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ROME, May 30 (Reuters) - Italy will retain 51% of Poste Italiane (PST.MI) , the Treasury told unions on Thursday, scaling back a previous plan to cut the state's stake in the postal service to as low as 35% from 64% currently. The move highlights the government's difficulties in respecting its pledge to use asset sales to rein in Italy's massive public debt. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni

Europe's cruise lines are arguing that some of the cash from emissions reduction programs should be plowed back into infrastructure investments, as the industry prepares to electrify ports and ships. With cruise operators set to start contributing to the European Union's emissions trading program, the global Cruise Lines International Association, or CLIA, wants "countries to be able to

Hundreds of Las Vegas hospitality workers are scheduled to participate in the Culinary Union's first official strike in more than two decades, as the organization continues to negotiate with Virgin Hotels Las Vegas for a new five-year contract. The strike will kick off with a complete work stoppage and 24-hour picket lines Friday at 5 a.m., and lasting until Sunday at 4:59 a.m., the union

President Obama and the Centers for Disease Control are being quite careful to tell America that our hospitals are fully prepared for any possible outbreak of Ebola. But members of a nurses union disagree. They say US hospitals aren't prepared at all. On September 30, the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Dr. Thomas Frieden, assured the country that US