Word: planning
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...legal counsel's office dated February 1996--but that officials say they realized only last week was significant--HRT agents asked to use M651 military rounds because the heat they generate produces a vapor that provides greater penetrating power. A yet unidentified FBI official on the ground authorized the plan but did not report it to Washington. The two M651 rounds ricocheted off the bunker and bounced uselessly into a field...
...TURNER Atlantans protest CNN (and TIME) honcho's huge billboard plan. W&L sez: Make it bigger...
...replacements on and found enough new work to keep everybody busy. In 1995 Lasley took another big step--one that is rare in the world of small construction businesses--to secure the welfare of her employees (there are now 23). She signed them up for a group retirement plan. "I knew talented carpenters who were working into their 60s and 70s not because they wanted to but because they had to," Lasley says. "One of my personal objectives when I became my own boss was to get a plan...
Lasley's action is still unusual, but that may be changing fast. Interest in retirement plans is on the rise among small businesses, largely because of a number of important changes in the business climate. The Federal Government has created a simple retirement plan designed for small businesses, the financial industry has begun to use the Internet to help companies administer their plans, and there is a growing recognition by managers that offering retirement benefits is key to recruiting in a tight labor market...
...trend signals an important sea change in the U.S. Even now, only 1 out of 5 small businesses offers full retirement benefits to employees, while 2 out of 3 workers for large companies enjoy a plan. "Small-business owners don't have the same luxury of time or resources that a big business has," says Aida Alvarez, administrator of the Small Business Administration in Washington. "In the past, it was easier for them to offer higher wages or other benefits instead...