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Singapore Family Feud

WSJ.com 

The city-state’s reputation for meritocracy comes under attack from an unexpected source.



Mayor de Blasio, Hillary Clinton ripped for racist joke

«New York Daily News» 

In a skit at Saturday night’s Inner Circle show, Clinton joined de Blasio on stage as a surprise guest and ribbed him for his long-delayed endorsement of her presidential campaign.

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff is freezing his salary after hearing complaints about his $40 million pay (CRM)

BusinessInsider.com 

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Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff's base salary will remain flat this year after hearing complaints from some investors about his hefty compensation package last year.

In a proxy statement filed on Monday, Salesforce disclosed that Benioff's base salary will remain at $1.55 million this year. The change was made in response to hearing "concerns regarding quantum of total CEO pay," it said.

Benioff also took a 16% cut in his total compensation package last year, the filing said. Читать дальше...

More than 400 protestors were arrested at the US Capitol

BusinessInsider.com 

Associated Press/J. Scott Applewhite

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hundreds of protesters flocked to the U.S. Capitol Monday for a demonstration against the role of money in politics, prompting arrests of more than 400 by the Capitol police force.

The demonstration was part of a series of "Democracy Spring" protests planned in Washington this week by a coalition of groups.

The demonstrators chanted slogans like "one person, one vote" and "money out of politics" as they sat on the East Front of the Capitol. Читать дальше...

News of the Day From Across the Nation, April 12

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

Fifteen former American Bar Association presidents are urging Republicans to consider President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee. The spacecraft — responsible for detecting thousands of planets beyond our solar system — slipped into emergency mode last week nearly 75 million miles from Earth. Ground controllers managed to stabilize the probe, and NASA announced the good news Monday. “It was the quick response and determination of the engineers throughout the weekend that led to the recovery,” mission... Читать дальше...

Drug companies are winning big from 'off-label' marketing

BusinessInsider.com 

Reuters/Srdjan Zivulovic

There was a time when major pharmaceutical companies were buffeted with harsh civil and criminal penalties for marketing their drugs for purposes other than approved by the Food and Drug Administration.

Among the more celebrated cases involving the “off-label” promoting and sale of drugs for questionable or unauthorized use: Eli Lilly agreed to pay $1.4 billion in January 2009 for promoting the anti-psychotic drug Zyprexa for behavioral problems among children and the elderly. Читать дальше...

Xavier ex-assistant coach found not guilty of sex abuse

«Gazette Times» (gazettetimes.com) 

COVINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A former Xavier University women's basketball assistant coach who was accused of groping a player was acquitted of misdemeanor charges on Monday.

Xavier ex-assistant coach found not guilty of sex abuse

«La Crosse Tribune» (lacrossetribune.com) 

COVINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A former Xavier University women's basketball assistant coach who was accused of groping a player was acquitted of misdemeanor charges on Monday.





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