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More money? Yes, please. Negotiate? Um, I’d rather not. A negotiation researcher explains why we would rather sell ourselves short than seek conflict with the boss – and how we can overcome this dilemma. Salary negotiations: Seven steps to a better salary

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A bus carrying 46 passengers and a driver crashed near a ski resort in the southern French Pyrenees on Sunday, killing two people and injuring several others. The Spanish bus originated from L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, outside Barcelona, Spain, Catalonia’s emergency services said on X, formerly Twitter.

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A customer is paying attention to the Chinese stock market at a stock exchange in Hangzhou, China, on January 22, 2024. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesAsia-Pacific markets traded slightly higher on Monday as the region kick-started a data-heavy week, with investors focused on economic readings from several countries, including Japan, South Korea and China.Over the weekend, China released its official purchasing managers’ index reading for November. Manufacturing PMI came in at 50.3 — its highest level since April — beating the 50.2 expected by economists polled by Reuters. Manufacturing PMI came in at 50.1…

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Hospitals in london have been blighted by bed bugs over the last seven years (Picture: Shutterstock) Patients, including children, are potentially being exposed to bed bugs as London hospitals faced hundreds of infestations since 2018. Nineteen NHS trusts across London said they had to call in pest control over 500 times to tackle bed bugs in the last seven years, costing some hospitals hundreds of pounds. The Royal London Children’s Hospital, which is run by Barts Health NHS Trust, as well as King’s College Hospital, which sits under the King’s College Hospital NHS Trust, were among the worst affected by the pests.…

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A key element of BusConnects Cork is “dead in the water”, it has been claimed, following confirmation that Bus Éireann, which is already struggling with a driver shortage, needs another 120 drivers to deliver the city’s proposed new bus network.But the National Transport Authority (NTA) has confirmed the need for an additional 40 to 50 drivers in Cork between February and August next year if there is any chance of delivering a reliable bus service, with a further 80 drivers required by January 2026 to deliver the first phase of the new bus network proposed under BusConnects.Sinn Féin TD for…

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