ATHENS – Athens woke up paralyzed on Tuesday, with huge traffic jams caused by a 24-hour strike against a public transport project of wage cuts in the public interest entities (DEKO). Not operating in the Greek capital on Tuesday are buses, trains, trams or the subway. Several demonstrations are planned for noon outside the parliament. The [...]
Brazil – A government decree published on Friday in the Official Gazette (DOU) guarantee a final right of homosexuals to receive pension upon the death of his companion. The National Social Security Institute (INSS) paid since the year 2000 pension to persons who demonstrate to have had a stable relationship with a homosexual, but simply to comply [...]
There are several opportunities for your child to continue studying and to go to college. ASPIRA is one of these alternatives. In today’s program Dr. Isabel joins the association’s executive director John Villamil and Interim President in Florida. ASPIRA is a Hispanic non-profit organization that seeks to community development and educational development of Hispanic youth. [...]
The offer of 13.3 billion Australian dollars (9.6 billion) launched jointly by AXA and AMP on AXA Asia Pacific has not received the unanimous support of the Board of Directors of the Manager asset, then it was a sine qua non for it to be endorsed. Of the six independent directors of the subsidiary of [...]
AXA, which wants to sell part of its Asian subsidiary AXA Asia Pacific Holdings could finally see the end of the tunnel. The insurer announced this morning that AXA and AMP have proposed an offer to the subsidiary by which AMP would acquire 100% of its capital before remaining Asian operations and New Zealand and surrender [...]
PARIS – The CFDT, which plans to compensate its members for the movement against pension reform, to the tune of 18 euros per day to strike, yet “no visibility” on the amount that may be involved but his reserve should enable him to face, according to its treasurer. In late October, Anousheh Karvar had told [...]
Nearly 59 million Americans have spent at least part of 2010 without health insurance. It is a much needed care, announced Tuesday, by the Centre for Infectious Disease Control (CDC) . The number of people without health coverage rose from 4 million in the first half compared to the same period in 2008, the CDC said. ”Adults and children [...]
The German insurer Allianz SE fell 8.8% in its net profit in the third quarter, compared to the same period last year. Between July and September, the company’s net profit totaled 1.26 billion euros ($ 1.74 billion), below the gain of 1.39 billion euros ($ 1.88 billion) reported in the third quarter of 2009 .According [...]
President Nicolas Sarkozy has fifteen days to enact legislation to reform pensions, after validation according to the text by the Constitutional Council. Article 10 of the Constitution stipulates that the Head of State “enact” the law “within fifteen days after the transmission to the government to finally adopt the law”. The law can be passed [...]
€ 384 million of fraud were identified in 2009, an increase of 68% compared to 2006, announced Thursday night the members of the Director Social Security, Dominique Libault. 384 million euros—This is the amount of fraud detected by the various agencies of social security (health insurance, family allowances, Urssaf) in 2009, according to the assessment [...]
