Friday, April 22, 2011

The rich getting richer . . .

"New normal" means Brown Shoe CEO's pay nearly doubles
Brown Shoe's compensation committee declared a "new normal" for compensation practices in 2010, and for Chief Executive Ronald Fromm that meant a near-doubling of total pay.. The biggest increases were in Fromm's annual bonus, which jumped 175 percent to $1.78 million, and in his stock award, which was 184 percent larger at $1.45 million. Fromm also got a salary of $856,500 and his pension rose in value by $917,288. His perquisites included $337,681 worth of personal flights on company planes and $15,697 worth of tax and financial planning services.
www.stltoday.com/.../article_395a155c-677a-11e0-b588-0019...

'Trust' is driving the 'new normal' in communications
Marketing Web
The "new normal" is a term coined by the US Pacific Investment Management company. The same company that tracked the shift in financial markets post the Lehman collapse to one of de-leveraging, tighter controls and less expectation of double-digit ...
Report: Smart-grid apps to revolutionize electricity use
CNET
by Candace Lombardi Get ready for reliable electricity, and an automated world of electronics, appliances, and buildings, to become the new normal. That's the main message in a report released today by GigaOm Pro and Pike Research. ...


RISING STARS: Winter Memories leads strong field at Appalachian Stakes
The Saratogian
Also making her first start since the Juvenile Fillies Turf in the Appalachian is New Normal, who is 2-for-4 lifetime for trainer Mark Frostad. Based out of Woodbine last fall, the daughter of Forestry scored a shape wire-to-wire win in last fall's ...
NHL deal brings Versus to the big time
MarketWatch
Analysts suggest this deal represents the new normal. That's because live TV is far more resistant to being recorded (and commercials being passed over) or watched online than are scripted dramas or sitcoms, which are increasingly being watched later ...

Be 'Alert,' Not Afraid -- Janet Napolitano and America's New Terror Alert System
Fox News
Given Al Qaeda's deadly persistence, an “elevated” threat level, she acknowledges, is the new normal. This, too, is an evolution for the homeland security chief, who refused even to utter the word in her early testimony on Capitol Hill, but who spoke ...
Family's pull brings English teacher across the moat
Shelter Island Reporter
Here full time for only the past several years, although she's summered here since 2003, Lynne and her husband Michael are now part of “the new normal,” working from home or close to it. Michael and his brother Jim settled their parents at Peconic ...


Is Core Investing Dead?
IndexUniverse.com
Do we need to develop new investment frameworks to meet long-term objectives? Do we need to adopt the yet-to-be-proven aggressive trading and market-timing strategies that many are advocating as the “new normal” to meet our investment goals? ...
Why infosys forecast of drop in margins is not bad news
Gerson Lehrman Group
Infosys is showing more aggression in growing their business and at the same time is indicating to its investors that in the new normal, company may have to sacrifice margins to grow more aggressively, especially as for the first time in Infosys' ...
TCS consolidates lead over Infosys in Q4
Livemint
Traditionally, utilization rates beyond the late 70s have been considered far too high and likely impediments to act on new growth opportunities. But according to the company management, this is the new normal and it's quite comfortable operating in ...
iPad use abroad to cost users 1000 times normal rate
T3
Using your iPad or Android tablet abroad this summer could set you back 1000 times your normal rates, new research carried out by Which? has revealed. Whilst consumers are becoming increasingly aware of the roaming fees faced when using their mobile ...
The dollar, less almighty: Big investors see possible long-term currency weakness
Washington Post
Gross said the decline of the dollar is part of a longer-term trend Pimco calls “the new normal.” “We are in this new-normal type of economy in which the developing world is growing at a far faster pace than the developed world,” he said. ...
success stories in a reset world
National Post (registration)
Denise Deveau, Financial Post · Apr. 21, 2011 | Last Updated: Apr. 21, 2011 2:01 PM ET Whether today's businesses are operating in a “new normal” or a “reset” world is an issue that generates considerable debate. At a recent panel discussion at the ...
With Layton surging, pollster sees 'wild ride' ahead
Globe and Mail
“The New Democrats always have difficulty maintaining their support above 20 per cent, at least in the past,” Mr. Nanos said. “So the big question is, is that their new normal? Can they sustain it?” Again it's the regions that tell the story of this ...
Morgan Stanley Clears Low Hurdle
TheStreet.com
Since the credit crisis prompted a host of new regulations, many of which have still to be written, investors and analysts who follow the securities industry have been debating about whether there is "a new normal" for ROE, and, if so, what it is.
Report from Tokyo: Limited Progress
Huffington Post (blog)
Japan and its people are surely in for a difficult spring and summer in which the 'new normal' may last for some time. David Wagner is Director of Crisis Communications for Country Risk Solutions, a political risk consulting firm based in Connecticut. ...
Relax, will travel
Tonawanda News
For her, like many these days, what was supposed to be only the “temporary insanity” of working two jobs to get a financial edge has become the new normal, and in addition to her computer work, she spends hours a day on her feet as an in-class drivers' ...
Rise of Freedom: The Tribeca Film Festival Celebrates Its 10th Edition
Fox News
"It was really about how many people we could get downtown and if we could get people downtown ... then we could have a new kind of normal again." This year's film festival began with an open-air screening of director Cameron Crowe's new documentary, ...
Earnings Season: Are Early Numbers Flashing a Warning Sign?
CBS MoneyWatch.com (blog)
Then, after everything collapsed during the recession, understandably anxious analysts set their bars very, very low, making beat rates in the 70-percent-plus range become sort of the new normal. So how does the current beat rate stack up against all ...
Ed's Notes: The future...how rosy is it?
Marketing Web
Has the "new normal" in communications - with greater accessibility to information in a more open society - in turn created a greater need for trust? FNB has employed an SMS customer education approach in order to relieve some of the financial pressure ...
Managed services helps operators shift emphasis
Global Telecoms Business
The communications industry has settled well into the new normal after the global financial crisis, but in many cases it has cut fat and even some muscle to get into a profitable position. What is the best path forward given the constraints? ...
San Mateo department heads take cuts
San Mateo Daily Journal
The mayor said the city is trying to adjust to a “new normal” as the poor economy has caused a drastic reduction in property and other taxes. “We need to reduce our expectations on what the standards for compensation should be,” Matthews said.
The work of Chris Hondros | 4.20.11
News & Observer
Life in Haiti is transitioning to a new normal nearly two weeks after a powerful earthquake delivered historic damage and death to Port-au-Prince. – Getty Images A boy is crowded between other displaced Haitians during water distribution for earthquake ...


