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Management Tip of the Day: Best ways to ask for a favor

Needing to ask for someone's help at some point is almost unavoidable, and there are some useful ways to go about it, says Harvard Business Review. The Management Tip of the Day offers quick, practical management tips and ideas from Harvard Business Review and HBR.org (www.hbr.org). Any opinions expressed are not endorsed by Reuters.
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State workers should join national pension fund-study

The British government should enrol public sector employees in the forthcoming national pension fund designed for low-earners to help reduce a looming 10 billion-pound annual shortfall, a report said on Friday. The right-leaning Centre for Policy Studies think tank report calls the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST)
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Kinder Morgan's upsized IPO raises $2.86 billion

Pipeline company Kinder Morgan Inc sold more shares and priced them above the expected range, an underwriter said on Thursday, raising about $2.86 billion in the largest U.S. energy initial public offering since 1998.
U.S. group sets oil talks with China

U.S. group sets oil talks with China

A group of prominent business executives and national security figures will visit China next month as part of their drive to reduce U.S. dependence on oil.
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Market awaits bold strategy shift from Nokia's CEO

Nokia's wisdom in picking outsider Stephen Elop to return it to its former glory will be tested on Friday when the new chief executive reveals his plans to transform the world's biggest cellphone maker.
Secondary school students sit for an exam at the Abu Baker Al Arabi government school in Riyadh

Special Report: In Saudi Arabia, a clamor for education

Saudi teenager Abdulrahman Saeed lives in one of the richest countries in the world, but his prospects are poor, he blames his education, and it's not a situation that looks like changing soon. There is not enough in our curriculum, says Saeed, 16, who goes to an all-male state school in the Red Sea port of Jeddah. It is just theoretical teaching, and there is no practice or guidance to prepare us for the job market.
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Zimbabwe diamond, coal exploration fees soar

Zimbabwe has drastically increased exploration fees for diamonds and coal, in an effort to discourage companies from speculating on mining claims, state media reported on Wednesday.
British Airways cabin crew picket at Heathrow Airport in London

Union to re-run BA cabin crew strike ballot

The union representing British Airways BAY.L cabin crew said on Tuesday it planned to ballot members again on taking strike action after saying a recent vote was potentially invalid. Cabin crew voted last month to hold further strikes in a long-running dispute which has already cost the airline some 150 million pounds.
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Hedge fund managers arrested in insider case

Two hedge fund managers were arrested on insider trading charges on Tuesday, while another portfolio manager and an analyst agreed to plead guilty in connection with the probe, the latest development in a broad investigation of hedge funds' trading activities.
Homeless people beg for money on O'Connell bridge in central Dublin

Ireland faces bleak recovery: NCB

As Ireland slowly recovers from its financial crisis, the economy will not be able to create any jobs and consumer spending will remain depressed, according to a study by NCB Group, the Dublin-based financial services firm.
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Egypt c.bank intervenes to prop up ailing pound

Egypt's central bank said on Tuesday it intervened in the market to prop up the Egyptian pound, helping the local currency to rise against the dollar for the first time since political unrest gripped the country.
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Nokia shares are up on executive shake-up speculation

Shares of Nokia (NYSE: NOK) are moving higher Monday on speculation that the mobile phone maker will soon engineer a major reshuffling of its management and board as the company tries to wrestle back domination of the premium handset market.

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