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4:21 am
Tue May 8, 2012

Business News

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Originally published on Tue May 8, 2012 6:41 am

The resignation came after shareholder's rejected an $8 million pay package for Andrew Moss. Aviva is the fourth major British company in recent weeks to have executive pay rejected by shareholders.

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4:19 am
Tue May 8, 2012

Mortgage Update

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Bank of America is offering to reduce an average $150,000 in principal for borrowers who qualify, a bank official says.
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Originally published on Tue May 8, 2012 9:03 am

Bank of America is offering about 200,000 homeowners a chance to wipe out a big chunk of their mortgage debt. The offers are part of the settlement Bank of America and other major banks reached with state and federal regulators earlier this year, and it's one of the biggest principal forgiveness opportunities so far.

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4:19 am
Tue May 8, 2012

The Last Word In Business

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Originally published on Tue May 8, 2012 6:41 am

Beatles tunes are very hard to license — the surviving band members and heirs have been choosy about who can play their songs. AMC's Mad Men made the cut. For a reported $250,000, the show was allowed to pay "Tomorrow Never Knows."

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4:19 am
Tue May 8, 2012

What Hollande's Anti-Austerity Rhetoric Means

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Originally published on Tue May 8, 2012 6:41 am

Socialist Francois Hollande won the French presidency over the weekend, in large part due to his pledge to push for growth and battle the German-led austerity approach to Europe's fiscal problems. But what does that pledge mean in practical terms?

Theater
2:16 am
Tue May 8, 2012

A Test Of Hearts, Minds And 'Hands On A Hardbody'

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Hands on a Hardbody
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The cast of Hands on a Hardbody keep one hand on the prized truck while in rehearsal for the musical's premiere. It runs from April 27 to June 17.
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Hands on a Hardbody adapts a 1997 documentary about a competition at a Texas car dealership: The last person standing with a hand on the fully loaded truck wins. Keala Settle, Hunter Foster and Keith Carradine each play a character with something to prove.
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Co-composer Trey Anastasio of the band Phish (right) and director Neil Pepe at a rehearsal for the show.
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David Larsen plays a former Marine drawing strength from his training to endure the contest. The musical explores what drives each character to be there and stay through the ordeal.
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Originally published on Wed May 9, 2012 3:04 pm

About 20 years ago, a Texas car dealership started a competition: Contestants had to keep one hand on a brand-new, fully loaded truck; the last person standing got to keep it.

It may not seem like a gripping drama, but it was the subject of a 1997 documentary. And now, it's the basis of a musical.

It's called Hands on a Hardbody, and that hardbody is, yes, the truck. At a rehearsal at the La Jolla Playhouse in California, it's on casters so the actors can spin it around the stage.

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