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Avoiding ‘pink slips of the tongue’ at work

Edit Detroit news 18 Apr 2016
Now you’ve done it. Maybe you aired workplace frustrations through Facebook, venting in a colorful complaint that a co-worker shared with your bosses. Perhaps you lost your cool in a meeting ... You’re not alone. A survey earlier this year suggests that more than half of workers will commit a “catastrophic comment” that could damage their careers, reputations or businesses ... To limit fallout, offenders might have to blunt their egos ... His take....

Unions or banks? Through mad genius or political naievety, battlelines are drawn for a drawn out contest

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 18 Apr 2016
Malcolm Turnbull didn't say diddly-squat about union lawlessness in his "maiden" speech in 2004, and made no priority of it as opposition leader in 2008 and 2009 ... Wither the polity. Advertisement ... But then he proposed nothing ... Inevitably, Turnbull will do something on the banks in an attempt to blunt Shorten's edge. And doubtless, the ABCC will get lost amid the other noise of the campaign ... ....

The Jungle Book roars to top on $104m

Edit Screen Daily 18 Apr 2016
If the live-action-CGI rendering of Rudyard Kipling’s beloved tale seemed destined to become a Disney classic all over again, the opening weekend confirmed that notion as it stormed to the studio’s biggest April debut in history ... This week’s wide releases are ... Winter’s War starring Charlize Theron, Chris Hemsworth, Jessica Chastain, and Emily Blunt; and Elvis & Nixon from Bleecker Street starring Michael Shannon and Kevin Spacey....

The Jungle Book roars to top in US on $104m

Edit Screen Daily 18 Apr 2016
If the live-action-CGI rendering of Rudyard Kipling’s beloved tale seemed destined to become a Disney classic all over again, the opening weekend confirmed that notion as it stormed to the studio’s biggest April debut in history ... This week’s wide releases are ... Winter’s War starring Charlize Theron, Chris Hemsworth, Jessica Chastain, and Emily Blunt; and Elvis & Nixon from Bleecker Street starring Michael Shannon and Kevin Spacey....

Simon Cowell, Jackie Chan other celebs named in Panama Papers

Edit Modern Ghana 18 Apr 2016
By ibtimes.co.uk. Media mongul Simon Cowell, action movie star Jackie Chan and legendary film director Stanley Kubrick are among the latest big names to have been dragged into the Panama Papers scandal ... The blunt-talking X-factor and American Idol judge, Simon Cowell was named in the papers as being the sole owner of two British Virgin Islands companies, Southstreet Limited and Eaststreet Limited, both set up in 2007 ... She said ... ....

Banker Unrest Threatens Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank Turnarounds

Edit Bloomberg 18 Apr 2016
Less than a year into their jobs, the joy is gone. The chief executive officers of Deutsche Bank AG and Credit Suisse Group AG are squeezed between investors pushing them to boost profitability and employees demoralized by job cuts, lower pay and their bosses’ blunt criticism ... Declining Morale ... “The benefits of these changes will flow to our shareholders in the coming years,” he wrote in an e-mail.Blunt Comments ... JPMorgan Chase & Co....

Draghi Brings German Olive Branch Back to ECB Bruised by Row

Edit Bloomberg 18 Apr 2016
If Mario Draghi brought a souvenir back from his trip to Washington, it might just be an olive branch ... German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble ended days of political needling by describing Draghi as a “friend.” ... He also said ECB policies were creating “extraordinary problems” for German retirement planning, triggering an unusually blunt response from Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann ... ....

Fear the Walking Dead recap: season two, episode two – We All Fall Down

Edit The Guardian 18 Apr 2016
Nick becomes an apocalyptic MVP, we get a predictable moment, and the kids remain the worst thing about the show. Spoiler alert. this blog is published after Fear the Walking Dead airs on AMC in the US on Sundays. Do not read on unless you have watched season two, episode two (which airs in the UK on Monday). @brianjmoylan ... Related ... Instead, the blunt object that is Chris is hanging out with Seth and learning all about zombies ... Related ... ....

Police renew appeals as inquiries continue into suspicious death - Strike Force Birtley (NSW Police Force)

Edit Public Technologies 18 Apr 2016
(Source. NSW Police Force). Latest Media Releases. Police renew appeals as inquiries continue into suspicious death - Strike Force Birtley. Monday, 18 April 2016 11.32.24 AM. ***Editors Note. An image of Hugo Fifi and his vehicle (that has formed part of detectives' appeal for information) have been shared on the NSW Police Facebook page ... *** ... He had sustained blunt force injuries ... The man was later identified as 48-year-old Hugo Fifi ... (noodl....

Businesses fighting southern states on LGBT rights

Edit WPTV 18 Apr 2016
ATLANTA (AP) — Major corporations invested in Southern states have become some of the staunchest opponents of bills they consider discriminatory, facing off against Republican lawmakers eager to portray their states as the best home for global brands ... Supreme Court ruling that effectively legalized gay marriage ... M.V ... "Bluntly, companies exist to make money for share-owners," he said ... Days later, then-Gov ...  . ....

Donald Trump Hailed as Hometown Hero in Staten Island

Edit Time Magazine 18 Apr 2016
When Maria Andrews’ mother came home with a load of heavy groceries and found a broken elevator at the modest brick Tysens Park Apartments on Staten Island, she wasn’t expecting to get much help from building management ... “And Donald was with him a lot ... Trump conjures up the combativeness, the straight-talking bluntness and success prized among New Yorkers, particularly in the heavily Republican borough ... The hotel....

David Cameron under pressure to come clean over plans to send British troops to Libya

Edit The Observer 17 Apr 2016
We need transparency about the difficulties and the challenges,” Crispin Blunt, chairman of parliament’s foreign affairs committee, told the Observer ... Last week, Hammond exchanged testy letters with Blunt, in which he denied claims that the committee was briefed by diplomats on the Liam plan ... “The operation we were briefed on involved setting up shop at Tripoli airport or the port where the coastguard are,” said Blunt....

'The Huntsman: Winter's War'

Edit USA Today 17 Apr 2016
Long before Snow White was in the picture, the evil queen had another worthy rival, her sister. 'The Huntsman. Winter's War' stars Charlize Theron, Chris Hemsworth, Jessica Chastain and Emily Blunt.       .   ... ....
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