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Adding to the uncertainty is the fact that firms have adopted different structures for the clawback provisions. The differences in the plans - including such details as what employees are covered and which specific portions of compensation are subject to clawback - make it tough to know which features are most effective in getting employees to be more careful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Financial Firms Get Executives to Give Back Pay? | 1/27/2010 | See Source »

...years later, I recall that moment because of the attention that is finally being paid to injuries in pro football - at least head injuries, prompted by the wonderful reporting of Alan Schwarz of the New York Times. But I also think about it because I know the focus will not trickle down to where it is needed most: the high school level. Research has shown that young players are far more susceptible than older ones to serious injuries. (Comment on this story...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Texas Football and the Price of Paralysis | 1/27/2010 | See Source »

...American male consumer is one of the biggest issues plaguing society today. Unfortunately, the anthropologists have yet to come up with an explanation for this phenomenon, and there is currently no “Social Analysis” core offering devoted to the subject (although you never know with “GenEd”). Regardless, the question still remains: why are these god-forsaken leggings so popular among members of the male gender, even among the bigger specimens...

Author: By James K. Mcauley | Title: Death to Skinny Jeans | 1/27/2010 | See Source »

...last major successful attack laid at the doorstep of al-Qaeda occurred nearly five years ago - the 2005 bombings on London's mass-transit system. But even in that instance, no one is certain that al-Qaeda was behind it. All we know is that the plot was somehow hatched in Pakistan, but the identity of the mastermind remains a matter of conjecture. Al-Qaeda certainly never provided proof that it had either foreknowledge or control of the attack...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why bin Laden Isn't Worth Worrying About | 1/26/2010 | See Source »

...Still, doves want to know why he isn't providing even more gas. Part of the answer is that he doesn't seem to think that pouring more cash into the banking system would generate many jobs, because liquidity is not the current problem. Banks already have reserves; they just aren't using them to make loans and spur economic activity. Bernanke thinks injecting even more money would be like pushing on a string...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Case for Reconfirming Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke | 1/26/2010 | See Source »

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