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Oct 1 2008
A Brit boss who placed a sign saying ‘thief’ around the neck of one of his workers was arrested after publicly shaming the man.Simon Cremer, 41, wrestled carpet fitter Mark Gilbert to the ground and tied his hands after being told he had...
Oct 1 2008
Do we get bad leaders in spite of having good people? If our people are great, why do we have leaders who fail? Where are the people if the leaders are not doing what we think they should be doing?
Oct 1 2008
Administrators at Lehman Brothers’ British operations announced 750 job cuts at the bankrupt investment bank. PriceWaterHouseCoopers spokeswoman Emma Thorogood said on Monday that most of the jobs lost are in Britain, but a handful of European...
Oct 1 2008
Failure to curb global warming would “haunt humanity” forever, Australia’s top climate adviser said on Tuesday as he urged the country to cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 60 per cent by 2050.
Oct 1 2008
A miniaturized heart pump helped keep eight out of nine severely ill children alive long enough to receive a heart transplant, US researchers said on Monday. Heart assist devices are widely available for adults with severely damaged hearts who need the...
Oct 1 2008
Scientists have unearthed the remains of a large meat-eating dinosaur with a breathing apparatus much like a modern bird, fortifying the link between birds and dinosaurs and helping to explain the evolution of birds’ unique system of breathing.
Oct 1 2008
Anti-social behaviour can be a form of mental illness, claim scientists at Cambridge University. The research team believes that adolescent males becoming unruly could be linked to a reduced level of the stress hormone cortisol.
Oct 1 2008
Nasa’s Phoenix spacecraft has discovered evidence of past water at its Martian landing site and spotted falling snow for the first ti me, scientists reported on Monday. Soil experiments revealed the presence of two minerals known to be formed in...
Oct 1 2008
Finally, the most practical deterrent has come from the Supreme Court that is likely to force parents to keep their car keys away from their minor sons and daughters. For, if these minors cause any accident, it will be their parents who will have to...
Oct 1 2008
ollowing the waiver granted by the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), France on Tuesday became the first country to sign a civil nuclear energy pact with India.