Word: reaping
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...escape a previous $18-a-share offer by Icahn. In fact, TWA President Carl Meyer openly courted Lorenzo, fearing that Icahn might dismantle the company and sell its pieces for quick gain. After the TWA-Lorenzo deal, Wall Street expected Icahn to cash in his 35% stake and reap an estimated $50 million profit...
...million) has provided a bonanza to the state. Winners' names are run through computers to determine whether they owe money for such things as income taxes and student loans. So far, 60 people have had their winnings reduced by $94,000 to help pay off debts. The state will reap far more when winners of $10,000 to $2 million are announced. Most vulnerable are the 300,000 people, mostly fathers, who owe more than $1.3 billion in child support. For them, and for recipients of food stamps and other forms of welfare whose benefits would be halted if they...
...year in reduced medical-coverage premiums. At King Broadcasting in Seattle, where workers get 50% of the money saved on medical-insurance costs, the employees and the company divided $284,000 in the first year of the program. But even programs aimed merely at improving employees' health can reap quick financial benefits. The Speedcall Corp. in Hayward, Calif., gives workers a weekly bonus of $7 for not smoking on the job. A study of the program in its first four years found that the number of smokers fell by 65%, and the number of health-insurance claims filed by those...
...reputation, fair or not, for excluding kids from their voting agendas as well as their condominium complexes. It's one reason the state, whose per capita income is in the nation's top half, ranks in the bottom 10 in per-pupil public-education spending. Nationally, America's elderly reap seven times as many federal dollars per capita as do children, who suffer twice the poverty rate. But with Florida's youth population growing at a faster rate than that of the elderly, many seniors are forging what some call a "partnership of the vulnerable," which child advocates say could...
...first learn with colors in nursery school? (Some friends of mine considered wearing yellow in order to maintain the “challenge.” Bad idea. We’ve spent four years challenging ourselves: it’s time to relax and reap the rewards. You want a challenge: take Orgo...