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- Cocaine use in the City still 'a real problem'
- The use of cocaine remains rife among City workers in spite of rising unemployment and lower wages following the credit crunch, leading physicians involved in the treatment of drug-abusing professionals have warned.Neil Brenner, medical director of Priory psychiatric hospital in north London, told the Financial Times that the number...
- News items 2009-10-27
- Grey is the new colour
- "A strange mixture of well-meaning steps at social reform, half-baked schemes for quasi-socialist industrial planning, regulation to protect consumers, welfare programs to help the hardest hit, government support for the cartelisation of industry, higher wages for some, lower wages for others, on the one hand government pump priming, on...
- News items 2009-10-30
- Steep pay falls for senior managers
- Compensation is shrinking faster for senior managers of UK companies in the recession than for board members, according to a report by Deloitte.The surveyshowed senior managers sitting below board level are earning 8 per cent less than a year ago, while board members are taking home the same amount...
- External links 2009-11-11
- BBC reveals top executive salaries
- A 70p parking meter claim and a by Financial Times
- News items 2009-11-12
- Call for pay freeze in public sector
- A pay freeze for senior public sector staff including judges, family doctors, NHS managers and top civil servants was proposed by ministers yesterday, along with rises of less than 1 per cent for hospital doctors, dentists and ordinary civil -servants.In evidence to the review bodies that recommend pay for...
- External links 2009-10-05
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- Motorola Freezes Pension Plans, Employee Salaries And 401k Contributions And Cuts Pay Of Top Execs
- Motorola (NYSE: MOT) said this morning that it is taking a number of cost-cutting measures that will cut the pay and benefits of both employees and executives. The list includes: freezing pension plans, employee salaries, matching 401k contributions and cutting the pay of top executives in an effort to...
- External links 2008-12-17
- Department Of Defense Awards Major Health Care Contracts
- The Department of Defense in the United States is responsible for providing health care to its active duty forces, their dependents and retirees. They operate in conjunction with the Veterans Administration to care for a large swath of the U.S. population. In the old days there were limited...
- Blog posts 2009-07-17
- Wyeth CEO Got 69% Pay Raise; Was "Required" to Use Helicopter; Plus $24 Million Pfizer Sale Bonus
- Wyeth CEO Bernard Poussot received a 69 percent compensation raise in 2008, to $21.3 million, in addition to a $24 million change-in-control bonus for selling his company to Pfizer.* Wyeth also took the explanation of executive perks to new levels, saying that Wyeth "requires" Poussot to travel...
- Blog posts 2009-03-30
- Industrial Relations Commission delays start of new modern award pay rules
- The Australian Industrial Relations Commission will delay the phasing in of new penalty rates under the Rudd Government's new Modern Awards from 1 January 2010 to 1 July 2010, to give employers time to deal with the "significant impact" of the changes. But employer groups have reacted angrily to the...
- News items 2009-09-02
- AIG's Sullivan: New Poster Boy for Excessive Pay
- AIG's Sullivan: New Poster Boy for Excessive PayUnfortunate mischaracterizationsSullivan's actual "severance" is some fraction of the reported numbers. Per this news story (http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080617/ts_alt_afp/uscompanyinsuranceaigfinanceexecutive_080617220255):"According to the Corporate Library, the package for Sullivan would include 26.6 million dollars in cash bonuses, 21.9 million in stock awards and 14 million dollars in a...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-19
- Prince George's County jury awards $8M for death
- A Prince George's County jury awarded $8 million in damages to a woman who brought suit against Allstate Insurance Co. for failing to honor her claim regarding her 23-year-old son's death in a car crash. However, Allstate will only be required to pay $80,000 in underinsured motorist...
- Research articles 2007-02-07
- What Are CEO ‘Clawbacks'?
- Capping pay is one way to send a message to Wall Street fat cats, but requiring execs to pay back their bonuses takes the punishment one step further. How Clawbacks Work There are two basic kinds of clawbacks, says Daniel Ryterband, president...
- Articles 2008-10-03
- Credit Suisse bankers are getting toxic bonuses
- As Wall Street banks face public outrage over the large bonuses they plan to pay workers this year, Credit Suisse's investment banking unit told senior bankers on Thursday that they would have to eat their own cooking. Credit Suisse will pay a portion of bonuses for thousands of its senior investment...
- News items 2009-08-07
- Interviewing Candidates and Making Job Offers
- A job interview has two primary objectives: First, to find out if the candidate is qualified for the job; and second, to provide the candidate with information about the position and the company. To ensure the right person is hired, it's essential that all candidates have the same opportunities to...
- Articles 2007-11-28
- Financial Reform Faces Carve-up Threat
- By Huw JonesLONDON (Reuters UK) - The Conservative Party said it would ditch the core of a financial sector reform bill if it wins power next year, but lawyers expect other parts such as curbs on bankers' pay would be introduced.The government unveiled plans Wednesday for a financial services bill...
- News items 2009-11-18
- Financial Reform Faces Carve-up Threat
- By Huw JonesLONDON (Reuters UK) - The Conservative Party said it would ditch the core of a financial sector reform bill if it wins power next year, but lawyers expect other parts such as curbs on bankers' pay would be introduced.The government unveiled plans Wednesday for a financial services bill...
- News items 2009-11-18
- Australian Business Community V Free Web Analytics
- There was a gasp from the gallery! The result was not at all what the industry pundits had expected. In the case of the Australian Business Community versus Free Web Analytics, the jury had weighed up the pros and cons, considered the evidence and made their surprising decision: Free Web...
- News items 2009-11-23
- The Living Low Paid | BTalk Australia
- (16min 48) There’s a concern that the unempoyment rate will rise this year, but what about those people working part-time for a low wage? It’s an increasing proportion of the Australian workforce yet it attracts little attention from policy makers. On today’s BTalk Australia Phil Dobbie talks...
- Blog posts 2009-03-04
- Electrolux AB Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session Unidentified Company Representative The questions here in Stockholm, and also those who are on the telephone conference. So I will start here with a couple of questions in Stockholm. Michael please, microphone here please. Michael Andersson - Danske Securities Michael Andersson, Danske Bank....
- Earnings calls 2007-10-23
- Allergan CEO Gets $15.7 Million Bonus if He Says Yes to GSK
- Allergan CEO David Pyott could get a $15.7 million change-of-control bonus if he says yes to GlaxoSmithKline's alleged interest in buying his company. The potential windfall is detailed in Allergan's proxy statement filed with the SEC. Pyott gets $2.3 million if the company has a change in...
- Blog posts 2009-03-26
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