August 19, 2009 Wednesday
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PARIS - LOW-COST airline easyJet is to be prosecuted on charges of violating French labour law by failing to declare staff employed at Paris airports under British contracts, court officials said Wednesday.

The airline has been under investigation since 2006 over the legal status of some 170 workers then based at Orly airport south of Paris and was ordered on August 5 to stand trial, said the state prosecutor's in Creteil near Paris.

 
Low-cost Nokia phone in India

NEW DELHI - THE head of Nokia, the world's largest maker of mobile phones, said on Wednesday that the Finnish company aims to expand in India by offering lower-cost handsets.

US stocks slip at open

NEW YORK- US STOCKS slipped on Wednesday following a plunge in Asian markets led by Chinese shares.

Canada inflation at 56yr low

OTTAWA - CANADA'S annual inflation rate has dropped to its lowest level in 56 years as prices fell 0.9 per cent for the year, due to lower energy prices.

Statistics Canada said Wednesday the negative number was the lowest since July 1953, when prices fell by 1.42 per cent over a 12-month period.

   
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