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...experts point out that CEOs are like free agents in sports, and that you can't fault them for taking big packages (within legal boundaries) any more than you can wonder why A-Rod cashes his paychecks. Over the years a few companies have put CEO pay caps in place, but many have either abandoned or raised them in the face of competition. Socially progressive Ben & Jerry's, which for a decade capped executive pay at seven times the salary of the lowest-paid worker, dropped the provision in 1994 when it sought a CEO to replace co-founder...
...discriminate against anyone,” Hayes said. “We blanket it on everyone, whether it’s a turban, or a do-rag, or a baseball cap, or a birthday...
...Klecko—these guys are bit players. But dumb teams will see them as “winners” or “up-and-comers” and will continue to hand New England top picks, extending the first NFL dynasty of the tight salary-cap era. And in 2040, after the Patriots’ eleventy-billionth Super Bowl, 102-year old Charlie Weis will finally be offered a head coaching...
...country where foreign businessmen are reluctant to travel even in armor-clad SUVs with security guards, Nick Berg crisscrossed Iraq by hailing cabs and hopping onto buses. Usually clad in a baseball cap and jeans, he made no effort to blend in with the locals as he lugged around sophisticated electronic equipment in search of work. His Arabic was awful, and he had a habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. In January, during his first prospecting trip to Iraq, Berg was picked up during a police sweep in the southern town of Diwaniya, where "there...
...wake of criticism of the fund-manager salaries, the management company board voted to lower the cap on maximum compensation...