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Tips for a better work/life balance
Work, kids, social and family commitments … are they all getting on top of you? Then it's time to take a step back and put some balance into your life.

For more, see http://money.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=861896
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Where will the jobs be in the future?
It's a question writers have asked time and time again: what will the world look like in the future? From George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four to Cormac McCarthy's The Road , writers have explored the possibilities, the probabilities and the plain fantastic. And it seems that, more and more, jobseekers are following in their footsteps.

For more, see http://money.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=1071904
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JAL to tap 3,300 more for early retirement
Japan Airlines Corp. plans to encourage around 3,300 more group employees to take early retirement during the current fiscal year, according to sources.

For more, see http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20100624a4.html
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NTUC looks at firms which embrace productivity and remove bottlenecks
SINGAPORE : Singapore's Labour movement says with the current push for a cheaper, better and faster economy, there is a need for both employers and employees to embrace the productivity drive and remove bottlenecks.

For more, see http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/1060761/1/.html
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Singapore, HK least red tape in Asia: survey
SINGAPORE : Regional financial centres Singapore and Hong Kong have the most efficient bureaucracies, according to the survey of expatriate business executives by the Political and Economic Risk Consultancy (PERC) on Wednesday.

For more, see http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_singapore_business/view/1060582/1/.html
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Foxconn raises worker's pay by 30 per cent after suicides
TAIPEI - Shaken by a spate of suicides at its China plants, Taiwan's manufacturing giant Foxconn said it was raising the pay of workers by 30 per cent, a greater increase than first planned.

For more, see http://www.todayonline.com/World/EDC100603-0000107/Foxconn-raises-workers-pay-by-30-per-cent-after-suicides