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Nader acknowledges that getting on the ballot as an independent is like "climbing a cliff with a slippery rope." But he could be getting a leg up from various third parties. The idea is to have it both ways: collect their endorsements--and their access to a line on various state ballots--but maintain his "independent" aura. Two weeks ago, he won the nod of the Reform Party, Perot's old outfit, which would automatically put him on the ballot in seven states, including battlegrounds Florida and Michigan, if he chooses. And although Nader says he doesn't want...
...stock price in a bid to align pay more closely with performance. During each of the next three years, Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina can accrue up to 150% of a nearly $2 million cash award if she meets certain criteria for operating cash flow. But she will collect the full amount only if at the end of the three years HP stock has outperformed at least half the companies in the S&P 500. IBM is now granting its top 300 senior executives stock options that are priced 10% above market value, an uncommon practice that makes it harder...
...some of those auto body shops [that line Western Avenue], you automatically relieve the street of a lot of auto traffic,” says Ron Mallis, chief planner at Goody Clancy, the urban design firm commissioned by the task force to collect the community’s wishes...
...have REITs taken such a beating? The trusts, which are publicly traded companies, own things like office complexes, warehouses and shopping malls. They collect rent and pay out nearly all their income as dividends, which makes them well suited to investors who prize income. But as rates rise, REITs face more competition from other securities like bank CDs and bonds, which dampens REIT values. Still, the average REIT now yields 5.7%, way more than the 10-year Treasury bond...
James Kochalka's "Sketchbook Diaries, Volume 4," (Top Shelf Productions; 48 pp.; $7.95) continues the annual series of books that collect a year's-worth of Kochalka's daily online strip. More like haikus than indulgent chronicles of the author's day, each strip consists of just four, or less, panels showcasing a singular moment. These can be banal (June 27, 2002: "Uncomfortably tossing and turning till my legs get twisted in and bound by the sheets") or funny (June 6: "I gagged while brushing my teeth ? expelling red wine, venison, fillet mignon and hand made sausage?the color scheme...