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		<title><![CDATA[Need to Inspire Your Team? Give 'Em Beer]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/teamwork/?p=1133]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[What makes a company a great place to work? In some cases, it's all about the beer. Or a Wii. Or a weekly free lunch or a gym membership.    Those are just some of the basic perks offered by the businesses profiled in a CNNMoney roundup of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 06:41:23 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Perks Of Membership Discounts]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the last few months of economic turmoil, consumers have been quick to look for discounts, although some may be missing out on top bargains from work or memberships. WCBS' Kirsten Cole reports.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:45:32 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Cheap Perks to Boost Morale]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/teamwork/?p=670]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[With the economic sky falling around everyone's ears, morale and engagement are suffering more than ever -- so anything you can do to shore up your staff is worthwhile. Here are some ideas for inexpensive perks to keep your team running at top efficiency. by CC Holland]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 12:59:36 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A.I.G. Cuts ex-CEO's Pay; Companywide Perks]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/ceo/?p=1440]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[American International Group, under pressure from New York attorney general Andrew Cuomo, is trimming ousted CEO Martin Sullivan's payout package valued at $68 million by $19 million.    The troubled insurance giant which has received a $85 billion bailout from the federal government, is also slashing perks, junkets...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 07:00:11 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The best places have the best perks: food, fun and family]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Flexible work schedules ... trips around the world ... all-expenses-paid education; these are just a few perks offered to employees at some of the best places to work in the Valley.  At Ernst & Young and Edward Jones, both of which have regional offices in Westlake Village, flexible work...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Jet Blue Reducing Customer Perks]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vince Thompson, business consultant and author, shares his insights on the extra charges airlines are slapping onto travelers. Jet Blue, he says, shouldn't claim paying for clean pillows is a good thing—that's just admitting they've been giving us dirty ones all along.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:16:47 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Slashing Employee Perks? You'd Better Have Good Reasons]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/bnet1/?p=512]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[  	The Find: Cutting perks like may seem like an easy way to cut costs in a tough business environment, but experts warn that doing so can create an unexpectedly ferocious backlash from employees.  	The Source: An article in Knowledge@Wharton.    The Takeaway: Knowledge@Wharton kicks off...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:39:48 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Wharton: Hands Off Employee Perks]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wharton: Hands Off Employee PerksLost Perk = Poisoned AttitudeI once worked at a company where we had parking in a covered garage. At some point, the owners decided that only a few of the top management should park in the garage, they found the employees parking about 1 block away...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:41:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/ceo/?p=1232]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the books on my summer reading desk is a page-turner about the mutiny on the Russian battleship Potemkin back in 1905. After taking over by force, more than 700 sailors roamed the Black Sea spreading terror for nearly two weeks. What caused the mutiny? Cheap pursers aboard the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 09:19:22 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[What Beloved Office Perks Can You Not Do Without?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[What Beloved Office Perks Can You Not Do Without?What wouldn't I give up?Salary reductions were all in vogue in the US 10 years ago, but this caused a rush to the door and a haemorrage of profits, so I haven't noticed many of those recently.Other than that I guess there...]]></description>
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		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/intercom/?p=1804]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Whether you're the CEO, a middle manager, or the guy doing data entry in a windowless cube, when the economy is bad, work sucks. But does it have to? Over the last two months, I've been investigating what happens during a downturn to make everyone's job harder.   ...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Japanese seniors offered perks to ditch car keys]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200803/ai_n24930843]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[TOKYO AFP &#8212; Elderly people in Tokyo who surrender their driver's licences will soon enjoy perks when they go to department stores or order pizza, police said Wednesday.  Tokyo police will next month launch the novel campaign in hopes of reducing the number of elderly motorists who should not...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[CEO pay: The details - part 1 of 3.(Focus)(John Plant, of TRW Automotive Holdings Corp.)(Alan Mulally, of Ford Motor Co.)(Roger Penske, of UnitedAuto Group Inc.)(cheif executive officer)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our lists on Pages E6 through E10 show the big picture of executive  compensation at local public companies, but some of the more interesting  items show up in the footnotes and other details of company proxy  statements.    Here, then, is a peek at som...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[CEO pay: The details - part 3 of 3.(Focus)(cheif executive officers)(Bruce Barrett, of Somanetics Corp.)(Edward Christian, of Saga Communications Inc.)(Ronald Klein, of Origen Financial L.L.C.)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[31. Mark Hammond, Flagstar Bancorp Inc.    Hammond's base salary (as well as that of his father, Flagstar  Chairman Thomas Hammond) was reduced to zero in 2006 in favor of  exclusively performance-based compensation because he, his father and  other fam  31. Mark Hammond, Flagstar...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Stephen A. Smith | MLB whiffs by allowing Clemens' deal]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The sports world can shut up now.It can shut up the second the next athlete reminds us that humility is neither a part of his vernacular nor a part of his lifestyle. It can hush whenever the next athlete illustrates a departure from established tradition, upgrading things to suit his...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[SEC rules expose prolific CEO perks; Big discounts, trips for wives, help on tax bills draw investors' ire.(News)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5254/is_200704/ai_n20238508]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Byline: Aaron Elstein    it's no surprise that the chief executive of Federated  Department Stores Inc. makes vastly more money than the people who stock  the shelves at Macy's and Bloomingdale's. Turns out his  employee discount is much better, too.     Byline:...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Putting carrots on the table that employees will bite]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_km2922/is_200609/ai_n16914469]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The old adage "it's better to give then receive" is starting to grab the attention of more employers who want to keep top-notch workers. While money still lingers in the picture, businesses are starting to realize the small personal things can also go a l The old adage "it's better...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Pa. senators are giving up a few perks]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmtpi/is_200607/ai_n16567384]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Stung by public criticism over their large package of perks, state senators will begin paying a small portion of their generous health-care premiums when they return from their three-month summer recess.  And, starting next month, they no longer will be allowed to privately lease cars at taxpayer expense -...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Jul 2006 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Investors Target High CEO Pay.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5571/is_200605/ai_n23517153]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Byline: Matthew Mogul    Shareholder outrage about executive pay is sure to intensify in  coming months when a new Securities and Exchange Commission SEC rule  kicks in. The regulation will require public corporations to spell out  in plain English exactly how much the company's top...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 May 2006 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Road Test | Audi A6]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmnew/is_200501/ai_n13255163]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the best perks of reviewing cars is that, occasionally, I get to hang with the folks who design and build them. So it was recently, on a trip through the hilly roads of Sonoma, Calif., that I tested the redesigned A6 seated next to its designer, Achim Badstubner,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2005 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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