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Blackstone CEO Schwarzman Says Remote Workers Don't Work as Hard
Blackstone CEO Steve Schwarzman, whose firm is one of the largest owners of commercial property, said part of the reason workers are proving difficult to lure back to offices is because they enjoy a lighter workload at home. Speaking...
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UK small business key to EU vote
With sparks flying from a welder at work behind him, Simon Boyd's voice rises as he explains why he believes the United Kingdom should leave the European Union even though his company, Reid Steel, has put up buildings across the...
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President Obama's internet address, comment on healthcare
1. White House weekly address logo
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Barack Obama, US President:
"I recently heard from a small business owner from New Jersey who wrote that he employs eight people and provides health insurance for all of them....
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Unemployed professor tells personal story as latest jobless figures released in Greece
1. Filio Diamanti, unemployed professor, sitting in coffee shop
2. Close of Diamanti looking through papers
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Filio Diamanti, unemployed professor:
"We ask for a decent unemployment benefit, not 360 (euros). We used...
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Kaiser Permanente Colorado is offering adults in Colorado up to $150 every three months to lose weight and keep it off as a way to combat obesity through its Weigh and Win program. Such programs have been used by companies for years to help cut health care costs among their employees, but Kaiser's effort that extends the offer to any adult is one of the first of its kind in the nation.
HEADLINE: Insurance company offers Coloradans cash for losing weight
CAPTION: Kaiser Permanente Colorado is offering adults in Colorado up to $150 every three months to lose weight and keep it off as a way to combat obesity through its...
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The Cleveland Indians are within four games of clinching the American League Central title; while retired NFL players went before a Senate committee arguing for better disability benefits.
HEADLINE: AP Sports Wednesday: Indians near title, and more
CAPTION: The Cleveland Indians are within four games of clinching the American League Central title; while retired NFL players went before a Senate committee arguing for better...
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Migrant workers admitted into National People's Congress for first time
29 February 2008
1. Wide of migrant worker using electric cutter machine
2. Close up of worker's face
3. Close up of blade and sparks flying out
4. Mid of worker's face with sparks flying out
5. Mid of migrant worker pan to machine...
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Japanese PM Noda meets Indian PM Singh
1. Wide of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Japanese counterpart Yoshihiko Noda shaking hands
2. Wide of signing ceremony
3. Singh and Noda signing joint statement
4. Japanese delegation
5. Noda and Singh exchanging...
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Retailers tell of a rare monthly sales gain, troubled homeowners program passes an important benchmark and new claims for unemployment benefits decline. The AP's Mark Hamrick reports
HEADLINE: Money Minute: Retail recovery?
CAPTION: Retailers tell of a rare monthly sales gain, troubled homeowners program passes an important benchmark and new claims for unemployment benefits decline. The AP's Mark Hamrick reports....
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Having your pension or retirement fund dwindle away in a bear market is tough to watch. But as AP Personal Finance Editor Trevor Delaney explains, there are ways to stay on top of your nest egg. (Oct. 28)
HEADLINE:Your Money: Surviving the bear market
CAPTION: Having your pension or retirement fund dwindle away in a bear market is tough to watch. But as AP Personal Finance Editor Trevor Delaney explains, there are ways to stay on top of...
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President Obama signed a controversial, bipartisan bill Friday extending Bush-era tax cuts for all Americans as well as unemployment benefits.
HEADLINE: Obama Signs Massive Tax Bill into Law
CAPTION: President Obama signed a controversial, bipartisan bill Friday extending Bush-era tax cuts for all Americans as well as unemployment benefits. (Dec. 17)
After more than a week...
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Congress on Friday approved a two-month renewal of payroll tax cuts for 160 million workers and unemployment benefits for millions. Back-to-back voice vote approvals of the measure took place in the Senate and House.
HEADLINE: House Dems: Tax cut a 'Good Christmas present'
CAPTION: Congress on Friday approved a two-month renewal of payroll tax cuts for 160 million workers and unemployment benefits for millions. Back-to-back voice vote approvals of...
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Sanders Takes on Trump in Atlantic City
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders says the current state of Atlantic City's casino industry illustrates the "greed and recklessness" seen around the country.Sanders took shots Monday at presumptive Republican nominee...
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Sanders Takes on Trump in Atlantic City
FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: apus055113Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders says the current state of Atlantic City's casino industry illustrates the "greed and recklessness" seen around the country.Sanders took shots...
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United Mine Workers Rally on Capitol Hill
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLYSHOTLIST:AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ON LYWashington, DC - 8 September 20161. Wide of rally with US Capitol in the background2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Cecil Roberts, President, United Mine Workers of...
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Why Are People Not Coming Back to the Workforce?
Jun.02 -- Nathan Sheets of Pgim talks about when the country could return to full employment again.
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Workers demonstrating in support of transport worker's strike
1. Pan left from demonstrators with fireworks chanting (French) "All on strike!" to demonstrators with CGT (Confederation General du Travail = General Labour Confederation) flags and banners marching in central Paris
2. Mid demonstrator...
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Morning queues for fuel as retirement age protests continue
1. Various of cars queuing in front of petrol station in downtown Paris
2. Man reading paper in his car
3. Wide of woman wanting in car
4. SOUNDBITE (French) Valerie, No last name given, Paris resident:
"I am queuing since 6:30 am and...
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Hundreds of ex-casino workers began filing for unemployment Wednesday morning at the Atlantic City Convention Center in New Jersey after two casinos closed over the weekend. (Sept. 3)
Carrying identification documents and bitterness over their sudden joblessness, hundreds of ex-casino workers began filing for unemployment Wednesday morning, the first attendees at an assistance center that expects to process 5,000...
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Spain's jobless rate edges down from 26.3 percent to 26 percent during third quarter
Spain's National Statistics Institute said on Thursday that the country's jobless rate fell slightly from 26.3 per cent to 26.0 per cent during the third quarter, a day after the Bank of Spain indicated that the recession was over.
The...
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Thousands of Verizon workers on strike in US
About 39,000 Verizon landline and cable workers in nine eastern US states and Washington, D.C. went on strike on Wednesday, saying they have been working without a contract since August.The workers, members of the Communications Workers...
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United Mine Workers Rally on Capitol Hill
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLYSHOTLIST:AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLYWashington, DC - 8 September, 20161. SOUNDBITE: (English) Cecil Roberts, President, United Mine Workers of America:"In the 30s, when our union build the CIO, we...
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Austria candidate on unemployment benefits for foreigners
The frontrunner in the Austrian elections wants to restrict access to unemployment benefits for foreigners.
On Tuesday, the 31-year-old Foreign Minister and leader of the OEVP peoples party, Sebastian Kurz, outlined his...
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The Gig Economy Might Not Pass Coronavirus Test, Says Talent Services Provider
Mar.13 -- John Chuang, Aquent co-founder and CEO, discusses the ways in which the gig economy can suffer during the coronavirus crisis. He speaks on "Bloomberg Technology."