Film, Times & Events: Week of Apr. 21
Good Times
Still, I had a ball in this fourth outing, which seems to deliver a sobering commentary on the state of today's youth and how modern media, social networking and the undying thirst for fame—”sick is the new normal”—have bled the culture dry of real ...
Library budget cuts have book lovers in a bind
Appeal-Democrat
Whether this becomes the "new normal" is unclear. But with state and local funds limited by slow revenue growth and a strong anti-tax climate, public libraries are at a critical juncture. "I think there's going to be some library systems that look very ...
The New Normal
By Caliban
The New Normal. April 21st, 2011 · No Comments · Economy. Every month the media reports that local retail sales have declined 5-6% compared to the previous period a year ago. Blame the limited selection and higher prices of Bermuda ...
Vexed Bermoothes - http://www.vexedbermoothes.com/
$15 wine: the new normal - Los Angeles Times
There are signs the American economy is improving, at least as far as wine shops are concerned. But if you think that means a return to the glory days of ...
articles.latimes.com/2011/.../la-fo-economical-wines-2011041...
Is $4 A Gallon The New Normal? - Matthew de Paula - Auto Insider ...
The average price of gasoline has jumped more than 19 cents in less than a month . Some analysts are wondering how long before $4 a gallon becomes the norm.
blogs.forbes.com/.../2011/04/.../is-4-a-gallon-the-new-normal/
Why Wall Street's New Normal Is a Worry
Goldman Sachs gave investors a peek at the new normal on Wall Street — and many are worried. In some ways, Goldman's latest results looked good. ...
dealbook.nytimes.com/.../goldmans-sluggish-growth-raises-co...
Harsh Times – A New Normal | FINANCIAL SENSE
We have to realize that higher food prices and the resulting civil unrest are not a temporary condition but a New Normal and adjust ourselves accordingly. ...
www.financialsense.com/.../richard.../harsh-times-a-new-norm...
new normal for Detroit
Education reform ideas that stick, from the Thomas B. Fordham Institute.
www.educationgadfly.net/flypaper/.../a-new-normal-for-detroi...
The 'new normal' is inadequate for N.J. schools | NJ.com
By Barbara Buono in·ad·e·quate adj. Not adequate to fulfill a need or meet a requirement; insufficient. The need, in this case, is for each and every one of ...
blog.nj.com/njv.../the_new_normal_is_inadequate_f.html
Harsh Times - A New Normal - International Business Times
Soaring food prices have created instability in countries across Northern Africa and the Middle East- The odds seem in favour of further rises for food ...
www.ibtimes.com/articles/.../harsh-times-a-new-normal.htm
Food Inflation Harsh Times – A New Normal :: The Market Oracle ...
Food Inflation Harsh Times – A New Normal :: The Market Oracle :: Financial Markets Analysis & Forecasting Free Website.
www.themarketoracle.biz/Article27446.html
RealClearPolitics - Jobless Rate Is Not the New Normal
IT takes a while to match people with jobs, so even in normal times the unemployment rate is never zero. Before the recent recession, in the view of many ...
www.realclearpolitics.com/.../jobless_rate_is_not_the_new_no...
The New Normal « From the Scriptorium
The New Normal. April 17, 2011. by Morfudd. I had hoped this whole ordeal of uncertainty would be over by early next week, but that isn't how it is going to ...
woolnest.wordpress.com/2011/04/17/the-new-normal/
The new normal is still here, and here to stay « The Futures Company
The New Normal is firmly embedded: Reflecting the broader economic uncertainty, individuals feel the outlook is gloomy: 25% feel the UK economy is going ...
blog.thefuturescompany.com/.../the-new-normal-is-still-here-a...
Frugal America: The New Normal | IdeaFeed | Big Think
Frugal America: The New Normal. Big Think Editors on April 11, 2011, 5:06 AM ... 4/17, Antidepressants Grow New Brain Cells ...
bigthink.com/ideas/37824
new normal | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
new normal. www.society6.com/studio/studiowillis/New_Normal ... drew bandos · nature works · a new normal · another world · dreams colliding ...
www.flickr.com/photos/bryanwillis/5601651382/
Accepting my new normal
That this new state of being—suspended between badly injured and totally healed— is going to be my new normal for a while. A. Long. While. ...
www.manicmommies.com/index.../accepting-my-new-normal/
new story, a new passion
Curetoday.com (press release) (blog)
Right now, Haleigh's focusing on finishing her treatment and being a young adult cancer advocate as doctors ask her to speak with newly diagnosed patients. And soon, when treatment ends, she will be finding her "new"normal; but her version of normal ...
New Normal - Shiptalk, News, Marine, Maritime, Shipping, Shipping ...
To sum up things, Sand concluded that owners must adjust to the “new normal” to survive and learn to manoeuvre in a new profit environment. ...
www.shiptalk.com/?p=8522

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