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House Panel Approves New Rules on Executive Pay

WASHINGTON — Marking an important victory for the White House, a congressional committee approved on Tuesday legislation closely resembling the Obama administration’s proposal that attempts to impose new restraints on executive pay. The approval by the House Financial Services Committee, on a straight party line vote of 40 to 28, clears the way for the measure to be considered by the full House later this week, where it is likely to be adopted. The bill does not set pay limits.

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House Panel Approves New Rules on Executive Pay

Firefox 4.0: Early Screenshots Released

Mozilla Foundation has put up a page to explore interface changes in Firefox 4.0.

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Firefox 4.0: Early Screenshots Released

Amazon Tribe Already Feels the Pinch From Climate Change & Deforestation

For a really great image of how environmental changes are already affecting people, in fact destroying an entire culture — and no, not in some low-slung Pacific Island — The New York Times has a poignant piece about how the Kamayur