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...Former Disney chairman Michael Eisner's talk show debuted on CNBC the other night. It got a zero rating. The show is called Conversations with Michael Eisner. Apparently it was a private conversation." --JAY LENO...
When asked whether the company has any illegals on its payroll today, a Tyson spokesman said, "We have a zero tolerance for the hiring of individuals who are not authorized to work in the U.S. Unfortunately, the reality for businesses across the country is that it is becoming increasingly difficult to determine just who has proper authorization. The tangle of laws and the increasing sophistication of those providing false documentation puts employers in a very tough position ... Given the scope of undocumented immigration to the U.S., we and countless other American businesses face a very difficult task in trying...
Last week, The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and real estate developer Larry Silverstein restarted the on-again off-again negotiations over control of Ground Zero. The last round ended a couple of weeks before with the future of the new World Trade Center still in limbo and the planned April groundbreaking for the so-called Freedom Tower still in doubt. For four and half years now, the debate over Ground Zero has always been colorful - with "greedy" the preferred insult thrown around - but it hasn't been easy to keep up with all the legal, political...
...truth, Pataki. Technically, it's the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey that literally owns Ground Zero. But the Port Authority's board is controlled by the governors of New York and New Jersey, and Pataki has been the frontman for the World Trade Center's reconstruction. Still, thanks to his lease on the site, Silverstein himself holds the most important card...
...already set its sights even higher. "There's nothing to stop us being carbon negative," says Sullivan, comparing HSBC's CO2 emissions to a monthly paycheck and offset credits to monthly expenses. "We could make purchases from time to time that will either take us back down to zero, or will take us negative for a bit and then we would come up again," he says. "Sometimes you're in credit, and sometimes you're in deficit." Now that's a bank talking...