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Aug 1, 2007 4:54 PM CDT

Wal-Mart Mexico Pays Teen Baggers Nada

Retail giant calls young, uncompensated workers 'volunteers'

(Newser) - Wal-Mart has 4,300 teenagers bagging merchandise for free in its Mexican stores, Newsweek reports. The retail giant isn't doing anything illegal, since the kids aren't technically workers but "volunteers" who donate their time in exchange for gratuities from customers. But labor activists say the notoriously bottom-line-minded company is...

In Workplace, Haggling Widens Gender Gap

Jul 30, 2007 5:00 PM CDT

In Workplace, Haggling Widens Gender Gap

Study shows women's smoother elbows may be holding them back

(Newser) - Women are less likely to initiate negotiations for promotions and raises, which may help explain salary and career gaps between the genders, according to new research. "There is an economic rationale to negotiate, but you have to weigh that against social risks of negotiating,"' one researcher says....

Polamalu Now Best-Paid Steeler

Jul 24, 2007 6:27 AM CDT

Polamalu Now Best-Paid Steeler

Versatile, soft-spoken safety inks five-year, $33M contract

(Newser) - Troy Polamalu became the highest-paid Steeler and the top-earning safety in the league yesterday, signing a five-year extension on the first day of Steelers training camp. The mild-mannered Samoan-American's ability to line up at multiple positions, knack for reading defenses, and wacky free-wheeling mentality have made him the lynchpin of...

World's 10 Best-Paid
Stick Figures

Jul 19, 2007 7:51 PM CDT

World's 10 Best-Paid Stick Figures

Supermodels rake it in, manicured hand over pedicured foot

(Newser) - Models are no longer glorified clotheshangers but celebs in their own right, with movie deals, famous beaux, and even their own product lines. These 10 mannequins, listed with their earnings over the past year, have turned looking pretty into a multimillion-dollar business:

Gisele Bundchen, $33 million
Kate Moss, $9 million

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Former Exec Rails on Paydays

May 17, 2007 2:22 PM CDT

Former Exec Rails on Paydays

(Newser) - Former Goldman Sachs chairman John Whitehead is appalled by Wall Street's salary binge, and he wants his ex-employer to snap out of it. In an ornery interview with Bloomberg News, Whitehead, who ran the company from 1976 to 1984, says hedge funds sparked the rush toward obscene paydays but Goldman...