Feeling motivated yet? Long-term unemployed people's perspectives on the implementation of workfare in Australia.
Introduction A common assumption of workfare programs is that many of the long term unemployed exhibit deficits in motivation to engage proactively in the search for paid work (Wanberg, Kanfer and Rotundo, 1999; Hawksworth, 1992). Such assumptions are based on the proposition that being on unemployment benefits...

Pioneer Surgical Technology Inks Distribution Pact with Sweden's Swemacimaging.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-15 October 2008-Pioneer Surgical Technology Inks Distribution Pact with Sweden's Swemacimaging(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Pioneer Surgical Technology's European subsidiary has announced a distribution agreement with Swedish Medical Imaging Devices AB, also know as Swemacimaging. Under terms of the agreement, Pioneer Surgical...

The 2007 Ig Nobel prize winners: the 2007 Ig Nobel Prizes were awarded on the evening of Thursday night, 4 October, at the 17th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony, at the Harvard University Sanders Theatre.
Medicine Brian Witcombe of Gloucester, UK, and Dan Meyer of Antioch, Tennessee, USA, for their penetrating medical report 'Sword Swallowing and Its Side Effects.' Reference: 'Sword Swallowing and Its Side Effects,' Brian Witcombe and Dan Meyer, British Medical Journal, December 23, 2006, vol. 333, pp....

Database of injection moulders in Central Europe updated.
Applied Market Information (AMI), has just released an update of its database of injection moulders in Central Europe with detailed information on 1300 companies in Poland, Hungary and the Czech and Slovak Republics. Nearly 300 new companies have been added to the database since it was last...

Partnerre Ltd.
Bermuda-based PARTNERRE LTD. has tapped 14-year reinsurance veteran EMMANUEL CLARKE to head PartnerRe Global's specialty lines division, succeeding KURT ANGST, who is set to retire in December after a 40-year career. Currently the head of property/ casualty for PartnerRe Global, Clarke will assume his new position Sept....

Medtech Insight/Windhover Information: European Medical Device Market Poised to Grow.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-8 August 2008-Medtech Insight/Windhover Information: European Medical Device Market Poised to Grow(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Fueled by factors such as aging populations across Europe, increased spending on medical technologies, and the recent accession of more fast-developing, former Eastern European states into the EU,...

A need for SWIFT change: the struggle between the European Union's desire for privacy in international financial transactions and the united states' need for security from terrorists as evidenced by the SWIFT scandal.
In recent history, the struggle between the desire for privacy and the need for security has been affected by worldwide events. This struggle is clearly seen in the transfer of information from the European Union (EU) to the United States. In the last century, Europeans suffered from violent actions,...

Analysis; European members unite on EU presidency.
Byline: IAN TRAYNOR and DAVID GOW in Brussels Guardian News Service (ITEUROBLAIR) TONY Blair's hopes of becoming Europe's first president are running into mounting opposition across the EU, with Germany determined to stymie the former prime minister. A "Stop Blair" website run by pro-Europeans has...

Reflecting on the EU's future: an interview with the former Commissioner Frits Bolkestein.
MOST people talk about the European Union based on their preconceived notions about it. It is rare to get an insight into that body unclouded by platitudes and the obfuscation of Euro-speech. I was fortunate to have an interview with a man who has both exceptional knowledge of the...

Matrix weighs Docpharma sale.
HYDERABAD: Hyderabad-based Matrix Labs, in which US-based Mylan Labs holds a controlling stake, is toning up its business focus. It is looking at selling off Belgian firm Docpharma as it thinks the European generic firm may not be a strategic fit. Matrix Labs had acquired Docpharma in one of...