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Manchester City struck an important blow in their pursuit of a second successive Premier League title with a convincing derby victory over Manchester United at Old Trafford. Pep Guardiola's side knew anything but a win would leave Liverpool at the top of the table and in charge of their own destiny with only three games left. City were anxious in a goalless first 45 minutes but turned up the heat after the break to take them one point clear at the top of the table. They have played the same number of games as Liverpool, performing with control and composure to eventually outclass United. Bernardo Silva's low drive went inside United keeper David de Gea's near post after 54 minutes and the keeper was at fault again when Leroy Sane's drive went straight through him. Liverpool must now respond at home to relegated Huddersfield Town at Anfield on Friday, while City travel to Burnley on Sunday. City's players showed nerve as well as quality to come ...

Liverpool centre-back Virgil van Dijk has beaten Manchester City’s Raheem Sterling to win PFA Players’ Player of the Year, according to reports.                                             Virgil van Dijk. PHOTO: Eurosport Australia The Netherlands international was on a six-man shortlist which included Sterling, Sadio Mane, Eden Hazard, Sergio Aguero, and Bernardo Silva. Van Dijk and Sterling were the two favourites from the six candidates after their impressive seasons at Liverpool and City. But according to the Daily Mail, the £75 million defender has won the race to win the trophy and the result will be officially announced on Thursday. Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah was named PFA Players’ Player of the Year last season, while Van Dijk is the first defender to win the trophy since former Chelsea captain John Terry in 2005. Van Dijk also becomes the eighth Liverpoo...

   "Employee suggestion" schemes are an effective way of generating cost saving initiatives. In addition to the financial benefits, there is usually a positive impact on workplace morale. Encouraging and rewarding staff to put forward cost saving ideas is likely to result in many initiatives being identified, in part due to the number of personnel thinking about reducing costs. Sometimes ideas that appear inconsequential make a significant difference. Sainsbury's saved over £60,000 after a member of staff suggested repackaging mangoes. The shop floor worker noticed that the supermarket sold greater volumes of fruit as a result of a "two for £2.50" promotion. The mangoes were supplied in boxes of five, which resulted in considerable wastage due to the odd number. Repackaging the fruit so that it was supplied in boxes of six resulted in considerably less waste. The "Tell Justin" ideas scheme has generated over 50,000 ideas to date since it's in...

   The Contract Disputes Act of 1978 ("CDA") contains a few simple requirements for claims over $100,000, including certification. Yet to this day contractors have consistently violated the certification requirements and, as a result, had their claims dismissed by the Boards and Courts. This is a big mistake that is easy to avoid. The mistake happened most recently in NileCo Gen'l Contracting, LLC, ASBCA No. 60912, Sept. 22, 2017. It seems as if a technology-crazed world sometimes refuses to use the most low tech machine of all-the pen-because the pen is just not electronically convenient. Government contractors should be lower tech when signing claims. The CDA states that each claim for more than $100,000 must be certified to state that: 1. The claim is made in good faith; 2. The supporting data are accurate and complete to the best of the contractor's knowledge and belief; 3. The amount requested accurately reflects the contract adjustment for which th...

 The Real Madrid superstar avoids talk of a Barcelona rival at home, while his mother has set a timescale on how many years her son has left at the top The word ‘Messi’ is forbidden in the Ronaldo household, the sister of  Real Madrid  superstar Cristiano has revealed. Having been locked in a decade-long battle for global supremacy with a Barcelona rival on the field, the Portuguese forward is eager to avoid talk of him away from the pitch. Ronaldo is happy to let others discuss the respective merits of two men with 10 Ballons d’Or between them, with an age-old debate regarding who is the best seemingly set to rumble on for some time yet. "We don't talk about Messi inside the house,” Katia Ronaldo told  L’Equipe . “Cristiano knows that outside the door, there's a whirlwind and he knows that, when he crosses the door from the outside to the inside he is protected. This is where he recharges all his batteries.” The ability to strike the right balan...

  A move by the office of the Attorney General of the Federation working with the Office of the Special Presidential Investigation Panel on the Recovery of Public Property, SPIP to recover allegedly looted funds from two principal officers of the Senate has ended in controversy. The SPIP, working in concert with a private firm, Algaita Group had at the end of last month obtained a search warrant from a Wuse, FCT Magistrates Court to search the properties allegedly belonging to the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu and the Deputy Minority Leader, Senator Philip Aduda. The search for the funds allegedly instigated by a whistleblower, however, ended in a fiasco after heavily armed policemen mobilised by the SPIP failed to recover any looted funds and the property at House D1, Nasiru Barau Close, Usman Nagogo Drive, Katampe Estate, Phase III, Abuja was vehemently denied by the occupants as not belonging to Ekweremadu. Following the debacle, the whistle b...