Wednesday, when the House Financial Services Committee hauls in Paulson and Bernanke, expect the hearing to focus on executive compensation and mortgage debt relief.

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Time and again Gates has changed course, shifting from a focus on small schools initially, to testing and a focus on teacher compensation more recently.

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For one thing, women are more motivated by the purpose or meaning of their work than men, who focus more on compensation and their job titles.

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Initially the focus was primarily on executive compensation (largely in response to legislative and regulatory demands).

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The discussions with RUC staff associations, which begin on Tuesday, will focus on the levels of financial compensation to police officers who will be affected by the introduction of a raft of reforms to policing.

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Compensation Committees will continue to focus on pay for performance.

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The issue of compensation for climate losses looks set to become a major focus for negotiations at the conference.

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Accordingly, they generally focus their efforts on attempting to demonstrate that they are entitled to compensation under one of the per se takings rules.

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With Feinberg's focus now on the Gulf of Mexico, let's examine how far compensation practices have come since the financial crisis began, and where they are likely to go.

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