It’s been another bad week for government. Another budget impasse. More embarrassing revelations about the federal loan guarantee for a failed solar energy company. And, of course, those $16 muffins. Don’t you wish government could get its act together and perform with the efficiency and competence of the private sector? Read full article > >

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Ah, the efficient private sector. Take the soap opera at HP, for instance.

The eurozone’s private sector contracted in September for the first time in two years as the debt crisis continued, a survey indicates.

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Eurozone private sector shrinks

he number of people actively saving in company pension schemes in the private sector almost halves since 1991.

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Pension saving continues to drop

The overhaul of the NHS in England presents “huge opportunities” to the private sector, a health minister says.

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Row over minister’s NHS comments

VIRGINIA VOTERS go to the polls Tuesday in primary contests to select candidates in a smattering of races for the state Senate, House of Delegates, county Boards of Supervisors, Commonwealth’s Attorneys and county sheriffs. The polls are open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. In some districts, a tough challenger will await the primary winner in the fall’s general elections. In others, where voters of one or the other party hold a commanding majority, the primary contest is tantamount to election. The Post has endorsed candidates in three Democratic primary races in Northern Virginia where retirements or political moves have left open seats, including two Democratic-leaning Senate districts. In the 30th Senate District, which includes south Arlington and parts of Alexandria and southeastern Fairfax County, there are two strong candidates: Adam P. Ebbin, a member of the House of Delegates, and K. Rob Krupicka , a member of the Alexandria City Council. We endorsed Mr. Krupicka on the strength of his experience in the private sector and his expertise on education. Read full article > >

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Virginians voting in primary elections

800,000 people who need social care in England receive no support from the state or private sector, campaigners say – and the numbers are rising.

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Thousands ‘lack social care help’

The private sector will still remain a small player in NHS hospital care for at least a decade even if government plans go-ahead, health firms say.

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Private sector ‘faces NHS fight’

Employers added 244,000 jobs in April, all the net gain coming from the private sector. As more people returned to the job hunt, the unemployment rate rose to 9.0 percent.

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Strong Job Report Shows U.S. Economy Gaining Steam

Ministers have decided the “wholesale outsourcing” of public services to the private sector would be politically “unpalatable,” the BBC learns.

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Public sector plans ‘scaled back’

The number of private sector job vacancies in the UK fell back in April, according to the Reed recruitment agency.

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Private sector job growth ‘slows’

The economy here, still loaded with Soviet paraphernalia, is sick and getting sicker. A hard currency crisis that began in March has brought parts of the private sector to a standstill, and a systemwide financial collapse looms if the government can’t hit upon a solution.

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In Belarus, currency crisis pushes economy from troubled to dire

The U.S. economy added 216,000 jobs in March, bringing unemployment down to a two-year low of 8.8 percent, the Labor Dept. reported Friday. Almost all the gains came from the private sector, which offset layoffs at local governments. Factories,…

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Unemployment Drops to 8.8 Percent

The campaign to control private-sector union membership has been mostly successful as corporate US capitalism shifted its attention to the last hurdle to a union-free country: public-sector unions. Critical examination of the connection between money and politics is helpful to understand the explosive and sudden attacks on public-sector unions, especially teachers’ unions. Public-sector workers and their unions put to shame private-sector compensation and benefits. They represent the last hurdle for the free rein of corporate capitalism over US politics. read more

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The Last Hurdle for Corporate Capitalism: Deunionizing America

The US unemployment rate fell to 8.9% in February, down from 9% the month before, as the private sector added jobs.

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US unemployment rate falls again

A pensions expert has told MPs that public sector pensions are “significantly” more generous than those offered by the private sector.

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