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...sudden ouster of Harry Stonecipher as CEO of Boeing for having an affair with an employee was just the latest blow to the aerospace giant, whose previous CEO, Phil Condit, resigned 18 months ago in an Air Force contracting scandal. But the nation's second biggest defense contractor may have more worries ahead. In the cross hairs this week is a $120 billion Army contract, managed by Boeing, that would enable computer-equipped soldiers on the ground to see and fight the enemy with satellites, unmanned vehicles and futuristic weapons. Senator John McCain of Arizona will hold hearings this week...
Butler said she had been given tasks, such as training new employees, that were above her paygrade. According to her union contract, when an employee does work above their paygrade, management is required to raise the worker’s level of pay. However, when Butler complained she said she was “no longer allowed to perform some of the functions (she) had been able...
...journalist cannot be held liable for trade secret misappropriaton or for inducing breach of contract for publishing newsworthy information lawfully obtained,” the motion stated...
There is unrest in Middle-earth. Lord of the Rings filmmaker PETER JACKSON has sued New Line Cinema (a unit of Time Warner, TIME's parent) for breach of contract, alleging the studio mishandled home-video sales, video games and merchandising for The Fellowship of the Ring, the first installment of the LOTR trilogy, which grossed nearly $3 billion. New Line declined to comment on pending litigation, but Jackson's complaint isn't the first. In 2003, 18 LOTR actors reportedly banded together and demanded better pay. (They got a bonus.) Actor Sean Astin still grumbled later that he made...
...Travolta’s last performance as Chili Palmer was in a compact movie about a gangster from Brooklyn making his mark on Hollywood. In this sprawling sequel, Palmer decides to break into the music business by producing hot starlet Linda Moon (Milian). Unfortunately, she is under contract to unscrupulous sleazeballs played by Harvey Keitel and Vince Vaughn. In the process of becoming Moon’s manager, hilarity ensues. Or at least, it is supposed...