Seven years later, workers funded by the U.N.'s Transitional Justice Program have scanned and organized fourteen million pages.
The Supreme Court of Brazil postponed until next Thursday a widely awaited decision that could force the government to pay up to $30 billion in back benefits to contributors to the national workers' fund.
As of last September, the Pennsylvania State Employees Retirement Systemm, a $24.3 billion fund that is distinct from the school workers' fund, had 23 percent of its pension investments in hedge funds, another 23 percent in private equity and venture capital, and an additional 8.4 percent in real estate — bringing its total in alternative investments to more than 54 percent.
Executives at Siemens are contributing to the workers' fund by forgoing a (controversial) 30% salary increase.Having fallen by 23% since early August to a seven-month low of less than $60 a barrel, oil prices rose on news that ministers from the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries were discussing whether to cut oil production by 1m barrels per day.
Most FAA employees have not been furloughed, since some workers' funding is secure regardless of the reauthorization bill.
Health workers funded by external donors must be paid at the same salary scale as the public sector.
In December 2008, Jewish workers funded by anonymous donors painted the blackened walls and re-built the shattered stone marker covering the grave.
According to a Justice Department report, several DEA agents (some with top secret clearances) allegedly participated in multiple orgies with hired sex workers "funded by the local drug cartels".
Sandor, a Roma community worker funded by Sheffield council, was tense and unhappy, carrying around a clipboard containing all the articles written about his community.
Eventually a Camhs [child and adolescent mental health services] worker diagnosed him with attachment disorder but after a long journey with the social worker, funding was cut and that was the end of that.
