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...local peer institutions, such as Boston College, Boston University, and MIT. “It brings [Harvard’s janitors] closer, but, in a few years, those schools will be making a lot more,” she said. Under the contract, custodians working the late-night shift will receive an additional 50 cents per hour, and janitors who work for more than six consecutive days will receive time-and-a-half rates beginning on the sixth day. Harvard’s janitors will also receive three to four days of vacation during the winter recess or an equal...
...same reasons, networks hope, that they buy DVDs of shows: convenience, instant gratification and the ability to skip ads. (CBS's offerings have commercials, though viewers can skip them; NBC's and ABC's do not.) Considering what big business DVDs have become, this could mean a big shift in how TV is watched and paid for. "Over the next five years," says NBC Universal Television Group president Jeff Zucker, "the world is going to change. Broadcast television will remain an incredibly important vehicle in society and as a business, but you'll also see fundamental change...
...Lubars, chief creative officer and chairman of ad agency BBDO North America, noting that people want to watch sports events and the Oscars live. But, he adds, "there are many things in prime time--and that's where the big money is spent--that will be affected by the shift...
...spread out,” Daigneau said, “because that’s what Brown [does]—they move the puck around, hoping we get spread out, and then they can find seams.”Harvard used the successful kill to shift the momentum, doubling its lead on Murphy’s power-play goal just minutes later at 16:17.“[The penalty kill] was really big because we had pretty much controlled the play in the first period,” Donato said. “We didn?...
...returned 10 days later with a detailed pitch and got the job. Last month Wipro put her in charge of its Enterprise Application Services business, a key post as the company competes with IBM and Accenture for higher-value consulting work. With margins shrinking in IT outsourcing, this shift is critical. Singh must convince clients, 60% of them in North America, that Wipro is up to the task. "They've trusted us to develop and build [software], the not-so-sexy business, but they've turned to the Big Three for consulting," she says. To move into that area, Singh...