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MARSEILLE, France - “Wind energy can replace a large proportion of the polluting and finite
fuels we currently rely on,” explained Andris Piebalgs, EU Energy
Commissioner, at the opening session of the European Wind Energy Conference
and Exhibition (EWEC) organised by the European Wind Energy Association
(EWEA) this morning. “It makes good sense to invest in indigenous sources of
power which hedge against unpredictable fossil fuel prices and in which
Europe has a real competitive advantage”.
DUBLIN - Eurofound Maps Employment Measures at Company and Member State Level
in Europe:
There are signs that EU governments and companies are opting for
employment-maintaining initiatives, as opposed to redundancies and lay-offs,
as they look to ride out the storm of the current financial chaos. A new
report from Eurofound, the Dublin-based EU agency maps innovative and good
practice government and company measures to keep workers in employment. It
shows how companies are using short-term working, paid/unpaid sabbaticals and
‘pay for jobs’ clauses in restructuring agreements and how social partners
are reacting to these developments.
NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pennsylvania - Anne Larilahti to address PMI Global Congress on 18 May 2009
Sustainability will be the topic of green business expert Anne
Larilahti’s address to project management practitioners who will meet in the
Netherlands from 18-20 May for the Project Management Institute (PMI) Global
Congress 2009 - EMEA (Europe-Middle East-Africa).
LONDON - That’s the Message from Lord Laming’s Review, Says Unite
The best way to implement Lord Laming’s report into child protection is
to employ more frontline professionals, such as social workers and health
visitors, Unite, the largest union in the country, said today (Thursday, 12
March).
LONDON - Misys plc (LSE: MSY), the global application software and services
company, today announces it has successfully helped four banks complete Euro
conversion projects in Slovakia.
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