Word: golden
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...recapitalize their broken balance sheets. In addition to the cash limit, the "maximum wage" plan allows companies to reward "senior management" - a complement of no fixed definition - with restricted stock, but it can only be cashed in after the government is paid back. There are also prohibitions against golden parachutes as well as a clawback provision - the company may reclaim that stock if its results subsequently tank - that can extend to as many as 25 top executives...
...there were such a thing as a golden age of capital punishment in America, it peaked in 1999. There were 98 executions in the U.S. that year, the highest number since 1976, when the Supreme Court, which had overturned all death penalty laws in 1972, began approving them again. For most of the 1990s the number of death sentences handed down annually by courts had been humming along in the range of 280 to 300 and above. And it had been years since the Supreme Court had done much to specify whom states could execute and how they could...
When Sony ends production at its Ichinomiya plant sometime during the next five months, the company will be closing the book on a symbol of its golden age. For 40 years, the assembly lines at Ichinomiya, located southwest of Tokyo, have churned out products like Trinitron TVs that have helped make the Sony brand synonymous with quality and innovation in the minds of consumers worldwide. (See pictures of the history of Japan's interaction with the world...
...past few weeks, Slumdog Millionaire has become nothing short of a worldwide sensation, earning a jaw-dropping 10 Oscar nominations and grossing far more than anyone imagined the movie would. The film has been honored by the Screen Actors Guild, the Golden Globes, and the Producers Guild. On Friday, its director, Danny Boyle, received a prize from the Directors Guild, an honor that usually foreshadows an Oscar for best director...
...Bryant Park Hotel. The room are completely kitted out in chocolate - and I mean completely - from a chocolate mosaic wall, chocolate covered table, with chocolate candles and flowers, to a chocolate headboard on the bed. There's even an abstract painting done in dark, milk and white chocolate. No golden ticket in your box? Don't despair, there are 100 other winners out there who will get chocolate for year, delivered to their doorstep each month - along with a piece of Adler's tabletop collection...