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These advances, as well as a government subsidized, reduced working hour scheme, help explain the relatively modest increase in unemployment during the 2008-09 recession - the deepest since World War II - and its decrease to 6.0% in 2011.
FORBES: Germany
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The Pensions Regulator has not yet approved this cut in Trinity Mirror's reduced contributions to the scheme.
BBC: Three pension tales: BT, Royal Mail and Trinity Mirror
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They have reduced their player bonus scheme and renegotiated new sponsorship deals while there has been increased revenue from Champions League and Premier League television rights, plus a rise in ticket prices.
BBC: Uefa warns clubs after deadline-day transfer spree
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The researchers found that incentive schemes based solely on origination resulted in a 16 percent increase in lending compared with a high-powered incentive scheme, and reduced profitability by 5 percent.
FORBES: The Problem With Incentives
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Shadow Cabinet Office minister Tessa Jowell agreed that the cost of the redundancy scheme needed to be reduced and currently provides "overly generous and disproportionate benefits for some very highly-paid people".
BBC: Superannuation Bill part 1
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More mobile speed cameras are to be used in North Yorkshire after a pilot scheme saw fatal road crashes reduced by nearly half, according to police.
BBC: Additional mobile speed cameras for North Yorkshire
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Other transport workers had joined the striking metro workers in solidarity on Friday and a big rally was planned to protest against a public sector unified wage scheme that would see their salaries reduced by up to 25%.
BBC: Greece crisis: Athens 10-day metro strike ends
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The review, due to begin next month, will look at a current residents' permit scheme, new charges for coaches and reduced evening charges.
BBC: Derbyshire dales parking review goes to consultation
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In Britain, oil giant BP set up a trading scheme among its own companies in 1998 and in three years reduced emissions by one-fifth.
ECONOMIST: Buttonwood
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For example, in India, another major polluter, a PURE scheme in Malavali has provided renewable energy to 10, 000 people and reduced CO2 emissions by 20, 000 tonnes using money from UK carbon offsetters.
BBC: NEWS | UK | China climate stance challenges UK
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But while the level of fraud has increased overall, the scheme found that in the area of housing benefit, the value of overpayments has reduced.
BBC: Fraud detection scheme nets ?4.5m