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Or some such reasoning, if such a thing (reasoning) can be said to apply to French workers and politics. I’ve blogged before about how terminated French employees will often hold their bosses hostage until a more suitable severance package is offered. As it turns out, “more suitable” has now been defined as 30,000 euros ($53,000) [...]

Drug manufacturer Pfizer has launched a program called Maintain to provide free prescription drugs to laid-off Americans who lack insurance. Powerhouse drugs like Lipitor, Norvasc, Caduet and, yes, Viagra, are on the list, though you might be hard pressed to make a medical necessity case for the latter. Cynics will counter that it’s all “great [...]

According to Vault’s Office Romance Survey, the answer is no. More people are playing office romances closer to the vest in these tough economic times, no doubt fearful they could be escorted out the office door instead of into the boudoir. However, good times or bad, those cheatin’ hearts (and other body parts) do indeed [...]

In their own words:

Betraying its own selfish interests in trying to castrate business owners when it comes to union organizing, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is now employing the very tactics it wants to outlaw for employers. The Los Angeles Times reports that the SEIU in California is blocking elections at hospitals, nursing homes and other health [...]

Sir Luke Fildes lost his eldest son Phillip on Christmas Eve 1877 while a doctor spent a compassionate vigil at the child’s side. In commemoration, Sir Fildes painted “The Doctor” (above) in 1891 to depict “the physician in our time.” This same painting was used by the American Medical Association (AMA) in 1949 to stop [...]

We can be grateful to Twitter for bringing us the truth out of Iran in the ongoing civil unrest, but at least one unspecified firm has seen fit to warn against using Twitter–if the fire alarm goes off:

Back in January (I can’t believe this year is already almost half over!) I read and reported on a book entitled Good to Great, which offered case studies on firms that rose to the top in their field, including Circuit City and Fannie Mae. Of course, we all know what happened to those two entities. [...]

Actually, I’m not sure if what I’m going to write about has anything to do with either stress or global economic blues, but it must be indicative of something. (Now, I know I should be writing about Government Motors and the new Pelosi GTX, or even about health care deform, but this looked too good [...]

It was kind of hard to capture what I’m trying to say in one short headline (title), but basically the trial lawyers of America are going around knocking on the doors of statehouses and legislators everywhere to expand liability laws, so they can rack up increased litigation–and paychecks. It’s what Tiger Joyce of The Metropolitan [...]