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...European executives are unduly padding their stock portfolios can still inspire public outrage. In France, polls last year showed that 66% of French citizens wanted to own stock options--until the so-called Jaffre affair exploded. That scandal was sparked by oil giant TotalFina's successful takeover of rival Elf-Aquitaine, and the $35 million stock-option package paid to vanquished Elf CEO Philippe Jaffre to bless the union and walk away. Furious French leftists--who derailed earlier government plans to lower the tax rate on stock-option earnings from 40% to 26%--responded with an unsuccessful campaign to hike...
...greatest instrumental products. Among the notable past members of the group are John Medeski, a keyboard player, now front man of jam-crowd favorites Medeski Martin & Wood; Josh Roseman, a trombonist who has recorded with The Roots and Groove Collective; Mike Rivard, a bassist, now leader of Club D'Elf; Curtis Hasselbring, Matt Wilson and Andrew D'Angelo, who are all staples of New York jazz...
...quality, not quantity," says elf Steve Heffernan, who runs a team building company by day. Heffernan says the mall job helps him "get my dose of kids...
Jennifer Goodfellow, another elf, counts the money generated by the afternoon's photo session--Santa charges $6 per picture. All profits go to the Make-A-Wish Foundation...
...Just like the Pope has priests," elf Kelly Kirby points out with a smile...