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30 Mar 2009 21:29

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Biz, U.S.: Now that Rick Wagoner’s resigning, he’s retiring like a bandit

  • $20 million size of the bailout, a.k.a. retirement, that Rick Wagoner’s getting
  • $1 a year amount Wagoner was making before Obama kicked the bum out source

15 Mar 2009 11:46

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Biz: We think we understand this forced entrepreneurship talk

  • If there is a silver lining, the large-scale downsizing from major companies will release a lot of new entrepreneurial talent and ideas — scientists, engineers, business folks now looking to do other things.
  • Mark V. Cannice • Executive director of the entrepreneurship program at the University of San Francisco, on how the economy is making people a bit more creative, building their own businesses, instead of trying to look for work. We kind of did both.  • source