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Microsoft's decision to eliminate stock options and instead award stock grants to its 50,000 employees reflects the same phenomenon: fear of a brain drain. Microsoft is maturing into a slower-growth company and must retain its "institution builders," says Ed Lawler, a business professor at the University of Southern California. "The company needs to attract more people who aren't as risk oriented." A recently hired Microsoft techie says getting restricted stock (with cash value) will encourage him to stay: "People like me who suffered through the dot bomb don't care as much about options...
...take on far more debt than their parents did to provide the same standard of living--and even more debt to send the kids to college. The only way to cover that debt is for both parents to work, and still they are stretched too thin. It is this phenomenon, Warren and Tyagi argue, that has made having a child "the single best predictor" of financial ruin. Married couples with children are more than twice as likely to file for bankruptcy as childless couples; they are 75% more likely to be late paying bills and also more likely to face...
...report by J. Madeleine Nash made clear, fire behavior is a complex and highly variable phenomenon that depends not only on geography and the type of vegetation involved but also on the management history of a given stand of trees. This complexity often overwhelms policymakers, who strive for simple solutions to complex problems. It was refreshing to read such a well-written, balanced and scientifically accurate article addressing the nuanced subtleties of a complex issue in a form understandable to both the general public and legislative staff members. JEFF KENNEDY INFORMATION CENTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Davis, Calif...
...just a high-end phenomenon. Earlier this year, Gap and Old Navy decided to devote floor space in their stores to maternity wear, which they had been selling only online. H&M has also got into the act. Its Mama collection is swiftly gaining notoriety among bargain hunters as the Scandinavian phenom expands throughout the U.S. Other retailers are spiffing up their maternity departments: Target now offers a collection designed by Liz Lange, a former editor at Vogue magazine and the first designer to show a maternity collection at New York's fashion week. All items cost less than...
...unique. Asia, for instance, lags behind the U.S. and Europe in its obesity statistics, but Thailand, Malaysia, Japan and the Philippines have all reported troubling increases in recent years. In China, where a one-child-per-family policy has created millions of spoiled and overnourished children (feeding a phenomenon known as little-emperor syndrome), the rise in childhood obesity is particularly alarming. Up to 10% of China's 290 million children are believed to be overweight or obese, and that percentage is expected to have doubled a decade from...