contracts

Apr 16, 2024
At-will employment and creative destruction
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David Brancaccio’s economic lessons from “The League.”
Jul 6, 2018
For American workers, noncompete agreements are pervasive – and might hold down their wages
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You’ll find noncompete agreements where you might not expect. They govern many a low-wage worker, and limit employee mobility in occupations like fitness instructors and hair stylists.
Mar 1, 2018
Pizza Hut is now the official pizza of the NFL
Pizza Hut is replacing Papa John’s, which announced yesterday it was ending its contract with the National Football League. The league’s viewer numbers are down over the last couple of years. And a few months ago, Papa John’s then-CEO John Schnatter blamed players’ kneeling in protest during the national anthem as a big part of […]
Oct 10, 2016
MIT’s Bengt Holmstrom and Harvard’s Oliver Hart win Nobel prize in economics
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The two were awarded for their work on contract theory.
Jun 28, 2016
Brexit could be a goldmine for lawyers
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The legal industry has a lot of fine print to sort through. But the benefits could be short-lived.
Jun 27, 2016
Brexit: Corporations read the fine print
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Contracts often include clauses that say companies don't have to be pursued if circumstances change
Nov 2, 2015
Another reason big companies don’t want you to read the fine print
Companies are using arbitration clauses to keep consumers from filing lawsuits.
Jun 30, 2015
Ex-Im Bank, to reauthorize or not to reauthorize
The Export Import Bank’s charter expires Wednesday at midnight.
Dec 10, 2014
Autoworkers want to make up for long wage freeze
Automakers' profits are up, in part because assembly-line wages are down.
Jun 30, 2014
Your Wallet: Reading the fine print
We're looking for stories when the fine print tripped you up.