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...little differentiation among benefits across the private sector, many companies rely less on benefits in attracting ideal applicants. Even as private employers have cut back on their pensions and benefit promises, though, public entities, which make up 3% of all employers, have adhered to tradition in serving up generous lifetime packages...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Government Jobs Looking Better in the Downturn | 11/22/2008 | See Source »

...long time? Why haven't you done it?" she responds candidly: "There are so many things I'd like to do - travel, swim with sharks - but money always stands in the way. It's a fight for survival in London." And that's a problem not even a generous helping of philosophy can solve...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Art of Living at The School of Life | 11/21/2008 | See Source »

After receiving funds from the Mellon foundation, the center approached Cornwell, who has given to both the center and the museum in the past. “Ms. Cornwell has been a very generous benefactor,” Manoogian said...

Author: By Madeleine M. Schwartz, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Novelist Funds Scientist Position | 11/20/2008 | See Source »

...generous and just an all-around nice guy,” said women’s captain Stephanie A. Hon. “We have an arena and 14 horses because he made it financially possible...

Author: By Eunice Y. Kim, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Polo Rides on Jones’ Gifts | 11/20/2008 | See Source »

...have put the auto industry in its current predicament: investing in SUVs when the rest of the world, eyeing the future oil crunch, was betting on smaller, more fuel-efficient cars; spending millions lobbying Congress to avoid regulation that would force tougher environmental standards; and giving its union unsustainably generous deals on salary and benefits that hobbled its ability to compete with Japanese and European carmakers. And the answers to these criticisms from the Big Three CEOs at two hearings, one before each chamber, went so badly this week that lawmakers cited their performances as reason not to give them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Congress Sends Detroit Execs Back — With Homework | 11/20/2008 | See Source »

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