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AQ and Algeria
UPI – AQ now has another gateway to Africa and the rest of the world as well as someone to outsource training to: Deputy al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri said in a video that the terrorist organization has joined forces with … Continue reading
Counterinsurgency Manual
NYT – A good article on the new counterinsurgency manual being put together. It looks to be littered with 4GW bullet points: “The more force used, the less effective it is,” it notes. “The more you protect your force, the … Continue reading
Another Attempt On Musharraf
Reuters (NYT) – Apparently Musharraf’s retreat isn’t going fast enough for the forces arrayed against him – Pakistani police defused two rockets attached to mobile phones near Parliament in the capital Islamabad on Thursday, the morning after a blast in … Continue reading
More On CEO Compensation
INFORMS – A new study says that if a CEO’s pay is bloated, the rest of the upper division managers will be bloated as well. However, the researchers found that CEO pay has direct consequences for compensation at lower employee … Continue reading
CEO’s And The Ivy League
WSJ – Some 10% of CEOs currently heading the top 500 companies received undergraduate degrees from Ivy League colleges, according to a survey by executive recruiter Spencer Stuart. But more received their undergraduate degrees from the University of Wisconsin than … Continue reading