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...system, companies that take TARP will be required to create an internal panel on "luxury" purchases, the definition of luxury - a jet, fancy office or glitzy sales conference? - being left vague under the "you know it when you see it" rule. It also allows employees to "name and shame" abusers. There's a dose of shareholder democracy too. Companies will have to subject their compensation packages to a nonbinding shareholder vote, popularly known as "say on pay." (See the top 10 scandals...
Obama, Barack • effort of to shame the shameless • lack of enthusiasm of al-Qaeda...
...ability of stem cells and reprogramming science to provide that cure is far from guaranteed. But his initial confidence in the power of the technology hasn't waned. "Everything we learned about stem cells tells us this was a really powerful approach," he says. "It would be a great shame if we let it wither and just go away." Melton, for one, is determined not to let that happen...
...universal chords about personal fulfillment, romantic obsession and the chance to rise from the bottom of the slag heap to the top of the Taj Mahal--and because it whirls through its rags-to-riches tale with a speed and energy that would put a Hollywood action film to shame. For these qualities, you can thank Simon Beaufoy, who wrote the script from Vikas Swarup's novel Q&A, and director Danny Boyle. Eleven years ago, Beaufoy was Oscar-nominated for another screenplay about underdogs going public, The Full Monty. Boyle has often dealt with the plight of the working...
Splendid as Palazzo Barbarigo is, it's a shame to see so many Venetian palaces used as hotels. Good news, then, that after a 20-year restoration, the 16th century Palazzo Grimani has opened as a museum. The palace boasts doorways carved from precious marble, exquisite frescoes, majolica-tiled fireplaces and rare surviving examples of pastellone (powdered marble) floors...