News Headlines - 15 June 2011

▽Teachers vote in favour of strike over pensions - BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-13761147
Thousands of schools are set to be hit by a series of walk-outs after teachers backed strike action in England and Wales over changes to their pensions.

▽Weekly bin collections 'dead and finished' - Telegraph.co.uk
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/8575352/Weekly-bin-collections-dead-and-finished.html
Council leaders yesterday said that weekly bin collections are ‘dead and finished’ following a Government shake up of the waste system that will mean more recycling and slop buckets in most kitchens.

▽Greek prime minister to form new government - Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/15/us-greece-view-idUSTRE75E6C420110615
Greece's prime minister said on Wednesday he would form a new government and seek a vote of confidence from his parliamentary group after violent protests against austerity measures.

▽Acer to cut 300 jobs in Europe - The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/jun/15/acer-to-cut-300-jobs-in-europe
Acer, the Taiwanese company that is the second-biggest PC maker in the world, will cut 300 jobs in Europe and has slashed its full-year shipment target for tablets by almost 60% to around 3m units. The company also said it expects lower notebook shipments this year as it struggles to clear excess inventory.

▽Pandora’s ‘pop’ fuels bubble fears - Financial Times
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c30bf210-9778-11e0-af13-00144feab49a.html#axzz1PNzOhxrD
The signs of a bubble in newly floated consumer internet stocks intensified as shares in Pandora, a lossmaking online music service, briefly soared by more than 60 per cent when trading began.