Merck lays out restructuring goals strategy AP (December 09, 2008) WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J. (AP) - Drugmaker Merck & Co. tried to reassure investors Tuesday that its latest restructuring strategy will put the company back on a growth track as it moves into new markets and opens units aimed at taking advantage of biotechnology.
UK health service wants no products of child labor AP (December 08, 2008) LONDON (AP) - Britain's state-funded health service on Monday published plans to ensure hospitals know where their surgical instruments are coming from, after acknowledging that some may be produced by child laborers in Pakistan.
Sanofi-Aventis to cut US sales jobs AP (December 04, 2008) NEW YORK (AP) - French drugmaker Sanofi-Aventis SA is cutting an unspecified number of U.S. sales jobs as part of a realignment of its marketing.
DuPont to cut 2,500 jobs, trim 4,000 contractors AP (December 04, 2008) DOVER, Del. (AP) - Chemical manufacturer DuPont said Thursday that it will cut 2,500 jobs and will not turn a profit in the fourth quarter as a severe slowdown in the automotive and construction markets eats away at chemical sales.
KBR subcontractor denies confining workers in Iraq AP (December 03, 2008) BAGHDAD (AP) - A Kuwaiti subcontractor doing work for the U.S. military in Iraq denied a report Wednesday that it confined as many as 1,000 workers without money for up to three months in warehouses at the Baghdad airport.
Mexican remittances jump 13 pct as peso weakens AP (December 01, 2008) MEXICO CITY (AP) - The amount of dollars sent home by Mexicans living abroad jumped 13 percent in October as a weaker peso gave the greenback more buying power, Mexico's central bank said Monday.
Strong dollar means Mexico migrants send more home AP (December 01, 2008) MEXICO CITY (AP) - Victoria Servin shows off her new pair of black leather boots, a splurge for the 21-year-old student who lives alone in an aging, one-room apartment.