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...yesterday because it failed to meet Wall Street's exacting expectations. Ouch--you've just been scalded by what we call an earnings blow-up. Now what? Do you lie there inert, screaming "Where's the rest of my stock?" Nah. In the trenches of capitalism where I toil, one of these high-explosive blow-ups hits me monthly, obliterating any hope of a quick profit, or perhaps producing a staggering unrealized loss. IBM, Xerox, Unisys and Lexmark have all detonated recently. First, take heart. You aren't the only one dumb enough to bet on a great company during...
...harsh, realistic lines and dreamy background music is fascinating in the first tract, but becomes a bit monotonous after appearing incessantly throughout the album. If you're able to get past the tedious three-minute instrumental introductions of each track, powerful lines such as, "What good is ones toil underneath the sun?/that same indifferent sphere gave birth to the shadows/where we count the days off by headlines on the morning paper" (from "Seizures") are sure to move...
Employers who try to skirt the new law will have to reckon with France's army of government inspectors. Lately there have been horror stories about the bureaucrats' staking out office buildings at night and clapping fines on executives who toil more than the current limit of 39 hrs. a week. It's against the law to work too hard in France--now even more...
...take us all away from daily toil...
...gradually to 67 by 2027. It could be raised further to 70. But raising the earliest age for retirement with partial benefits from the present 62 to 65, as many ardent reformers propose, would be a mistake. Miners, laborers and other manual workers have enough trouble continuing their exhausting toil even to age 62. For many, staying on the job until they are 65 or older could imperil their health--or even life...