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Bonuses are 10% of bailout

…recent corporate statements. Pressure on the US firms to review preparations for annual bonuses increased yesterday when Germany’s Deutsche Bank said many of its leading traders would join Josef Ackermann,…

How is it done, siphoning money from national security?

…Mississippi, intervened when the Pentagon threatened to discipline Mr. Cantrell for lobbying, a banned activity for civil servants. “I could go over to the Hill and put pressure on people…

DOJ report on prosecutor firings

…Investigators from both the department’s Office of Inspector General and Office of Professional Responsibility found that political pressure did indeed drive the dismissal action against at least three of the…

Optimism from the NYTimes, but is it warranted?

…forgoing premiums from 1996 to 2006, the agency must now turn to struggling banks and ask them to pay more, putting more pressure on the industry. If a large number…

Op-ed by coberly

pressure on wages with old people unable to quit work, and young people afraid to quit their jobs to look for something better. ——————– by coberly (bolding mine…rdan) (rdan here…a…

One Alaskan’s take on the Palin business

…husband Todd, about firing Trooper Wooten. The Governor has conceded that based on this evidence, the public could conclude the Department could have felt pressure from above to fire Trooper…

Should Congress make the Bush Tax Cuts Permanent?

…are now a few months closer to the election, and seeing increasing pressure from Republicans in Congress to make the Bush tax cuts permanent. It’s worth reviewing some of the…

Smart Health Care Cost sharing

…to doctors). Plus they get paid based on progress on preventive measures (patients who quit smoking, got blood pressure from x down to y, lost weight from obese to not…