Child social services 'declining' - BBC News
Services for vulnerable children deteriorated last year and remain the weakest area of councils' work, the Audit Commission has said. Haringey, where the Baby P scandal took place, was among four English councils to go from a three star rating to one
Facebook to let users create public versions of pages - Independent
Facebook, operator of the world’s largest social-networking site, is redesigning its service to let people create public profile pages and allow celebrities and businesses to reach users more easily. In the next few months, customers will be able
Government to brief unions, employers on economy - Irish Times
The Government is to brief unions and employer representatives on the state of the economy at a special meeting today. The talks will the first formal contact between the Government and the unions since the collapse of talks on an agreed economic
Europe scraps Microsoft scrutiny - TechWorld
Operating Systems and Servers News 05 March 2009 Europe scraps Microsoft scrutiny By Paul Meller, IDG news service The European Commission is to cease to monitor Microsoft's compliance to the EC's anti-trust ruling, five years after it was first
Chinese premier promises economic growth - CNN Money
BEIJING (CNN) -- The National People's Congress -- the marquee event of China's political calendar -- opened Thursday with Premier Wen Jiabao pledging economic growth amid a growing national deficit and the global financial crisis. But Wen did not
