USDA reserve to accept 3.9 million acres - Des Moines Register
26 May 2012, 3:10 am
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Friday it would accept 3.9 million acres into its popular federal program that pays farmers and ranchers for taking environmentally sensitive land out of production. The USDA said the acres ...

'million Miler' sues United over perk reduction - Orlando Sentinel
26 May 2012, 1:01 am
A Chicago frequent flier is suing United Airlines for taking away some of his lifetime perks as a so-called million Miler, someone who has flown 1 million miles with the airline. George Lagen of Chicago claims United breached a contract with him ...

AP source: Montero gets 5-year, $60 million deal - YAHOO!
25 May 2012, 10:24 pm
PHOENIX (AP) A person with knowledge of the situation said the Arizona Diamondbacks and catcher Miguel Montero have agreed to a five-year, $60 million contract on Friday. The person asked not to be identified because the agreement had not officially been ...

Average CEO pay broke record at $9.6 million in 2011 - Dallas Morning News
25 May 2012, 9:33 pm
NEW YORK — Profits at big U.S. companies broke records last year, and so did pay for CEOs. The head of a typical public company made $9.6 million in 2011, according to an analysis by The Associated Press using data from Equilar, an executive ...

Facebook market makers' losses at least $100 million - Reuters
25 May 2012, 4:04 pm
(Reuters) - Claims by four of Wall Street's main market makers against Nasdaq over Facebook's botched IPO are likely to exceed $100 million, as they and other traders continue to deal with thousands of problems with customer orders. A technical ...

Apple's Tim Cook forgoes $75-million in quarterly stock dividends - Los Angeles Times
25 May 2012, 3:00 pm
Apple Inc. announced that Chief Executive Tim Cook would be passing up on $75 million by not participating in the Cupertino, Calif., company's quarterly dividends. With the company set to start giving out a quarterly dividend of $2.65 a share by ...

Intel funnels $40 million into global network of research laboratories - engadget
24 May 2012, 10:03 pm
Like any tech company worth its weight in silicon, Intel puts plenty of cash into research, often partnering with outside labs and schools that are less concerned with turning every project into a multi-billion dollar product. After throwing $30 ...

Staff bled $44 million in gifts from heiress Huguette Clark, suit says - msnbc.com
24 May 2012, 6:54 am
NEW YORK — The nurses, doctors, hospital, attorney and accountant for the reclusive heiress Huguette Clark coerced or influenced her to give them more than $44 million in gifts, the executor of her estate claimed in a remarkable legal petition ...

At $25 million, a Record Sale in Miami Beach - New York Times
23 May 2012, 12:29 am
A MEMBER of the family that controls the German shoe company Birkenstock has sold a triplex penthouse in the South Beach section of Miami Beach for $25 million, a record price for a Miami-area apartment, eclipsing the previous record of $21.5 ...

Sue Paterno receives $13.4 million for Joe Pa’s pension - YAHOO!
22 May 2012, 2:28 pm
Four months after Joe Paterno died due to complications from lung cancer, his widow, Sue, will start receiving a state pension of $13.4 million for her husband's 61-year coaching career at Penn State. Paterno was fired from Penn State in early November for ...