BBC News | Wales | Workers take pay cut to save jobs (#)
„UK: WalesWorkers take pay cut to save jobsWorkers at the Krupps Camford plant have taken a pay cutUnions say 700 jobs have been saved after workers at a car components plant in west Wales agreed to a pay cut. Workers at the Krupps Camford Pressings plant in Llanelli voted to cut overtime rates after they were told the plant may close. The German-owned company says it will invest £7m in the factory which will lead to the creation of 45 new jobs. Workers had been threatened with redundancy unless they agreed to accept a pay cut of up to 20%.“
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/wales/newsid_464000/ 464598.stm - Cached
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BBC - Coventry and Warwickshire Features - Perfect festive wine
„"It needs to be kept airtight then you can pour it off through a coffee filter - you can't make a mistake, just do it," he said.You can't keep it in a decanter for too long, just one week means it loses a lot of its flavour complexities, so you do really need to have a decent amount of people around.Even though Christmas is now dominated by cream liquers after dinner, Phil urged that whisky should not be forgotten - and there are few things better than a decent single malt.As an after dinner malt, Laphroaig is a top selection (and a nice present, if the family are reading), which starts at £22, and The Glenrothes is another excellent Scotch - the 1989 bottle is particularly recommended.“
http://www.bbc.co.uk/coventry/features/fesitvals/.../ perfect-festive-wine.shtml
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BBC News | NORTHERN IRELAND | Churches welcome NI developments
„I pay tribute to those who have worked with such determination to do so. "Despite the genuine difficulties still to be overcome on all sides, I believe these events provide solid grounds for new hope and fresh confidence." President of the Methodist Church in Ireland, the Reverend Kenneth Wilson also welcomed the developments. He called on everyone to work together to build peace and stability for the people of the province. Unionists still considering offer The Ulster Unionists are still considering whether the IRA's statement on arms is enough to persuade them to return to the executive.“
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/northern_ireland/newsid_739000/ 739593.stm
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„Upon his return he hatched a nefarious scheme to relieve my ownership of the coffee shop and sell it to the 'Cuppa Diem' franchise chain. Out of respect for his lovely family I won't say any more, only that I'm sure he is right at home back in London - I'm told it's full of 'dodgey geezers'.“
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BBC News | BUSINESS | Germany's feeling the pinch
„Germans have not benefited from tax cuts "You can't blame the government wholly because they have introduced structural tax reforms which have helped (to stimulate the economy) but were largely cancelled out by the high the oil price," says Mr Hausen. Germany's main trade union body, the Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund (DGB) agrees. "The government has done everything it can within the confines and can't always stimulate the economy because you have to be careful the deficit doesn't get too big," says the DGB's chief economist Wolfgang Scheremet. "The weakness is not because of any mistake of the government's but due to high energy costs and the global economic downturn." German stimulus Last year the Schroeder government restructured business and personal taxation by limiting corporate taxes to 36% while the top band of income tax was to be cut from over 50% to 42% by 2005.“
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_1502000/ 1502582.stm
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BBC - Drama - Rescue Me - Quiz
„Are you sure you're really ready to discover the inner you? Take this quiz to find out how to match your order from the coffee cart with your personality.“
http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/rescueme/ quiz_one.shtml
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