Dec 1st, 2008 · This year marks the 25th anniversary of R.E.M.'s debut full-length album, Murmur. The band is marking the occasion with a remastered version of the record, which includes a bonus live concert of R.E.M. performing in 1983. The Decemberists are also back with a collection of new singles. Always The Bridesmaid features seven new songs the band is releasing in three installments, on vinyl and as digital downloads but not as CDs.
Keywords: CD · anniversary · songs · concert · album · Vinyl · R.E.M · remastering · downloads · reissues · digital · Bonus
Nov 29th, 2008 · Employees of the Peer Bearing Co., which makes ball bearings outside Chicago, are getting a healthy year-end bonus, thanks to the family owners who sold the company to a Swedish firm.
Keywords: company · Chicago · workers · employees · Family · bonuses · Swedish · Healthy · Bonus · Peer Bearing Co
Aug 28th, 2008 · There must have been a giddy moment in a Chinese factory that makes iPhones. A British customer bought a phone from the factory and found that it had already been used. Three pictures on the phone show a smiling factory worker. She's wearing a pink striped outfit and white gloves with yellow fingertips. The customer posted the photos on a Web site. The hundreds of comments include: "She is so fired."
Keywords: China · British · workers · picture · photo · customer · factory · buyers · gloves · Bonus · fingertips · IPhone
Feb 5th, 2008 · The Army will soon run radio ads that trumpet a new recruiting bonus program: $40,000 for five years of active duty. The program is aimed at recruiting traditional high school diploma graduates -- as opposed to GED recipients -- because, the Army says, grads stay in the Army longer.
Keywords: army · schools · Ad · Traditional · recruiting · recipient · graduate · trumpeter · Grad · Bonus · diplomas · Hs
Dec 24th, 2007 · Goldman Sach's CEO Lloyd Blankfein receives the biggest bonus ever awarded to a Wall Street CEO. The bonus: $67.9 million. Goldman Sachs managed to avoid the mistakes that cost other financial institutions and ended 2007 with record gains.
Keywords: financial · 2007 · CEO · institutional · Bonus · Goldman · Goldman Sachs · 679M · Goldman Sach · CEO Lloyd Blankfein · Wall Street CEO
Nov 28th, 2007 · Some of the Army's best captains are getting out of the war in Iraq. They are tired of long deployments and the strain on their families. But in hopes of getting captains to re-enlist for another three years, the military is offering a $35,000 bonus.
Keywords: Iraq · military · army · captain · families · Bonus · Struggle
Jun 12th, 2007 · Argo, the new watchdog patrolling museums in Turin, Italy, is a robot. The programmed pup is decked out in cameras and signaling devices to help guards catch a thief. A bonus: his electronic nose can also detect changes in light and humidity that could hurt precious paintings.
Keywords: Turin · Italian · Cameras · electronics · watchdog · museum · Robot · Bonus · thief · puppy · humidity · Argos
Apr 6th, 2007 · It's been a big week for U.S. automakers, with news ranging from plunging sales to an astonishing bonus for Ford's CEO. Where is the auto industry headed?
Keywords: industry · Automakers · auto · CEO · plunges · Bonus
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