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Tata Steel will cut 115 roles at the site, including those held by fixed-term contract employees, agency workers and contractors, and said it will enter a 30-day consultation process with workers and contractors affected by the closure.

Tata Steel Mothballs U.K. Mill Alex MacDonald 2011

Alan Travis explains the arguments for and against a five-year fixed-term parliament and a new 55% rule for dissolution votes

Constitutional reforms in a fix | Editorial 2011

Those serving fixed-term sentences would still be subject to supervision once released on parole.

Murder life sentence overhaul would get public backing, reformers claim | Joshua Rozenberg 2011

In 2010, the real interest rate for savers with one-year fixed-term deposits averaged negative 1.1%.

Beijing Can't Have it Both Ways Tom Orlik 2011

They included an end to national index-linked pay, the introduction of performance-related pay and fixed-term contracts, no more casual overtime, fewer ranks.

Police reform holds big risks for coalition Michael White 2010

Mexico City politicians are proposing fixed-term marriage contracts to help newlyweds avoid the pain of divorce.

Mexico City considers fixed-term marriage licences 2011

The job haemorrhage has hit young people hardest because most were on precarious fixed-term contracts before the crisis.

Letters: Long shadows cast by Spain's past – and its present austerity 2011

A typical deal to attract "negotiated" deposits might see a bank offering a corporate customer a premium of two percentage points above the benchmark five-year deposit rate of 5.25% in return for a fixed-term, five-year deposit of five million yuan $763,000 or more.

Deposit-Hungry Banks Feel Squeeze in China Tom Orlik 2011

China's bank stocks outperformed as the latest rate increase is expected to widen interest margins as the central bank only increased rates for fixed-term deposits, and left the rates on demand deposits unchanged.

Asia Mostly Higher on China Move John Phillips 2011

The note, written in blue ink with a spidery hand, listed the main discussion topics, from voting reform to party funding and fixed-term parliaments.

Spending review: day of cuts begins with raid on BBC Patrick Wintour 2010