So will giving shareholders increased authority over executive pay serve as a brake on bosses remuneration, or will this reform just give politicians and the public someone else to curse as and when the chief executive of a mediocre company pockets millions?

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The talk in the market was of mergers, either with Royal Bank of Scotland or with Bank of Scotland, and of Barclays' inheriting their bosses as part of the deal.

ECONOMIST: British banks

To get as far as a jury trial, your wife would need to show evidence that her former bosses had discriminatory motives such as any remarks they made to her or others about her pregnancy, or the fact they bypassed laying off less-productive or -qualified workers in order to target her, he says.

WSJ: Pregnant and Laid Off

Flasks come in flavors outside of health and mana as well, allowing players to tailor their flask rack to take on specific elemental bosses or challenges.

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The boards of such firms should ask themselves whether their bosses are stars like Mr Goizueta, or tyrants like Armand Hammer, who ruled Occidental Petroleum as his fief into his 90s.

ECONOMIST: Firing the boss

But male bosses were much more severe than women: they were three times as likely to suspend or sack a subordinate, and only half as likely to give merely an oral wigging.

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