Tag: lobby

Top Japan companies agree to 5.58% average pay hike, business lobby says

By Kentaro Sugiyama TOKYO (Reuters) -Top Japanese companies agreed to wage increases of an average 5.58% at annual labour talks that wrapped up in March, the Keidanren business lobby’s preliminary data showed on Monday, representing the heftiest pay hike in 33 years. The average wage increase at the “shunto” spring wage talks this year exceeded […]

Trump to rouse firearm owners at gun lobby gathering

Donald Trump is set to address thousands of gun owners on Saturday, seeking to boost their enthusiasm for his White House bid even further, a day after launching an obscenity-laden tirade against Democratic rival Joe Biden. Taking a weekend break from his New York criminal trial, Trump was due to address the politically powerful National […]

Sex in Waukesha County Jail lobby; Waukesha man, woman accused

WAUKESHA, Wis. – A Waukesha man and woman separated by nearly 40 years in age face disorderly conduct charges for having sex in the Waukesha County Jail lobby. The accused are 28-year-old Desmound Cleveland and 67-year-old Karen Hill. According to the criminal complaint, a sheriff’s deputy was dispatched to the Waukesha County Jail lobby on […]

Man shot several times in Brooklyn lobby: police

WILLIAMSBURG, Brooklyn (PIX11) — A man was shot eight times in the lobby of a building in Williamsburg Sunday morning, according to police. More Brooklyn News The 41-year-old victim was shot two times in the face and six times in the body around 2 a.m. on Ten Eyck Walk, according to police. He was taken […]

Suspected Hobby Lobby thief accused of breaking into Albuquerque store 3 times

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – You might call it a crafty crime. Albuquerque Police caught a man they say broke into the same Hobby Lobby repeatedly, making off with art supplies. APD says Shaine Sherrill has an extensive criminal history that includes thousands of dollars in property damage. It may not seem like the obvious place for a burglary, […]

Business lobby appeals to block DNR’s ability to permit factory farms in Wisconsin

MADISON – The state’s largest business lobby is appealing a decision made that upheld the Department of Natural Resources’ ability regulate factory farms. Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce said in a release Friday that concentrated animal feed operations, or CAFOs, “have helped usher in an era of modern farming that can reduce negative environmental impacts while […]

Hungarian European Commissioner says Ukrainian MP asked him to lobby against “discrimination against opposition” in Ukraine

Oliver Varhelyi, the EU Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighborhood Policy, shared a letter on 29 February that supposedly came from Petro Poroshenko, former President of Ukraine and the leader of the European Solidarity political party. In it, Poroshenko asked Varhelyi to lobby the Ukrainian government to stop the “discriminatory practice” of not letting opposition MPs […]