Word: contractor
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...rumor in Laguna Niguel, Calif., was that Building Contractor Frederick Penney, 57, embittered by a divorce contest, wanted to hire a hitman to kill his wife. So an agent of the Orange County sheriffs department, posing as a killer for hire, arranged a meeting with the suspect. The upshot, say investigators: a $3,000 contract to kill Susan Penney, 35. Half was paid up front; the balance was due after the deed, which was supposed to look like an accidental fall in the bathtub...
Labor leaders and other backers of Simpson-Mazzoli often view the aliens as a rising menace to both the jobs and the pay of U.S. citizens. Says Roger Conner, director of the Washington-based Federation for American Immigration Reform: "I talked the other day to a Los Angeles contractor who told me he had just replaced a $20-an-hour American mason with an illegal $5-an-hour mason who is just as good. If nothing is done, wages for American workers will erode, and resentment among Americans will build dangerously...
...Koppel says "you have to ignore stories like that," he nonetheless takes a moment to explain. "There is no 'Nightline' logo on my pool," he says. "There is a white tile outline of a city scope and some fiber optics that give it a starlight effect. It was the contractor's idea and was meant as a whimsical touch for the family...
Occidental and its American partner in the mining project, Omaha contractor Peter Kiewit Sons, will contribute about $340 million to the operation, chiefly in the form of equipment and engineering talent. China will put up another $240 million. The 30-year agreement calls for the Chinese eventually to take over management. Antaibao's 1.4 billion tons of proven reserves could make it the world's largest open-pit mine after production starts in 1987. Its high-grade coal will be sold to Pacific-basin countries, but low-quality coal will go to the domestic market...
...array of goodies at the top poses the hazard of a backlash among lower-echelon managers. The auto engineers at Ford, for example, traditionally the loyal core of the company, have lately taken to griping and restlessness. A major defense contractor, Drucker says, recently lost 20 prized engineers who had received only a 3% salary boost at a time when top management got a package of incentives totaling 30%. Says Drucker: "Resentment over top-management compensation is by no means confined to unions and rank-and-file employees...