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...executives and top managers to donate a portion of their bonuses to charity. Goldman already has a program to promote voluntary giving by the firm's partners, which was started two years ago. The new program would expand the program to more of the firm's employees, and set a mandatory floor for charitable giving. While it's rare for a company to force its employees to donate, lawyers say it is perfectly legal. Bear Stearns, which was swallowed by JPMorgan Chase at the beginning of the financial crisis, used to have a similar plan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Goldman Tries to Put a Halo on Bonuses | 1/13/2010 | See Source »

That's not to say geologists aren't making headway. Instruments that detect P waves are a good example. Earthquakes set off two kinds of seismic vibrations: body waves, which move through the interior of the earth, and surface waves, which move on top. The fastest of the body waves is the P wave, and it's thus the first to travel from the epicenter to a seismic station where it can be detected. P waves don't give you a whole lot of notice, but even a little bit can help. In California, gas lines in many homes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Could the Haiti Earthquake Have Been Predicted? | 1/13/2010 | See Source »

Harvard’s best scoring opportunity came on its first power play after Bulldog Broc Little was whistled for hooking. Set up in the offensive zone, the Crimson moved the puck around the horn, giving Killorn the puck on his stick right in front of the Yale...

Author: By Kate Leist, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Upsets Fifth-Ranked Yale | 1/13/2010 | See Source »

...Crimson set the tone for the offensive outburst in the first period, when sophomore Alex Killorn got a few good looks...

Author: By Kate Leist, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Upsets Fifth-Ranked Yale | 1/13/2010 | See Source »

...perched on the set of The O'Reilly Factor, luminous, eager and game, her fans saw the woman they fell in love with in the summer of 2008 - still larger than life on the small screen. Brimming with cracker-barrel charm and acerbic scorn, she ridiculed Barack Obama, championed conservative positions and solutions and attacked as clueless the media, with which she has clashed so often. Her foes, including many of the aides who worked for Senator John McCain on his 2008 presidential campaign, also saw a familiar figure - one who, in their estimation, stumbled over syntax, fumbled with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Uncertain Future of Sarah Palin | 1/13/2010 | See Source »

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