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...That stunning assessment helps quantify the dashed hopes of countless working stiffs who had been banking on options to help with goals like paying for the kids' college tuition and their own early retirement. In some cases, their options came in lieu of tangible rewards like a decent raise, profit-sharing or cash...
...interventionist proprietors. "Both of them have struck me by their total lack of interest in wielding influence," he says. "They're not motivated by that stuff. They want money." Foxtel is the jewel in the CMH satchel. After losing $104 million in 2005, it turned a $62 million profit last year - and analysts forecast rapid growth as it increases its 29% penetration of Australian homes...
...have come close to identifying the problem, but never quite got it. HUDS is a monopoly. Almost all students live on campus, and they are forced into an unlimited meal plan. It is a sick, harmful system, that desperately needs reform. I have heard that HUDS is a for profit company, though I’ve never been able to confirm that. They describe themselves as “a self-sustaining department of Harvard University” and “the oldest collegiate foodservice in America,” neither of which describes the economic realities behind...
...lead singer and songwriter of The OaKs—moved to Afghanistan to work on humanitarian projects that helped returned refugees. Upon returning to America in 2005, he joined up with his old friend, drummer Matthew Antolick, and The OaKs were born. The group donated 50 percent of the profit from their 2006 debut album “Our Fathers and The Things They Left Behind” to charities helping Afghan refugees. Now, with their sophomore effort, The OaKs have returned to spread their message to the mass audience it deserves...
...while the 1980s brand of internationalism has ended, there are still plenty of sandal-wearing gringo adventurers coming down to Nicaragua, though most now are looking to invest in inexpensive real estate and turn a profit. Of course, the old guard would say that's exactly what it means to be in solidarity with the new Sandinista government...