EU donates seedlings for Cyclone Winston victims
EU donates seedlings for Cyclone Winston victims On Thursday 24 March, the European Union handed over 43,000 fruit and vegetable seedlings to the Ministry of Agriculture in Fiji, for distribution among the victims of Tropical Cyclone Winston.In handing over the seedlings, EU ambassador to the Pacific Andrew Jacobs says the project is the first of several EU and Secretariat for the Pacific Community's initiative in assisting rebuilding lives."These seedlings consist of a mixture of cabbages, eggp..>> view originalNew Research: Demystifying the Gender Pay Gap
In the early 1960s, the U.S. labor market was sharply divided. Only 37 percent of women worked outside the home. Newspapers routinely advertised jobs for men and women separately, often with separate pay scales. Women earned on average about 59 cents per dollar earned by men--giving rise to the famous equal-pay slogan "59 cents out of every dollar." Since then, America has made progress. In 1963 Congress passed the Equal Pay Act aimed at eliminating the most egregious kinds of gender discrimina..>> view originalNew F series: Isuzu launches idle-stop engine system
The advantages of smaller truck engines include lower weight and therefore lower cost to build, and less fuel use. Isuzu's new four cylinder 4HK1 uses less fuel again because for the first time in an Isuzu in Australia, trucks powered by it will have ...>> view original'Since when has quantity got to do with quality?': Greg Hywood defends Fairfax job cuts
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Mel Buttigieg - Yahoo7 News on March 26, 2016, 2:30 pm Video National recall of Coles, Woolworths salad products after gastro outbreak A man from Melbourne’s east received a “terrifying” surprise when he broke into a Cadbury Easter bunny on Good Friday.When Peter Oakley unraveled the shiny foil wrapper of a white chocolate Cadbury Dream bunny, he said he found a capped syringe hiding inside.A Melbourne man claims to have found a syringe inside a chocolate bunny purchased at a Woolworths s..>> view original
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