More than 2, 000 staff at West Midlands Fire Service (WMFS) could lose their jobs unless they accept new working conditions, a union has claimed.

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Thus it could be hard to get brokerage firms to sign on to a new standard unless their advisers are permitted to use models, back-tested portfolios and other such statistical monkeyshines.

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But a few days later he urged women not to get married unless there was a toilet in their new homes.

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The union said Esmark and Essar wouldn't be able to close their transaction unless Essar initiated a new labor agreement with the United Steelworkers.

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Their unspoken fear is that, unless the new government gets tougher and pushes through deep reforms, Greece could be on an inexorable path towards default.

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New Mexico: Grocery stores, restaurants and other vendors are prohibited from claiming that their fresh chili peppers are New Mexico chilies unless they were grown in the state.

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Unless the markets see new purpose and determination, they will continue their onslaught on the banks, forcing even the strongest to cut their lending.

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Unless New Mexico intends to only prosecute accused rapists or practitioners of incest who impregnate their victims, the existence of a fetus is no evidence of rape or incest whatsoever.

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Harpers and the New Yorker and Fox pay their postage, and, their clerical workers (unless those clerical workers happen to be your sorry Gen-Y intern-backside).

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But unless Malaita's leaders can control their unruly former militants, and assist Mr Morrell, the new police chief, in restoring law and order, the prospects are bleak.

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Unless, Mr. Lane and the rest of the HP Board of Directors decide to keep their new CEO far, far away from HP Headquarters until that trial is over.

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The charge will be applicable to new smartphone activations, and current subscribers will not be affected unless they upgrade or change their phones.

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Many would probably not play video games at all unless they could get these titles for cheap, or sell back their own games to help pay for new ones.

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Even a well-functioning state, be it democratic or authoritarian, will fail to conserve monuments unless local people see an interest in maintaining their heritage and using it rationally, says Vincent Michael, new chairman of the Global Heritage Fund (GHF), based in California.

ECONOMIST: UNESCO is better at naming enemies than finding friends

But England's victory over Papua New Guinea in their opening match is almost certain to secure their qualification from their group - unless PNG can pull off a huge shock by defeating Australia on Sunday.

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The problem is that just as price changes have to be severe to manifest any impacts on gas consumption, price changes on their own also tend not to do much to inspire the development of radical new tech solutions, unless prices are through the roof.

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