In China, Online Gamers Raking in the Cash
...lars -- more than an average worker in Beijing can earn in a month. With an estimated online gaming popu...the industry for over three years. For that they earn around 1,600 yuan a month -- in a city where per capita monthly disposable income was less than 1,00...Four Pakistan Children Abused Daily: SPARC Report
..., with an estimated 10 million children working to earn a livelihood. Khan analysing the overall report said statistics proved that Pakistan lagged behind in achieving its Millennium Development Goals, education for all targets and other international commitments....Computer Games World Cup Kicks Off in Paris
...al players, particularly in South Korea where some earn up to two million dollars (1.5 million euros) per year, said Matthieu Dallon, Games-Services president. "In Korea and in the United States there are television channels 100-percent dedicated to electronic sports," he said. Svanevik Sondre, a Norw...Trade Unionists Join Polish Nurses' Protest
...most of the former communist bloc. Polish nurses earn the local equivalent of 290-340 euros (390-450 dollars) a month, and their union has been pushing the government to grant a 50-percent wage hike. "We hope that the next round of negotiations with the authorities, set for Tuesday, will yield a resul...Divorce Leaves Women Significantly Worse Off Financially Than Men
...are cases. In run-of-the-mill cases, where couples earn between 20,000 pounds and 30,000 pounds, both men and women are normally worse off. They have to sell the family home, their standard of living goes down, men often have to pay maintenance and women have to work to supplement their incomes," he said....Talks to End Poland's Medical Strike Fail
...most of the former communist bloc. Polish nurses earn the equivalent of 290-340 euros (390-450 dollars) a month, while the average pay packet for hospital doctors is 395 euros. The government has said that Poland lacks the budget to grant health workers major pay hikes. Hundreds of nurses have campe...Polish Nurses to End Street Camp Protest
..., head of the OZZL doctors' union. Polish nurses earn the equivalent of 290-340 euros (390-450 dollars) a month, while the average pay packet for hospital doctors is 395 euros, not including overtime. The average salary across professions in Poland is around 660 euros....New Technology Makes Diagnosis of Abnormal Pregnancy Cheaper
...ly be 10 times cheaper. Many people in rural India earn less than Rs.4,000 a month. How can they pay so much for a test?" Srivastava queried. The new kit can survive relatively high temperatures of 37 degrees Celsius for a period of three months and continue to give best results. If kept at temperatures...Childrens Health Program Covering More Adults Than Children
...o families that cannot afford health insurance but earn too much to qualify for Medicaid. "The children and families are here as personal eye witnesses to how important children's hospitals are," said Lawrence McAndrews, head of the non-profit group the National Association of Children's Hospitals that a...Talks Break Down in Polish Nurses' Pay Protest
...terparts across former the communist bloc. Nurses earn the local equivalent of 290-340 euros (390-450 dollars) a month, while the average pay packet for hospital doctors is worth 395 euros (530 dollars). Kaczynski on Friday said that Poland lacks the budget to meet the medical workers' demands. He als...Street-protesting Polish Nurses Threaten to Stay Put
...most of the former communist bloc. Polish nurses earn the local equivalent of 290-340 euros (390-450 dollars) a month, while the average pay packet for hospital doctors is 395 euros. The government has said that Poland lacks the budget to grant health workers major pay hikes....US Lawmakers Considering Legislation to Restrict Payments by Drug Companies to Doctors
...s such payments. US psychiatrists, for instance, earn more money from drug makers than doctors in any other specialty. Not coincidentally prescription of atypical antipsychotics to children is also shooting up, like never before, when such drugs considered risky for children and not approved by the Fo...Non Communicable Diseases to Be the Cause of Deaths in Poor Countries by 2115-World Bank
...uring a health crisis to care for a sick relative, earn extra money or use money to cover medical costs that had been put aside for their educations," she said. In Indonesia, for example, private health care spending is projected to more than double by 2020, compared to 2005, as its elderly population gr...Inadequate Childcare Hits Wales
...ganizations director, said, People in Wales do not earn that much money so it is harder for them to pay childcare costs. We are trying to open more clubs to allow people to go to work, which helps the economy and lifts children out of poverty, but this needs money. Mr. William believes that Childcare ...More and More American Women Go for Facelifts to Get Jobs
... At their midlife income peak, 45 to 54, women may earn more than their mothers but they still earn only 76 percent of what men of the same age earn. Those looking for employment at midlife can be o...Ostracized HIV Victim of Bihar Commits Suicide
...pects, he too had gone to Kolkata two years ago to earn a livelihood. While he contracted the virus in Kolkata, his wife got it from him, health officials said. According to official figures, 1,100 people among Bihar's over 83 million population are infected with the virus, but AIDS campaigners claim t...Clinton Foundation Eases Over-Pricing Of AIDS Drugs Once More
...roperty and understands that manufacturers need to earn profits to keep the discovery and supply of AIDS drugs sustainable, that creed should not prevent essential life-saving medicines reaching those who need them in low and middle-income countries....China Eyeing US Cooked Chickens Market
...meat, poultry, or egg products to the U.S. need to earn "equivalency" points - which is like saying products imported to the U.S. are as good as the domestic competition. When no U.S. government representative in China would be watching poultry being slaughtered and processed, what is the guarantee th...Government Hospitals to the Rescue of Loss-making Pharma Companies
...ement of orders by hospitals will help the PSUs to earn over Rs. 250 crores (Rs. 2.5 billion) annually and make them profit making companies," Sandhu told IANS, adding that the total turnover at the end of this financial year is expected to be Rs. 5 billion. Authorities said the Bengal Chemicals and Pha...Australia Agonising Over the Problem of Cocaine Use by Lawyers
...morning. He put the drug use down to wealth: "We earn extraordinary amounts of money. It's not just lawyers, it's investment bankers and the corporate world, senior management and advertising. It's part of the culture of having whatever you want and having a good time. We are intellectual enough to be a...