Pay
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Business
Musk’s Friends and Fans Applaud Shareholder Vote on His Payday
On the social media platform X, which Mr. Musk owns, reactions to a vote that reaffirmed Mr. Musk’s $45 billion package were buoyant.
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World
Restore Elon Musk (and Tesla) to Greatness
Elon Musk is not just another inconsequential Silicon Valley billionaire. Most of his inconsequential peers have two primary accomplishments: showing up at the right place at the right time and being sufficiently arrogant to continue the course ...
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World
Are American Workers’ Wages Really Lagging Productivity?
It’s become conventional wisdom in some circles that sometime in the 1970s, the link between pay and productivity broke. Workers’ productivity kept rising, but their inflation-adjusted pay did not. “The divergence between the two trends suggests that ...
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Business
The Sky’s the Limit for C.E.O. Pay
With new executive pay disclosures, the big picture is still riches at the top and lagging wages for most of the rank-and-file, our columnist says.
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Business
‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ Borrowers Get More Safeguards With New Rule
Shoppers who use the popular installment loans will be guaranteed some of the same consumer protections that traditional credit cards provide.
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World
Owner and Manager of Grimaldi’s Pizzeria Plead Guilty to Wage Theft
The owner, Anthony Piscina, 63, and the manager, Frank Santora, 71, pleaded guilty to stealing more than $32,000 in wages from 18 employees.
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World
Ted Cruz Has Some Strong Opinions About College Sports
College sports bring in billions of dollars in revenue every year, but until very recently virtually none of it went to athletes. In 2021, the Supreme Court ruled in N.C.A.A. v. Alston that student athletes should be able to profit from their names ...
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Business
Are University Athletes About to Earn a Big Payday?
A $2.8 billion class-action settlement proposal could finally erase the notion that college stars are amateurs — though the plan has drawn skeptics.
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World
The Gender Pay Gap Is a Culture Problem
American women made significant progress toward closing the gender pay gap in the second half of the 20th century, but that gap has barely budged over the past two decades. In 2022, according to Pew Research, “American women typically earned 82 cents ...
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Real Estate
My Co-op Neighbor Never Pays His Maintenance on Time. Can We Make Him?
State law currently allows co-ops to charge up to 8 percent of the monthly cost as a late fee. But there are exceptions.