Hints and tips:
...Union president Shawn Fain warned that more facilities could go on strike at noon on Friday unless there was “serious progress” at the bargaining table....
...UAW president Shawn Fain said on Monday that carmakers were to blame for delays in negotiations and the union would not stand by “while they drag this out”....
...Earnings per share fell to $7.40 from $7.47 as the company took $129mn in charges, mostly $100mn in its helicopter business for severance costs and asset impairment....
...(“Drive around and smoke pot,” is how Shawn described their relationship)....
...So good employees are subject to the so-called “keeper test”, where adequate performance is rewarded with “a generous severance package”....
...Washington’s primary concern is that Russia could use the installation to collect sensitive data about Nato’s new F-35 stealth fighter jet....
...“What a f***ing idiot,” Mr Murdoch said as he got off the phone, according to the book....
...I built a f***ing machine at Breitbart. And now I’m about to go back, knowing what I know, and we’re about to rev that machine up. And rev it up we will do.”...
...There was now only one US producer that could make the high-grade aluminium used in jets like the F-35 and F-18, he said....
...As part of their severance packages, many were expected to sign non-disclosure agreements preventing them from discussing Oliver or members of his family in public....
...The NRA, which gives Mr Kander a failing “F” rating, and Republican groups have responded with a barrage of ads. That has not cowed the Democrat....
...“It is unthinkable that [Dwight] Eisenhower would have said that about [John F] Kennedy, or [Lyndon B] Johnson about [Richard] Nixon," said Larry Sabato, an expert on presidential politics at the University...
...Quoting both John F Kennedy’s warning of the “long-range risks of comfortable inaction” and Winston Churchill’s declaration that “I never worry about action, only inaction”, Ms Lagarde said she was concerned...
...At a cost of about $400bn, double the initial estimate, the new F-35 is the most expensive weapons system in history....
...A senior US diplomat’s use of the crude phrase “F*** the EU” – secretly recorded and posted online – probably has not helped either. But there are more specific fears....
...And second, annual bonuses account for only a quarter of total pay, with fixed salaries and severance payments making up about half of a bank’s pay costs....
...Margins on new programmes such as the F-35 are typically lower than more mature programmes....
...Mr Kallasvuo received a severance payment of €4.62m but forfeited nearly €14m in pension payments, stock and options because of his departure....
...and I’m like, ‘Shut the f**k up! Be quiet please. Let’s be dignified here.’ ” He imitates his frantic efforts to keep the peace. While he is talking, the trout arrives....
...Lionel Barber, the FT’s editor, speaks at the John F Kennedy School, Harvard University, on the future for the European Union’s currency - October 26, 2010 Thank you, Nick, for that kind introduction....
...Jim Reda, the founder of James F Reda & Associates, another compensation consultant, said the proposals would help boards to shape executive pay....
...Smith also made the loopy shocker Severance. This is becoming a body of work to watch. Pontypool () is the week’s third novelty horror film and possibly the best....
...He hung on until October, when he left with a severance package of $7.5m. The share price doubled on the day he resigned and Mr Dan replaced him....
...“It puts companies in a difficult position,” said James Reda, founder of James F. Reda & Associates, a compensation consultancy....
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