• This week teachers have been demonstrating in Buenos Aires calling for pay rises to match inflation.

    BBC: How Argentines feel about the Falkland Islands dispute

  • The unions are calling for pay rises, a recruitment drive and the scrapping of a restructuring programme, which they say would privatise part of the rail system.

    BBC: France crippled by rail strike

  • " Or, "Use coins, not your calling card, in pay phones.

    FORBES: Sizzling Suze

  • Bang on cue, Christine Blower, general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, is quoted denouncing the idea, saying that "children and young people differ from year to year, making it impossible to measure progress in simplistic terms" (translation: don't blame teachers for bad results, blame the children), and calling performance-related pay "divisive" (well yes, that's the point).

    ECONOMIST: Fixing British education

  • Even the teachers, though calling as usual for huge pay rises, are being less belligerent.

    ECONOMIST: Mexico

  • She said people from all over the city had been calling at her house to pay their respects.

    BBC: Funeral of murdered taxi driver

  • More than 200 pensioners have marched through Edinburgh calling for more money to pay for the long-term care of the elderly.

    BBC: Pensioner power takes to the streets

  • It featured Gates pretending to wander the country in search of tales about Buffett and calling Melinda with them from pay phones.

    CNN: In Search Of The Real Bill Gates

  • Obama and Democrats offer the same approach as a central theme of the election, calling for the wealthy to pay more as part of a package of spending cuts and increased revenue to replace the forced cuts of sequestration.

    CNN: Debate on spending cuts seeks blame, not solutions

  • Obama and Democrats are offering the same approach to the issue as a central theme of the election, calling for the wealthy to pay more as part of a package of spending cuts and increased revenue to replace the forced cuts of sequestration.

    CNN: Debate on spending cuts seeks blame, not solutions

  • Schumer is calling for all trading venues to pay for regulatory surveillance based on volume.

    FORBES: Schumer And NYSE Want To Tax Dark Pools

  • The folks promoting "say on pay" may be calling you to ask for support of their proposal, while the company may be calling you to ask you to vote against it.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • Trade unions are also calling for the gap between nurses' pay and that of teachers and police officers to be closed.

    BBC: Half of nurses 'consider quitting'

  • The teachers have now downgraded their demands, calling for immediate implementation of the original pay structure pledged around 18 months ago, which accords pay to qualifications and positions held.

    BBC: Maldives teachers strike over pay

  • Google could sell calling-minutes to customers, who would pay for the ability to make cheap calls over the Internet.

    FORBES

  • Some 90% of UK forecourts are supplied by the Unite union's 2, 000 or so members, who are calling for minimum standards of working conditions and pay.

    BBC: Fuel strike threat: 'Panic buying' at petrol stations

  • And though the TUC voted for a campaign on pay, it rejected a firebrand amendment calling for a general strike.

    ECONOMIST: The trade unions are not as fearsome as they look

  • In addition to generating its heaviest customer activity in lower-margin prepaid calling plans rather than in the more lucrative post-pay multiyear plans, RadioShack's wireless business is being sabotaged to a degree by its own partner.

    FORBES: RadioShack's Quick Fix

  • People in Scotland pay the price of a local phone call when calling the advice service from a landline, with calls from a mobile often costing more.

    BBC: Tories call for NHS 24 to be a freephone service

  • Obama calling out Romney for saying it was was fair for him to pay a lower tax rate than a nurse, etc. (what he said on 60 Minutes.) Obama takes issue with this.

    FORBES: Live Blog: The Second Presidential Debate

  • Unlike U.S.-based service, where you pay for both making and receiving calls, in Europe only the calling party pays, Schukai said.

    CNN: Navigating cell phone headaches overseas

  • The White House wants to force wealthier Americans to pay higher taxes by eliminating tax breaks, and it is now calling for wage increases for poorer Americans.

    WSJ: State of the Union: Minimum Wage Debate Is Back On

  • In his situation, anyone else would have been calling the Argentine Embassy, inventing a credible lie, and borrowing some money to pay the hotel bill.

    NEWYORKER: ?lvaro Rousselot��s Journey

  • The pay award sparked anger across the political spectrum with one Lib Dem minister calling for Mr Hester to waive the payment and the Mayor of London, Conservative Boris Johnson, urging the government to "step in".

    BBC: RBS chairman rejects ?1.4m bonus

  • The lecturers' union Natfhe is calling on its members to vote to reject the college employers' offer of a 3.7% pay rise - because it contains no "catch-up" on the pay gap with schoolteachers, which the union puts at more than 7%.

    BBC: Colleges protest at new inspections

  • Instead of hailing or calling a cab, waiting for it to arrive and making sure you have enough cash in your wallet to pay the fare, Uber carved out a unique niche by greatly simplifying the entire experience.

    FORBES: Simplicity Is The New Premium

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