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The proposed Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), has continued to receive knocks from stakeholders and other concerned individuals and groups with workers in the upstream sector of the petroleum industry faulting among others, the absence of specific provisions on expatriate quota and local manpower training.  

Manama: Kuwait will soon launch a massive campaign to ensure that no expatriate is holding two public sector jobs. According to the local rules and regulations, expatriates are not allowed to have more than one occupation in the state. As a first ...  

Michael J. Fox, who used the fame he gained as an actor to take a starring role in the fight against Parkinson's disease, has been named the most influential Canadian expatriate.  

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A recent Sibson Consulting survey of U.S.-based multinational companies found that nearly two-thirds of the companies surveyed are maintaining or increasing the size of their expatriate workforce while one-third are decreasing this segment of their workforce. Key findings include: 53% of respondents employing expatriates in China/Hong Kong/Taiwan plan to keep their expatriate workforce the same. Almost all companies...  

A very moving blog post from expatriate Mike Haubrich, who grew up in Hallock. NOTE: Mike's grandparents were the Diamonds from Humboldt, of which this post if about his Grandpa Diamond who is very much still with us...[Photograph by M. Haubrich]  

When he performs a recital Tuesday night at Jacksonville's downtown library, classical pianist Abbas Abboud will be playing several compositions by Frederic Chopin, among other selections. Chopin's music has special resonance for Abboud. He identifies with Chopin's life as an exile. Born in Poland in 1810, Chopin spent his adult life in France, an expatriate unwilling to return to a Poland that had been partitioned by European powers. The 23...  

The path Patriots rookie offensive tackle Sebastian Vollmer took to reach the National Football League was not one of the more conventional routes. It could be traced to his hometown of Kaarst, Germany, where the playgrounds weren’t exactly teeming with college-caliber - let alone NFL-caliber - prospects.  

Schon seit einigen Monaten sorgen die Exil-Australier Expatriate für Aufsehen. Jetzt machen sie ernst: Am 30. Oktober erscheint ihr Debütalbum. Das erste Video ist schon online. Es gibt wohl kaum einen passenderen Namen für die vier in Berlin lebenden Australier. Expatriate bedeutet dauerhaft in einem anderen Land, als in dem seiner Herkunft zu leben. Das tut die Band nun schon seit Oktober 2008. Ziemlich genau ein Jahr später, nämlich am 30...  

Vodafone is awarding contracts to expatriate firms sidelining local businesses in the countryInsight newspapers investigations have revealed that Vodafone has awarded so many contracts including dealership contracts to a Kenyan company Swivel Marketing According to the investigations owner of Swivel Mr George Murimi is a p ...  

(ChinaPost.com.tw) - DBS Group Holdings Ltd., Southeast Asia's largest bank, will replace more than 30 expatriate managers in Taiwan who helped integrate the acquisition of Bowa Commercial Bank Co. with locals.  

Around half the expatriate workers at the world's biggest bauxite exporter, Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinee (CBG), have fled Guinea due to rising tensions there, a source within the company said on Sunday. Around 15 of CBG's 30 foreign employees ...  

شام برسMinister of Expatriates discusses with French Immigration Minister ...شام برسMinister of Expatriates Joseph Swaid discussed on Thursday in Paris with the French Immigration Minister Eric Besson cooperation and exchanging expertise ...  

Los Angeles TimesLebanon tourism is back from a holidayLos Angeles TimesThe Lebanese capital's night life and mild weather draw expatriates, regional visitors and Western adventure-seekers. (Ramzi Haidar / AFP/Getty Images ...and more »  

An Eid Al-Fitr message to our expatriatesArab NewsLet us thank them and expatriates of other faiths as well for the difficult sacrifices they are making daily in leaving their loved ones behind and coming ...and more »