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...Maggie obviously wears her history lightly. Not so her boss, Lawrence Brahm, a 41-year-old American hotelier and restaurateur who's founded a miniempire by excavating the bad old days, giving them glamour and letting people revisit them?for a tidy price. Brahm owns Jiang's limo and a treasure trove of other Communist Party artifacts. They decorate his restaurant, the Red Capital Club, and his boutique hotel, the Red Capital Residence, both housed in 200-year-old courtyard compounds in Beijing's Dongcheng district. Brahm has seized upon a romanticized notion of China at the cusp of revolution...
With more than half of all stock options granted in the '90s underwater, you can bet the boss is finding other ways to get paid. So should you--when your turn comes through a job switch or promotion. The very latest in executive comp includes an old standby: more cash. But companies are giving in ways that fly beneath the radar as well, including enhanced retirement deals, generous prearranged severance (just in case!) and cash back for relocating...
Lesson: it pays to get paid like the boss. What's possible? Despite a recent furor, "loans that might eventually be forgiven are still on the table," says Peter Hillman, a partner at Chadbourne & Parke, a New York City compensation law firm. Likely candidates for loans include sales execs, who may land a sign-on bonus too. Also on the table for V.P.s and up: club memberships, private-school tuition and a relocation deal that puts cash in your pocket...
...hamlet and dreams of quitting Bhutan for America where he has heard he can get rich from picking grapes. When he receives a letter offering him a chance to leave Bhutan if he can make it to the capital, Thimpu, within two days, he lies to his boss, packs his bags and walks to the highway?arriving just too late to catch the only bus for days. Forced to hitchhike, he is joined by various travelers who grant him fresh glimpses of the beautiful land he is determined to leave. Among those he meets is an irritatingly perceptive monk...
...Trust. This charity was a major backer of the Taliban, and after the regime's collapse, police say, Memon used the garden hut to shelter Taliban and al-Qaeda fugitives. Karim told police that on the day of Pearl's killing, either Jan. 29 or Jan. 30, Karim's boss Memon escorted al-Qaeda's Mohammed along with the two other killers to Pearl's cell, their long blades and video camera at the ready. A warrant is out for Memon's arrest but he, like Mohammed, has now gone into hiding...