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...airing of their reports, entitled “Friends in High Places,” led to federal and state criminal investigations as well as legislation on contract reform...
...University’s contract with custodians mandates that contractors who invoice Harvard above $50,000 annually and have contracts extending for a period longer than nine months are obligated to pay their workers a wage equal to the wage paid to Harvard’s own employees...
Murphy said that turnover has decreased from 20 percent in 1999 to just under five percent in 2003, hampering the University’s effort to create more full-time jobs. Murphy attributed the shift to a poor economy and higher wages that resulted from the new contract...
...Pretty soon the contract will be up and they’ll be able to negotiate a different agreement,” she said...
...went to Adam Block, who wondered aloud whether Keller was ready to return to the cutthroat New York market. It was time to try again, Keller decided. After five days and three all-night negotiating sessions with Himmel, they did the deal. Critically, Block inserted a clause into the contract that gave Keller veto rights on other restaurants in the development. Block didn't want to see Keller's brand tarnished by sharing space with a franchise. He had a $10 million to $12 million investment to protect--fancy New York restaurants don't come cheap. Keller helped line...