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Nearly half of employees around the world would think about moving abroad for a pay rise, the right job and other incentives like language training and trips home, according to a recent survey. With the global economy continuing to struggle, employees in Brazil, Mexico, Turkey, India and Russia were the keenest to move if new opportunities...

Finnish mobile phone producer Nokia announced on Wednesday that it was to cut 4,000 jobs at plants in Finland, Hungary and Mexico, reports the BBC. The company said that the plants would stay open but refocus on customising phones and that the actual assembly was moving to China and South Korea. The cuts are scheduled to be complete before...

More people are now leaving New Zealand than entering, despite the net migration flow being positive during the Christchurch earthquakes and the global financial crisis. The Labour Department has released figures which show that "permanent and long- term" migration is declining, from an increase of 16,500 last year to just 3900...

Expats miss the British countryside the most, reveals a recent survey. Almost half (46 per cent) of expats in the United Arab Emirates that were questioned admitted that they longed for the ancient woodlands and rolling hills of the UK. The British sense of humour came in a close second place, with 42%. Missing British humour rose to...