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Buyout...Just Another Word Meaning "Take This Money and Don't Sue Us!"

Stephen Viscusi | Posted 09.19.2009 | Business

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Stephen Viscusi

To me, the words "buyout" and "package" are white-collar slight of hand. It's is a dirty trick of smoke and mirrors.

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Why Employer Relocation Packages Are Becoming As Extinct As Jobs: Times Are a Changing Unless You Work for Oprah That Is!

Stephen Viscusi | Posted 09.13.2009 | Business

Read More: Women in the Workplace, Fired, Relocation Package, Relocation, Buy-Out, Workplace, Ny, Employment, Oprah, Jobs, Buyout, Harpo Productions, Getting Fired, Ibm, Job-Recession, New York, Recession, Armonk, Career Advice, Career, Business News
Stephen Viscusi

Relocation: if you can find it, is almost always worth it.

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Four Christmases: The Humiliation of Explaining Your Unemployment Around the Holiday Table

Stephen Viscusi | Posted 01.01.2009 | Business

Read More: Kwanzaa, Fired, Holidays, Hanukkah, Downsizing, Economy, Four Christmases, Jobs, Buyout, Pink Slip, Layoffs, Unemployment, Viscusi, Christmas, Starbucks, Careers, Resumes, Family, Business News
Stephen Viscusi

Can you imagine having to explain that you're unemployed to the people you see only once a year?

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Merrill Lynch Executive To Get $10 Million Buyout

Reuters | Posted 11.21.2008 | Business

Read More: Bank of America, Merrill Lynch, Golden Parachute, Finance, Economy, Peter Kraus Buyout, Banks, Financial Crisis, Buyout, Peter Kraus, Business News

A top executive at Merrill Lynch & Co Inc (MER.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz), which last month accepted a takeover offer from Bank of Ameri...

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McCain's Social Security Plan Puts Americans at Risk

Ron Grande | Posted 10.25.2008 | Home

Read More: Wall Street Crisis, Social Security, Bush Plan on Social Security, Mccain, Buyout, Social Security Privatization, Bad Debt, Home News
Ron Grande

The current ups and downs in the market have revealed that a social security system with private accounts invested the way McCain suggests would be subject to any volatility in the markets.

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