S.Africa Lonmin miners end strike, accept pay raise
Lonmin platinum mine workers in South Africa on Tuesday ended their strike in return for pay rises of up to 22 percent, after a nearly six-week standoff that claimed 45 lives.
Scotts to pay big fine for fake pesticides, poison bird feed
Lawn and garden products company Scotts Miracle-Gro will pay $12.5 million in fines for poisoning bird feed and violating pesticide laws.
Obama aide accepted fee from company with Iran links: report
Senior White House adviser David Plouffe, who managed President Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign, accepted a $100,000 speaking fee from an affiliate of a company doing business with Iran.
Visa, MasterCard to pay billions in card-fee suit
Credit card giants Visa and MasterCard agreed Friday to pay more than $6 billion to millions of merchants which had sued them for allegedly fixing card-use fees.
Education deposits will become an option in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan citizens will be able to deposit money for their children’s education. A new draft law on the State Education Savings System has been presented by the Ministry of Education and Science of Kazakhstan.
Kazakhstan Transport and Communications Ministry working on implementation of mobile payments
Kazakhstan Minister of Transport and Coomunications Askar Zhumagaliyev talked about implementation of mobile payments in Kazakhstan.
Alimony payers in Almaty are $1 million in debt to their children for 2011
The total amount of alimony debt made up more than 124 million tenge (about one million dollars) in Almaty in 2011.
Medeu National Park entrance fee abolished in Almaty
So called ecological entrance fee to Medeu mountain area has been laid off in Almaty.
Pensions in Kazakhstan raised 9% starting from January 2012
Pensions have been increased by 9% starting from January 2012 in Kazakhstan.
Kyzylorda offers $500,000 to 2012 Olympics winner and his coach
A Kyzylorda athlete who would win the 2012 London Olympic Games and his/her coach will get $500,000.
MyPaykz, a new mobile payments service, is launched in Kazakhstan
According to its developers, the most obvious advantage of MyPaykz is that its users can be holders of bank cards issued by any bank.
Almost 14 percent of Kazakhstan residents don’t get vacation pay
13.8 percent of Kazakhstan residents don’t get a vacation pay, according to wageindicator international database Mojazarplata.kz.
