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added 2007 Sat May 19 8:28:37 by bubba2
It's worth noting that President Bush's threat to veto a 3.5 percent pay raise for U.S. soldiers fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan came just two days before Armed Forces Day (May 19), the "single holiday for citizens to come together and thank our military members for their patriotic service in support of our country."
added 2007 Thu May 17 5:04:31 by bubba2
Troops don't need bigger pay raises, White House budget officials said Wednesday in a policy statement laying out objections to the House version of the 2008 defense authorization bill. They said the administration strongly opposes both the 3.5% raise for 2008 and the follow-on increases, calling extra pay increases "unnecessary".
added 2007 Tue May 15 9:56:50 by STONERS
Whatever the approach, people across the region are responding to the higher cost of gas, which last week topped $3 a gallon for regular unleaded.
added 2007 Mon May 14 19:24:20 by STONERS
Gas prices vary widely across the USA. There are several reasons for the disparity, including competition, taxes, gasoline blends, distance from refineries and even land values. Nationwide, the average price for regular gasoline on Friday was $3.042 per gallon, up fractionally from the previous day, according to motorist club AAA.
added 2007 Thu May 10 8:29:59 by STONERS
A nearly $10 million eBay bid for a car made famous by "The Dukes of Hazzard" seems to have vanished faster than the Duke boys escaping from the sheriff.
added 2007 Thu Apr 19 21:03:34 by STONERS
The Pentagon says it has enough money to pay for the Iraq war through June, despite warnings from the White House that troops are being harmed by Congress ' failure to quickly deliver more funds.
added 2007 Thu Apr 19 7:35:50 by TechnologyExpert
A deputy to Paul Wolfowitz urged the World Bank chief on Wednesday to resign in the interests of the institution during a meeting of the bank's management, sources who participated in the meeting said. The sources told Reuters that World Bank Managing Director Graeme Wheeler, a bank veteran named by Wolfowitz as one of his two deputies a year ago,
added 2007 Fri Apr 13 5:44:45 by TechnologyExpert
Paul D. Wolfowitz's tenure as president of the World Bank was thrown into turmoil on Thursday by the disclosure that he had helped arrange a pay raise for his companion at the time of her transfer from the bank to the State Department, where she remained on the bank payroll.
added 2007 Tue Apr 10 19:05:49 by Wil
There's been a lot of ballyhoo lately about ballooning executive pay, so here's a look at how CEO incomes rose over the years in relation to Joe Blow's paycheck. It looks like while CEO pay rose 298.2% by 2005, and corporate profits by 106.7%, the average worker pay has only risen by 4.3%

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added 2007 Sat Mar 24 11:31:19 by _kam0_
Home Depot salesclerks get about $8-$10 an hour for lifting heavy objects and running around the floor all day with no tips while its departed CEO got $210 million bonus for sinking the value of the company's stock.
added 2007 Fri Mar 16 22:30:04 by STONERS
Two senators who watched Khalid Sheikh Mohammed confess to planning the Sept. 11 attacks and other plots said Friday that his allegations of mistreatment by U.S. captors should be taken seriously and investigated.
added 2007 Fri Mar 16 15:00:47 by ochs
If a diamond is forever, women want to make sure they get the right one and many of them are willing to help pay for it. WomensWallStreet.com yesterday announced the results of its annual Engagement Ring Survey, which found that 39 percent of single women said they plan to pitch in for their ring, up from 28 percent in the 2005 survey.
added 2007 Tue Mar 13 12:21:05 by pagey
Canadian Auto Workers members at Chrysler Group's Brampton plant near Toronto changed course Sunday, overwhelmingly voting to accept a pay cut and the outsourcing of jobs in hopes of ensuring that the facility not only remains open but also is expanded.
added 2007 Fri Mar 9 14:30:47 by okitech
The music industry is asking 50 Ohio University students to pay $3,000 each to avoid lawsuits accusing them of pirating songs off the Internet
added 2007 Fri Feb 23 3:58:46 by pagey
Genteel and old-fashioned Wimbledon discarded one of its longest traditions unequal pay. The All England Club yielded to 21st century realities Thursday, agreeing to pay women the same as men and falling in line with the other Grand Slam tournaments.
added 2007 Sat Feb 10 1:04:34 by okitech
BBC journalists and technical staff are to stage a 24-hour strike in a row over jobs which threatens to disrupt radio and TV news programmes, unions announced. Members of Bectu and the National Union of Journalists will walk out on February 26 after votes in favour of industrial action.
added 2007 Wed Feb 7 21:36:13 by moemebe
With its blood-red walls and black leather sofas, Kirkland's Terra Bite Lounge looks like any other coffee shop - until you get to the menu. There are no prices listed. Terra Bite doesn't have them. You read that right: No prices. Customers pay what and when they like, or not at all - it makes no difference to the cafe employees...
added 2007 Mon Feb 5 19:06:18 by STONERS
Turner Broadcasting Systems and Interference Inc. have agreed to pay $2 million for a Cartoon Network advertising campaign that caused a widespread bomb scare, the attorney general said Monday.
added 2007 Thu Feb 1 20:26:31 by unknown user
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added 2007 Tue Jan 23 11:57:13 by Spadecaller
The annual jousting over federal pay has begun. Hoyer, in a statement released with the letter, said he was "very disappointed" by this year's "inadequate raise of only 2.2 percent, the lowest increase in nearly 20 years."
added 2007 Wed Jan 10 21:12:42 by vidsnice
It's educational video as they say in the video *smiles*. But yes, it's working at some extent as I found out.. but did not get much time to look into it. Probably you can give it a try using 2-3 adult pay websites. Check out full video to get the instructions.
added 2006 Mon Aug 21 2:19:21 by macmee
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