Word: barney
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MOST FRILLS ON A GOLDEN PARACHUTE Gerald Tsai, head of the Primerica financial-services firm, grabbed $40 million in severance when he sold the company, whose holdings include the brokerage firm Smith Barney, to Commercial Credit Group. Part of Tsai's deal: 120 hours free use of the corporate jet and a consulting contract that will pay him additional income for time he spends working in the office on his yacht...
George Bush, who endorsed a tougher Senate version of the bill during the campaign, said he would introduce his own ethics legislation. But odds are slim that Congress, without the pressure of an election, will enact a stricter ethics law affecting its own members. Observed Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank: "There were a lot of votes behind this bill, but not a lot of support...
...that public figures such as Representatives Barney Frank (D.-Mass.) and Joseph P. Kennedy II (D.-Mass.) are taking positions on the Cambridge ballot question calling for a Palestinian state, organizers on both sides say that the race is heating...
Guernsey said he aims to pressure Congress to pass measures to increase federal spending on housing, such as a bill sponsored by Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass...
...protesters demanded that Kennedy cosponsor HR 4990, a bill initiated by Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) to authorize $15 million for new low-cost housing, but Kennedy refused. His press secretary, James Mahoney, said Kennedy supported a competing measure because he thought HR 4990 would leave too many decisions to the discretion of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development...