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...political ambitions. After relinquishing her personal achievements and hitching her fate to her husband’s in office, Mrs. Spitzer suffered a particular injustice when the former governor’s indiscretion was revealed. But because of this very investment in her marriage, divorce would accomplish nothing; indeed, it would only further hurt her and their family...
...Perhaps the savviest argument companies make is that there are mixed results about what, exactly, say-on-pay votes accomplish. In the U.K. there have been some resounding successes - most notably GlaxoSmithKline, which revamped its pay practices, aligning compensation with performance, after a "no" vote of 50.7% in 2003. (Its CEO at the time was on track to earn about $18 million.) Yet various studies have shown that in the years since say-on-pay went into effect, CEO compensation has continued to rise, anywhere between 5% and 11% annually...
...Creating one’s own publications Harvard people like reading about themselves (see #8) and there’s no easier way to accomplish this than writing about Harvard...and themselves. What better way to accomplish this than through semi-legitimate student publications bound to be read by at least two people—the editor’s mother and father (often also the publication’s main financial backers...
...Despite this odd assortment, Samak has vowed to get down to business and tackle Thailand's problems, ranging from underwhelming economic growth to rising consumer prices. But with a respected fortuneteller predicting the demise of this government, many Thais aren't confident that Samak will survive long enough to accomplish much. The question, then, is whether Samak's successor might have more time to fix Thailand?s troubles. On this point, sadly, Varin the soothsayer isn?t talking...
...deadline is within 12 months—that is a time frame in which most journals will be able to preserve their leading roles in the publication process and accomplish what the public access have wanted to have,” Casey said...