The Congressional Budget Office has found that the federal government pays slightly more in average wages and significantly more in benefits than the private sector. But the advantages mostly accrue to less-educated workers, while compensation for federal employees with professional and doctoral degrees lag significantly behind their private-sector counterparts. Read full article > >

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IF ANYTHING COULD trip up former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney in his pursuit of the Republican presidential nomination, it might be the charge that he and the private-equity firm he co-founded, Bain Capital, got rich dismantling companies and destroying jobs. This line of attack hits Mr. Romney at his strong point — his private-sector experience. Read full article > >

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Editorial Board: The peculiar debate over Mr. Romney’s business record

GENEVA — Swiss National Bank Chairman Philip Hildebrand resigned abruptly Monday, bowing to a public uproar over his private currency deals just as a Swiss parliamentary committee was preparing to grill him behind closed doors. Hildebrand’s resignation took effect immediately, Switzerland’s central bank said in a brief statement. Read full article > >

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A super PAC plans to attack Mitt Romney’s work with the private equity firm Bain Capital, using clips from an anti-Romney film and money from casino mogul Sheldon Adelson.

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The government is to publish proposals to curb “unjustified and irresponsible” pay rewards in the private sector, Nick Clegg has said.

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The government is to publish new proposals to limit “unjustified and irresponsible” pay rewards in the private sector, Nick Clegg says.

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Author JK Rowling tells an inquiry into media ethics the scale of media intrusion on her private family life.

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A new government rule allows Cubans to buy and sell used vehicles freely for the first time in half a century, part of President Raúl Castro’s effort to remodel a hobbled economy and spur the private sector.

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David Cameron has no plans to change laws which require the government to seek Prince Charles’ permission to pass legislation which could affect his private interests, Downing Street says.

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The White House has authorized an independent review of all loan guarantees made by the Energy Department to foster green technology following the bankruptcy this year of Solyndra, the California company that received a $535 million loan through the program. White House officials said Friday that Chief of Staff William Daley ordered the review that will evaluate the entire $35.9 billion loan portfolio made to support the private-sector development of new technologies that could help improve the economy and create jobs. Read full article > >

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BRUSSELS — Private investors in Greek bonds would need to accept losses of at least 50 percent to stabilize Greece’s finances, according to a joint European and International Monetary Fund analysis that has put bankers and politicians at loggerheads over how to bail out the country once and for all. The contribution is more than double what a banking industry group agreed to over the summer. But Greece’s cratering economy and public opposition to more taxpayer-supported loans is putting pressure on private investors to fund a growing gap in the country’s rescue program. Read full article > >

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HAMPTON, Va. — President Obama will use an appearance at a military base here Wednesday to announce a partnership with the private sector to employ 25,000 veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars over the next two years, White House officials said. Obama has been touring the region by bus to promote his plans to create public sector jobs. But, with his $447 billion American Jobs Act stalled in Congress, Obama also has called on the private sector to help reduce an unemployment rate of 11.7 percent among veterans , above the national average of 9.1 percent. Read full article > >

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NEW YORK — Protesters will have to clear out of the private Manhattan park where they’ve been camped out for nearly a month so the owners can clean it, but they’ll be allowed to return afterward, city officials said. Deputy Mayor Cas Holloway said in a statement Wednesday that the protest has “created unsanitary conditions and considerable wear and tear on the park.” He said Brookfield Properties asked for police help to clear Zuccotti Park so it can be cleaned. Read full article > >

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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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