Word: grasso
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...Richard Grasso, the embattled former head of the New York Stock Exchange, is demanding that a jury decide whether he deserved $190 million for doing his job, and who can blame...
...That at least is the conventional wisdom, and probably what provoked Grasso's lawyers to appeal when a judge ruled that he alone would decide whether 190 million big ones were unreasonable pay for the head of a nominally not-for-profit corporation like the stock exchange. (The lawyers have decided not to comment, having failed to amuse the judge with past quips to the press.) If the answer is yes, as New York Attorney General (and gubernatorial candidate) Eliot Spitzer contends, then Grasso must pay back most of the money. If it's no, then the case moves...
...thing about conventional wisdom, though, is that it's not always right. And in this case, according to a new study by professor Andrew Leipold at the University of Illinois College of Law, it's dead wrong, at least in federal criminal trials. Though Grasso's case is a civil action in state court, the study's findings are so dramatic that they make you wonder why he or any other defendant would let a jury near a case...
...firm still produces a glorious version. But it took two winemaking brothers from Long Island, New York, John and Harry Mariani, to raise the wine to fame. In the late 1970s, the Marianis bought a medieval castle in the Montalcino area, Castello Banfi, started growing Sangiovese Grasso grapes on some of the surrounding 2,800 hectares and began making their own Brunello. Thanks to their efforts, the quality and reputation of the local wine whooshed upward. Brunello became one of the top Italian wines, and Americans and Italians took notice...
...firm still produces a glorious version. But it took two winemaking brothers from Long Island, New York, John and Harry Mariani, to raise the wine to fame. In the late 1970s, the Marianis bought a medieval castle in the Montalcino area, Castello Banfi, started growing Sangiovese Grasso grapes on some of the surrounding 2,800 hectares and began making their own Brunello. Thanks to their efforts, the quality and reputation of the local wine whooshed upward. Brunello became one of the top Italian wines, and Americans and Italians took notice. Four To Savor Brunellos aren't cheap, but their glories...