Aquarius Platinum signs wage deal with South Africa's NUM JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Aquarius Platinum has reached a one-year wage agreement with South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) at its Kroondal mine, a rare deal in an industry rocked by labour unrest and a bloody union turf war. Aquarius, the world's fourth largest platinum producer, said the deal was for an average increase slightly above inflation, which is currently running at 5.6 ...
June 25, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
Boy band turf war: Aaron Carter beaten up by New Kids fans Aaron Carter, younger brother of the blond Backstreet Boy Nick Carter, found himself in a 1990s boy band turf war in Boston on Saturday night after, he claims, fans of New Kids on the Block jumped him. The 25-year-old singer told TMZ he was leaving dinner with a friend when ...
June 24, 2013 - The Washington Times
Aaron Carter Victim of an Alleged Boy Band Hate Crime What you missed on Instagram this weekend: Former tween pop star Aaron Carter displaying injuries incurred in an alleged boy band turf war. Carter, the younger brother of a Backstreet Boy whose affections once captivated Lindsay Lohan and Hilary Duff simultaneously, tells TMZ he was walking across a parking lot in Boston when four ... More »
June 24, 2013 - New York Magazine