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McDonald's faces worker protests
2015-05-21 18:06:12| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Thousands of workers and union supporters protest outside McDonald's headquarters, as the fast food firm continues to face wage pressure.
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Deutsche faces investor criticism
2015-05-21 01:04:25| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Deutsche Bank faces a potential stormy annual shareholder meeting on Thursday with calls for an overhaul of management.
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'It's a tinderbomb' - Pacific Northwest faces major wildfire risk due to low snowpack
2015-05-20 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: Snow-free mountains and a recent drought declaration mean that Washington state is facing an extraordinarily risky wildfire season, according to one of the state's top forest officials. "Over the years, people have become fond of referring to Western forests as tinderboxes," State Forester Aaron Everett of the Washington Department of Natural Resources said yesterday. "Our forest is not a tinderbox, it's a 'tinderbomb.' It's sprinkled with gasoline and ringed with dynamite." Washington Gov....
Massive Antarctic Ice Shelf Faces Imminent Risk of Collapse
2015-05-13 16:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Scientific American: An Antarctic ice shelf that is twice the size of Hawaii is at "imminent risk' of collapse and needs to be monitored carefully, a new study finds. The ice shelf--Larsen C--is located in roughly the same geography as the Larsen A and B ice shelves, which disintegrated in 1995 and 2002, respectively. Larsen C covers 19,300 square miles and is the largest shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula. If it melts, it could significantly raise global sea levels, said Paul Holland, the lead author of the study and...
Mitie faces new minimum wage claims
2015-05-13 09:02:17| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The chief executive of Mitie, which owns one of the UK's largest care providers, is to meet government officials to answer claims that it has not been paying the minimum wage.
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