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...know that it's possible to have a nonawkward conversation with Curtis Sittenfeld. In fact, she answers the door of her sunny apartment in downtown Philadelphia with actual aplomb. Sittenfeld has a dramatically curvy nose, dark straight hair and a loud, appealing laugh. Seriocomic misunderstandings are kept to a minimum as we tour the study where she writes her novels; it's airy and messy - she and her boyfriend moved in last August, but there are still boxes on the floor. So far, you would never know that you were visiting the home of the Faulkner of awkwardness. Sittenfeld...
...retailers dread such laws. Costco CFO Richard Galanti says his company already meets the Chicago minimum and that the $10 wage helps the company retain employees. "It doesn't make us any less competitive," he says...
Income annuities should not be confused with variable annuities. Variable annuities let you save tax deferred through standard mutual funds and may offer certain guarantees (like a minimum return). But they often have high expenses and commissions. Immediate-fixed annuities are simple, low-cost products that let you plunk down a pot of money and get a secure monthly income for life (or some other designated period...
GORDON SMITH, Republican Senator from Oregon, on the Democrats' defeating a G.O.P.-crafted bill that tied a minimum-wage increase for the working class--a favorite issue with the Dems--with a federal estate-tax decrease for the wealthy, a cause pushed by Republicans...
...city showdown with Chicago?s ?big box ordinance,? Target announced today that it was scrapping plans to build a store on the city?s North Side. Big-box ordinances, a relative of living-wage laws, require large retailers like Target, Home Depot and Wal-Mart to pay a minimum wage closer to $10 an hour versus the Federal minimum of $5.15 and in some cases offer health coverage. The ordinances have become popular in big cities, a relatively unexploited market so far for big-box retailers. But are the ordinances ultimately hurting the very city residents they allege to protect...