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...local officials spend public money, and a national organization called Contribuables Associés has started ranking members of parliament by their tax-and-spend policy records. "The change of mentality is very recent," says Bernard Zimmern, a businessman who is helping to fund the national campaign. Retired IBM engineer Michel Vergnaud founded one of the local associations in Lyons four years ago "out of curiosity," he says - and quickly...
...nearly $2 million cash award if she meets certain criteria for operating cash flow. But she will collect the full amount only if at the end of the three years HP stock has outperformed at least half the companies in the S&P 500. IBM is now granting its top 300 senior executives stock options that are priced 10% above market value, an uncommon practice that makes it harder for execs to cash out. Compensation committees, partly to shield themselves from lawsuits, are also taking a tougher stance, hiring consultants to evaluate employment contracts...
Whereas the product center previously offered PCs from multiple vendors such as IBM, Toshiba and Sony—in addition to Apple models—the University decided to buy only from IBM to consolidate costs...
Lydic said he thinks the new center will be very user friendly, but warns that students with a hardware problem will have to leave their computer at the center to be checked. The center will accept computers on warranty from IBM, Apple, HP and Gateway, printers on warranty from Epson, and will repair computers by any major manufacturer without warranty at a cost to the student, Lydic said...
...Smart Choice could do the following things, in ascending order. He or she could carry a state: IBM Professor of Business and Government Roger B. Porter, who teaches Government 1540, “The American Presidency,” says modern vice-presidential candidates typically add about three percent to the ticket’s vote in their home state. Kerry’s ideal candidate, then, should come from a state that will swing on a few percentage points...