As America’s biggest state and local government employees’ union gathered here this week, it faced obstacles like never before. After a big defeat in Wisconsin, and under pressure to accept cuts in jobs, pay, pensions and benefits, it needed to give convincing answers. Lee Saunders, who became the union’s first African American president on Friday,…
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Will Facebook Adapt to Mobile or Will Mobile Adapt to Facebook? – BusinessWeek
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Globe and MailWill Facebook Adapt to Mobile or Will Mobile Adapt to Facebook?BusinessWeekBy Kevin Fitchard on May 17, 2012 We all know Facebook needs to become a force in mobile advertising, but just how much of a force? If Facebook were to replicate t…
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David Graeber: On Playing By The Rules – The Strange Success Of #OccupyWallStreet
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David Graeber: On Playing By The Rules – The Strange Success Of #OccupyWallStreet
I quickly spotted at least one Wobbly, a young Korean activist I remembered from some Food Not Bomb event, some college students wearing Zapatista pa…
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MSNBC Releases Keith Olbermann From Contract
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News commentator Keith Olbermann has been terminated by MSNBC.
Friday night was his last appearance.
In a tersely worded press statement released by MSNBC, the cable giant, now owned by Comcast, said,“MSNBC and Keith Olbermann have ended their cont…
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The New Feudalism
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It is rare for any commentators in the business press to even raise the question as to whether or not any of the CEOs receiving multiple millions in compensation are actually worth it. The pay levels, including bonuses, imply that the CEOs are…
