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...perks like free bagel breakfasts, ice cream, yoga--even the fresh flowers that once perfumed the loft offices. It wasn't enough. In a last-ditch effort to hold on to her staff of 40, she asked her partners to swallow a 20% pay cut and other workers to forgo 10%. "It's not a Utopia; we have our good and bad days," she says. But business is picking up, no one has left, and their kindly yoga instructor even donates her time. Says Tanaka: "She says we need it now more than ever." --With reporting by Leslie Berestein/Los Angeles...
...seven weeks off from conditioning and training during the off-season. Clearly, this seven-week period was the perfect length in which to try to experience the “Harvard” I had missed. After all, if the men’s hockey team was going to forgo ice time and a chance to keep in shape during the off-season so they could all try to join Hasty Pudding Theatricals, then surely I could immerse myself in a new activity for seven weeks...
...smattering of hospitals and clinics create drug-rep-free zones, PHRMA spokesman Jeff Trewhitt points out that doctors who shun salesmen also forgo the free samples, which are often used to treat indigent patients. Nevertheless, physicians are relying less on sales pitches and turning instead to unbiased sources like the biweekly nonprofit Medical Letter medletter.com to get the lowdown on new drugs. The crusade is also making inroads among a new generation of doctors who haven't yet experienced drug-company largesse. The American Medical Student Association is trying to ward off drug reps who try to cozy...
...musicians received a flat fee for recording sessions, and handed over copyright to the record company. Gillinson suggested a profit share. Instead of incurring studio costs of some €40,000 per session, he would record live concerts for which the LSO was already getting paid. The players would forgo any extra fee until a CD release started making money. Gillinson secured worldwide distribution through outlets like HMV, Tower Records and Amazon, and several of LSO Live's 13 releases have already broken even. As well as potentially making money for performers, Gillinson feels the CDs can maintain the orchestra...
...refinement that time and the backing of a major studio have brought to CKY. While the darkness one expects is present, a poppy feel pervades the track. The ballad “Close Yet Far” is another departure for the fiercely independent band. For once, they forgo the vitriol and embrace a lighter sound and feel...