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Each year the French government hands out a prime de Noël, or Christmas bonus, to the unemployed and poor - a gift that will equal €310 million in 2002. But this year French Industry Minister J. Nicole Fontaine (pictured) decided to back a matching gift - some €300 million over two years - to young "innovative" companies. To stimulate the economy, the state - known for exorbitant corporate taxes and social charges - says it wants to cultivate firms that have been around for eight years or less and that invest at least 15% of their budgets in research and development...
...employees’ compensation includes a base salary, a lump sum for meeting their benchmarks and a performance bonus for exceeding them over a five-year period...
...career making lateral moves and rejecting promotion offers. In 1982 she visited Genentech's South San Francisco offices to interview for a lowly sales position. She didn't get it, went to Merck and never looked back--until two years ago, when Genentech wooed her with a million-dollar bonus...
Cranberry sauce Cranberries are high in vitamin C and condensed tannins, the heart-healthy compounds also found in red wine. An added bonus: research shows that cranberries reduce bladder infections by sweeping away bacteria that adhere to the urinary-tract lining. But chefs, go easy on the sugar...
...second season of The Osbournes (Tuesdays, 10:30 p.m. E.T., beginning Nov. 26). Yes, everyone still swears a lot. Ozzy still can't figure out the TV remote. And the dogs still soil the carpet, although if they're smart, their agent has now negotiated a per-poop bonus in their contracts. But the series is no longer about the Osbournes, heavy-metal Munsters. It's about the Osbournes, stars of The Osbournes...