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Google executives get one-dollar paychecks in 2008

Technology / Business

created Mar 25, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Google's co-founders and the California Internet titan's chief executive Eric Schmidt each took only a dollar in pay last year, a filing with US regulators indicates.


Intel CEO gets $12.4M in 2008 pay

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created Mar 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The value of Intel Corp. Chief Executive Paul Otellini's compensation package rose slightly to $12.4 million in 2008, a year in which the chip maker's profit was whacked by a global slowdown in personal computer ...





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Saying sorry really does cost nothing

Other Sciences / Economics

created Sep 21, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- Economists have finally proved what most of us have suspected for a long time - when it comes to apologising, talk is cheap. According to new research, firms that simply say sorry to disgruntled customers ...


Judge rules for Floridians who lost trees

Other Sciences / Other

created Dec 11, 2007 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A Palm Beach, Fla., circuit court judge has ruled in favor of homeowners who lost citrus trees when the state tried to halt the spread of canker disease.


Bird flu spread through India

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 17, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Avian influenza among poultry in India spread to new districts as animal control officials struggled to contain the outbreak.


The price of pain and the value of suffering

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Apr 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

During these trying financial times, the cost of healthcare and how much we are willing to pay for it is at the top of our economic concerns. The financial value of pain has a wide ranging influence, affecting drug prices ...


Verizon shareholders to vote on executive pay

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created May 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- A movement to give shareholders influence over compensation awarded to company executives gets an early test Thursday as Verizon Communications Inc. becomes the latest to hold a "say on pay" vote.


Health in low-income countries: Outsourcing and cash incentives may help

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Contracting private providers of healthcare services and giving cash incentives to patients are two strategies that have been proposed to increase access to healthcare in low income countries. In two new Cochrane Systematic ...


Analysis: 'Cash for Clunkers' program is expensive way to cut carbon emissions

Space & Earth / Environment

created Aug 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 4

New UC Davis estimates say the federal government's Cash for Clunkers program is paying at least 10 times the "sticker price" to reduce emissions of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide.


Microsoft CEO Ballmer's salary up 4 percent in '09 (AP)

Microsoft CEO Ballmer's salary up 4 percent in '09

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created Sep 19, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. raised CEO Steve Ballmer's salary by 4 percent at the start of fiscal 2009, a year in which the software maker's profit declined 17 percent as the economic meltdown decimated personal ...


Internet and videogame addictions have been a growing problem during the past decade

Cyber junkies can unplug at US retreat

Technology / Internet

created Aug 21, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 2

The first US retreat for Internet addicts has opened its doors, welcoming a teenager that was captive to World of Warcraft online role-playing videogame.


Yahoo's Yang gets $1 in rocky final year as CEO

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created Apr 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Yahoo Inc. limited co-founder Jerry Yang's 2008 compensation package to his customary $1 salary during his final year as chief executive, a tumultuous reign that unraveled after he rebuffed Microsoft Corp.'s $47.5 ...



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