisis leaves mothers with newborns fleeing to Burundi
The aid response in Burundi to the crisis in neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) “is literally buckling”, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, warned...
Thrust into unemployment, axed federal workers face relatives who celebrate their firing
By MATT SEDENSKY, Associated Press National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Scrambling to replace their health insurance and to find new work, some laid-off federal workers...
Thrust into unemployment, axed federal workers face relatives who celebrate their firing
By MATT SEDENSKY, Associated Press National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Scrambling to replace their health insurance and to find new work, some laid-off federal workers...
Labour’s employment reforms ‘deeply damaging’ for business investment and hiring, warns the CBI
Labour’s planned reforms to employment rights pose a “highly damaging” threat to business investment and recruitment, according to Rupert Soames, president of the Confederation of...
Pizza Express eyes £30m bailout as tax hikes threaten casual dining sector
Pizza Express, one of the UK’s best-known casual-dining brands, is poised to receive a £30 million lifeline from its shareholders, according to reports from Sky...
Boots snapped up by us private equity giant Sycamore in $10bn takeover
Walgreens Boots Alliance, owner of the Boots pharmacy chain since 2014, is set to be acquired by US private equity firm Sycamore Partners for $10...
