LABOR - Germany's Air Berlin says will cut 900 jobs BERLIN - Agence France-Presse Germany's number two airline, Air Berlin, said on Tuesday it would slash about 900 jobs or nearly 10 percent of its workforce in a bid to get back in the black after nearly five years of losses.The troubled airline unveiled details of what it called its two-year "Turbine" programme extending across all its business divisions and focusing "on its key markets on the basis of a stringent business model"."'Turbine' has defined initiatives of around 400 million euros ($535 million) by the end of 2014 to achieve a lastingly competitive result," the company said in a statement."The programme covers all areas of operation and relationships with business partners as well. It also involves cutting about 900 jobs in which the possibility of redundancies cannot be excluded."
The Daily News Egypt.com TechCentral | South Africa's quality technology news source Home - Africa vernacular architecture Home - Breaking SA and World News, Sports, Business, Entertainment and more - Times LIVE The Citizen Online | Home National 5.5.2014 05.00 pm FILE PICTURE: An IEC official scans a green bar coded ID book at a voter registration center in Melville, Johannesburg, 10 November 2013. Picture: Tracy lee Stark The home affairs department has extended its office hours in the lead-up to and on election day, it said on Monday. The department would open all of its offices across the country on Wednesday from 7am to 9pm in line with voting hours to assist citizens with the voting process, spokesman Lunga Ngqengelele said in a statement. It had already extended its office hours for Monday and Tuesday, from 7.30am to 7.30pm. “Home affairs takes this opportunity to remind members of the public that President Jacob Zuma has declared Wednesday… as a national holiday to allow citizens more time to vote,” said Ngqengelele. “All home affairs officials who will be working on Wednesday… have been afforded an opportunity alongside all other essential services to cast special votes across the country.” - Sapa
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