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...Chief In your article "An Enforcer Named Emanuel" [Feb. 2] you state that the new Chief of Staff at the White House earned $18 million at an investment firm in two years. Given the revelations recently concerning pay and bonuses in the financial sector, was this information meant as praise or criticism? Leslie Keogh, AIXE-SUR-VIENNE, FRANCE
...three mobile-phone carriers to upgrade to 3G (third generation) network technology, he could hardly believe the long-awaited day had finally arrived. "At one point it seemed like they were never going to make up their minds," recalls the Beijing-based head of telecommunications- and media-analysis firm BDA, "and I would spend my whole career waiting for Beijing to make this one decision...
...president Annie Laurie Gaylor says it was not allowed to purchase a billboard in the city limits of Dayton after the head of the local advertising company found out what would be on the sign. "Once we sent one advertising group our artwork for the sign, [the firm] cut off all communications with us," Gaylor says, adding that a company representative told the Chattanooga Times Free Press that he was a Christian and would not take money for any sign that supported Darwin or his birthday. In the end, the FFRF purchased a billboard on the outskirts of town from...
Designed by Viennese architecture firm Delugan Meissl, the spaceship-like structure rests on only three pillars, making it appear as if the building is floating. At the museum's heart is a 60,280-sq.-ft. (5,600 sq m) exhibition hall housing around 80 cars - some of them are still used for racing - along with numerous smaller exhibits on all things Porsche...
...potentially devastating consequences of getting laid off in Asia puts pressure on companies and governments to minimize pink slips. In India, the central government took control of IT outsourcing firm Satyam Computer Services in January after the revelation of a $1.6 billion fraud, in part to maintain the company's 53,000-strong workforce. A government-appointed board of directors is looking to sell the company. "Our top priority is to protect the jobs of the software professionals," announced Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, chief minister of the state of Andhra Pradesh, where Satyam is based. In October, Indian airline Jet Airways...