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...Geithner's biggest problem - biggest besides the economy, of course - is that any hint of disorder heats up the already simmering public skepticism surrounding him. For many critics, the acknowledgment during his own confirmation process that he failed to pay taxes left two possible conclusions: either Geithner knowingly underpaid, or the man now nominally in charge of the IRS couldn't figure out his own taxes. His first major speech as Treasury Secretary, delivered on Feb. 10 with a focus on how to save America's banks, fell flat in part because he had few details to provide...
...have spiked 33% to $4,000 despite a shrinking prize pool; between food, supplies and preparation, the cost of running the race can reach $30,000. Meanwhile, mushers have griped about the salaries doled out to event executives, which dwarf their own comparatively meager paychecks. "We are the most underpaid professional athletes in the world to do what we do," two-time defending champion Lance Mackey told the Associated Press. "Most people wouldn't even consider it. We are literally working for welfare checks...
...speech on Monday, Huerta echoed the importance of continuing “La Causa”: our work is not yet done. Workers are still being mistreated and underpaid, and the voices of minorities and women are still being marginalized. Fittingly, she ended her speech with two rallying cries for solidarity. The first was a Zulu cry, “Wozani!” (“People together!”), often used in the struggle to end apartheid in South Africa. The second was the traditional UFW chant: “¡Sí Se Puede...
...flexible. Some investment bankers are switching into financial planning or selling insurance. "When those looking for high-end jobs are struggling, they become amazingly tolerant," says Douglas Klein, president of Sirota Survey Intelligence, a New York City--based research firm. "They'll take work for which they're underpaid and overqualified." For some, that flexibility means a willingness to accept a transitional position below the salary they're accustomed to--what's often called a survival or fallback job. Legendary investor Warren Buffett has said he would never take a job he wouldn't want to keep. And he stayed...
...cartels, which run a $25 billion-a-year trafficking industry in Mexico, have also intensified their campaign of co-opting police. Not that Mexico's woefully undertrained and underpaid cops are that hard a mark. But the relentless revelations of the breadth of the corruption - including allegations that officers under Mexico's Public Security Minister, Genaro Garcia Luna, were involved in high-profile kidnappings - seem to make a mockery of Calderón's efforts to stamp it out. "This is Calderón's Iraq," says Sergio Aguayo, a security expert at the Colegio de Mexico in Mexico City...