Word: white-collar
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...image problem stems from the fact that it has been arguably much better at doing its job than the Big Three management teams have been at theirs. Over the past 60 years, many of the benefits that both blue- and white-collar workers hold dear were either won or expanded by the UAW. That includes pensions, early retirement, overtime, total health-care coverage and paid holidays. At congressional hearings in November over a proposed bailout bill, there was palpable contempt for the UAW from Alabama Senator Richard Shelby, whose state is home to several transplant automakers...
...help remake the agency's image. The top mention to fill the spot is Robert Khuzami, a former federal prosecutor. He is currently a managing director and general counsel at Deutsche Bank. Khuzami spent 11 years at the U.S. Attorney's office in Manhattan, where he headed the white-collar crime unit, before taking a job at Deutsche Bank in 2002. The SEC declined to comment on a possible replacement for Thomsen; Khuzami's office did not comment either...
...Love You Phillip Morris,” starring Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor, is a composite of “Catch Me If You Can” and “Brokeback Mountain.” Carrey’s character is imprisoned for white-collar crimes, and there he falls in love with fellow inmate Phillip Morris (McGregor). The film is all at once extremely funny, sad, and beautiful, and if it hasn’t already been bought, then it soon will...
When it comes to bail vs. immediately putting a person behind bars, are white-collar criminals treated differently from perpetrators of other crimes? Yes. Most usually stay out on bail. Something like three-quarters of white-collar defendants, according to Department of Justice statistics, stay out on bail, compared to about half for other crimes...
...just the lens through which society views wealthy people, and the reality that wealthy people have deeper ties to the community. They also have the ability to tap into more resources, like perhaps better representation. So there are legal differences and real-world, practical differences between the situations of white-collar defendants and street criminals, and the statistics reflect that...