четверг, 15 марта 2012 г.

Poland's jobless rate down to 11 percent in April

Poland's jobless rate dropped to 11 percent in April from 11.2 percent the month before, according to government statistics released Friday.

Labor Minister Jolanta Fedak said some 1.72 million people in the country of 38 million were without a job at the end of …

Pleuritis can be part of arthritis

Q. My daughter, 24, who has rheumatoid arthritis, is now told byher doctor that she has it in the wall lining of her chest. This wasconfirmed by another doctor. I have never heard of it before, andwould like to have any information you can give me.

A. Rheumatoid arthritis is not an illness of joints alone. Itis a systemic disease, meaning that many body tissues and organs maybe affected by the basic inflammation process.

The lining tissue to which you refer is the pleura. Itcomprises delicate covering tissue that protects the lung surface,also allowing for the expansion and contraction with each breath.Some people with rheumatoid arthritis do develop this …

Top European Central Bank official Lorenzo Bini-Smaghi to resign

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Top European Central …

среда, 14 марта 2012 г.

UK, Irish premiers offer path to new Belfast deal

Northern Ireland's politicians must keep negotiating instead of breaking up their Catholic-Protestant power-sharing government, the British and Irish prime ministers declared Wednesday as they presented a compromise plan to the feuding sides.

Yet Gordon Brown of Britain and Brian Cowen of Ireland ended their three-day diplomatic mission without persuading local parties to accept the plan. The prime ministers said they would not publish details of the compromise in hopes that lower-level officials could seal a deal by the weekend.

"We believe that we have produced a pathway to an agreement," Brown said with Cowen at his side.

Power …

pounds30m deal over shiprow scheme

A New retail and entertainment complex being built in Aberdeen isto be bought for pounds30 million by a property investment company.

WG Mitchell has finalised the deal with Kenmore Property Group totake over the City Wharf development near Union Street once it iscompleted.

A casino, office accommodation, eight leisure units, a 107-bedhotel and a public car park are all to be included in the project.

Work on the development began earlier this month.

Kenmore director Martyn Roe said: "We are delighted to seeconstruction under way on this development.

"Strong tenants …

Top Fifty Fastest Growing Companies: Eichelberger Construction Inc

With a desire to run an honest and professional business with integrity, William Eichelberger started his construction firm - Eichelberger Construction Inc. - in January 1993. He backed up his desire with 18 years of experience in the industry.

"I had been in the construction business working for another company and I enjoyed the industry," he recalls. "I wanted to see if honesty, professionalism and integrity would make a successful business. Knock on wood, it has worked to date," he says proudly.

Eichelberger began doing business at 124 W. Church St., Dillsburg, with no resources and no job prospects on the horizon - a fact he considers his biggest challenge during his …

Applications for jobless benefits jump to 457,000; second rise in four weeks

WASHINGTON (AP) — Applications for jobless …