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...That could be a problem under Federal Election Commission regulations, which bar a candidate from being paid by corporations, universities or labor unions for campaign events. The payment -$25,000 in the case of Midwestern State - could be considered an illegal contribution to Clark's nascent campaign if the FEC found that the speech and related activity dealt with his candidacy in any but the most incidental of ways, said veteran campaign finance lawyer Ken Gross. The potential problem first surfaced in a Washington Post story Wednesday about a speech Clark made at DePauw University in Indiana on Sept...
...with pride, Larson says, "I just like to feel the weight. It's a 20-pounder, Mom! It can alternate as a murder weapon." He says there's not much profit in it for him, despite the fact that, as he says, at $135, it costs about one car payment. "It's just a very cool thing for a cartoonist to have. It's my death book...
...return for this equal payment, America can guarantee no more than equal opportunity to each of its citizens. The government has no right to alter the socio-economic progression of the nation after the free-market ball has been set rolling. Once there is equal opportunity, the government cannot take into its own hands the responsibility of creating equal social outcomes...
...seen as a guarantor of the country's social-welfare system. But when Statoil tried to expand its shrinking domestic business by looking for gas in Iran, it ran into trouble. In mid-September, economic-crime police raided the company's Stavanger headquarters; they believe a $15 million payment to the Swiss bank account of a consulting firm may have been a bribe destined for Iranian officials. Three top executives of Statoil - chairman Leif Terje Loeddesoel, CEO Olav Fjell (inset above) and executive vice president Richard J. Hubbard - have resigned under pressure because of the growing scandal...
...method of payment is causing trouble for cash-strapped Harvard employees who may need the money in order to take vacations at all, one union official said Friday...