Tag: People
100 Years After the Triangle Fire: Are Labor Rights Moving Backward?
by Bruce Watson on Mar.25, 2011, under Towing
A century after the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire claimed the lives of 146 seamstresses in New York, worker protections are eroding around the world. As government and corporate interests from Bangladesh to Wisconsin wage war on the rights of labor, have the lessons of the Triangle disaster been forgotten?
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100 Years After the Triangle Fire: Are Labor Rights Moving Backward? originally appeared on DailyFinance on Fri, 25 Mar 2011 06:30:00.
MIT Reports Gains for Female Professors, but Obstacles Remain
by Danny King on Mar.24, 2011, under Towing
Spurred largely by a 1999 report that cited gender discrimination among reasons why women accounted for less than 10% of MIT’s science and engineering faculty, the school made a concerted effort to address the stereotypes and misconceptions that limited women’s advancement through MIT’s academia. The effort appears to have paid off.
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MIT Reports Gains for Female Professors, but Obstacles Remain originally appeared on DailyFinance on Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:30:00.
Filed Under: People
CEO’s Corner: Overstock.com’s Patrick Byrne on Expansion, Sales Tax, More
by Mercedes Cardona on Mar.24, 2011, under Towing
Online retailer Overstock.com ended its last fiscal year on a strong note, and now it’s gearing up for an international expansion. Outspoken CEO Patrick Byrne discusses the company, as well as his views on sales tax, short selling and the economy.
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CEO’s Corner: Overstock.com’s Patrick Byrne on Expansion, Sales Tax, More originally appeared on DailyFinance on Thu, 24 Mar 2011 11:00:00.
Filed Under: Company News, People, Wal-Mart Stores, Target Corp, Retail
Are Investors Getting Their Money’s Worth from High-Paid CEOs?
by Peter Cohan on Mar.22, 2011, under Towing
CEO bonuses rose 30.5% in the past year, but are the heads of large U.S. firms really earning their hefty compensation packages by creating increased profits and shareholder value? A closer look reveals wide disparities: There are some Bargain CEOs, but also some Hogs and Value Destroyers.
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Are Investors Getting Their Money’s Worth from High-Paid CEOs? originally appeared on DailyFinance on Tue, 22 Mar 2011 12:00:00.
Filed Under: Company News, People, Investing, General Electric , Starbucks, Stock Picks, Walt Disney, Investing Basics, Whirlpool
Hard Currency: What a Ton of Cash Will Buy
by Bruce Watson on Mar.22, 2011, under Towing
With more and more financial transactions being conducted electronically, it’s easy to forget the physicality of money. What a dollar weighs, or a pile of them. So just for fun, let’s start piling up the Benjamins and see what a pound — or 10, or 100, or a ton — of C-notes will buy.
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Hard Currency: What a Ton of Cash Will Buy originally appeared on DailyFinance on Tue, 22 Mar 2011 11:00:00.
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