Washington, May 22 (ANI): Sports media giant ESPN has given pink slips to nearly 7,000 employees on Tuesday, the network said in a statement.

London, May 21(ANI): A team of former Nokia employees has come up with a new smartphone called Jolla, pronounced Yol-la, with the same operating system MeeGo, now renamed Sailfish, which was abandoned by Nokia in 2011 in favour of Windows Phone.

New Delhi, May 21 (ANI): Anti-Terrorism Day was observed throughout the country on Tuesday with employees in government offices, public sector undertakings (PSU) and other public institutions taking a pledge in this regard.

Agartala, May 20 (ANI): Unidentified assailants attacked the office of a Tripura-based newspaper over the weekend, and killed three employees including the manager.

Sydney, May 19 (ANI): Brighton manager Gustavo Augusto (Gus Poyet) has been suspended after he sent an angry mail to his employees after excrement was found on the floor of the Crystal Palace dressing room ahead of a key Championship play-off at the Amex Stadium.

London, May 18 (ANI): People in Britain spent a record-breaking 49.4 billion hours at work last year.

Melbourne, May 15 (ANI): Employees who spend half of an eight-hour working day standing use 13 percent more energy than colleagues who are seated, a new study has found.

London, May 14 (ANI): A female council boss has been suspended for biting a 24-year-old junior employee so hard that she drew blood through his underwear.

New York, May 11 (ANI): America's biggest bank, the JPMorgan Chase has accused reporters from media giant Bloomberg LP of using confidential client data to keep tabs on the bank's employees and get the inside track on stories.

Washington, May 10 (ANI): Work conditions can predict development of diabetes in healthy employees, a new study has found.

New Delhi, May 9 (ANI): Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh has directed national carrier Air India to stop the "companion free (travel) scheme" (CFS) which allowed its employees to take their spouse or any other family member for free on the fare of a single ticket.

New Delhi, May 8 (ANI): The government has said that it has taken action against 31 officers and employees of public sector banks and the Life Insurance Corporation (LIC), including suspension, on charges of violation of various financial regulations.

Melbourne, May 7 (ANI): The habits that bosses love to see in their employees are the ones that help them save their time and energy, which results in the individual and the boss coming out looking better and competent.

New Delhi, May 7 (ANI): The Finance Ministry has asked public sector banks and the Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) to take immediate action against employees who "appear to be advising" customers on ways to violate regulatory norms, including the Know Your Customer (KYC)norm.

Lucknow, May 6 (ANI): A private business house in Lucknow had attempted to create a new world record with over 100,000 of its employees singing the country's national anthem together at one point in one uniform on Monday.

Melbourne, May 6 (ANI): A real estate agency has offered its employees a fatter paycheque if they get themselves tattooed with the company's logo.

Sydney, May 1 (ANI): Yahoo chief executive Marissa Mayer has proposed gifts for infants of its employees, besides puppies and kittens as perks to boost work morale.

Washington, Apr 30 (ANI): According to a business study, companies with employees located around the globe can allay their isolation by taking a relationship-based approach in the form of a 'leader-member exchange'.

Washington, Apr. 27 (ANI): Work events created to unite employees - particularly a group of workers who are racially dissimilar - don't always work out, a news study has revealed.

Washington, April 25 (ANI): An Indiana University study has found that mothers are more likely than other employees to leave jobs in male-dominated fields.

New Delhi, April 21 (ANI): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday urged senior civil servants and other government employees to build on the momentum created by record agricultural growth during the 11th Five-year-Plan.

New Delhi, April 21 (ANI): Addressing participants at the 8th Civil Services Day function here on Sunday, the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, urged bureaucrats and other government employees to to build environment of creativity, entrepreneurship and enterprise.

Washington, April 21 (ANI): Getting a friend request on Facebook is usually exciting, but when it comes from a boss or manager, a majority of workers said they are uncomfortable in accepting it.

Melbourne, Apr. 20 (ANI): Businesses lose 11.4 billion dollars every year due to employees taking coffee breaks, a new study has claimed.

London, Apr 17 (ANI): An employee from Sawston, Cambridgeshire stunned his bosses with bizarre resignation letter iced on to a cake.