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...addition, there is an afternoon speakers series each year in which two HILR members and one outside visitor give lectures on a variety of subjects to supplement class work...
This is not to say the show was misconceived. The program was intended as a cheery supplement to the natural disasters and somber economic forecasts of the nightly newscast which it follows. Tinker, a proven NBC veteran, judged rightly that human interest is too often relegated to the last slot on the evening news...
...sweeten offers, many employers supplement higher wages with such incentives as hiring bonuses, free trips and job training. Flexible schedules are increasingly appealing to those from two-income families. Von's, a California grocery chain, had trouble finding enough students and other young people to fill its 16-hour-a-week schedules for baggers and clerks, so it expanded the workweek for those jobs up to 32 hours, which can be arranged to the employee's liking. The purpose: to attract homemakers, retirees and other people looking for supplemental income...
Last week, in a move that could help resuscitate the pro bono cause, the legal world's No. 1 revenue earner announced an extraordinary program to encourage lawyers to give legal aid to the needy. As a supplement to the time that its lawyers volunteer, the New York City megafirm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom will establish a $10 million legal fellowship program to place 125 new law school graduates with legal-aid groups around the country over the next five years. "This fellowship is a further way for us to demonstrate that large law firms are concerned about...
...vicissitudes of a fickle business, Ford has been moving to diversify. Since 1985, it has bought an 80% stake in Hertz (for $1.3 billion); California's First Nationwide Bank ($493 million), the fourth largest U.S. thrift institution; and BDM International ($425 million), a military research firm that will supplement Ford's longtime aerospace expertise. Ford is rumored to be interested in using its $10 billion cash hoard to go after a much larger acquisition, perhaps a company the size of Boeing, Lockheed or Singer...