GENUINE MERIT PAY FOR TEACHERS.(NEWS)(Editorial)
In many large bureaucracies, public and private, a directive periodically comes down the line. We're going to reward good performance, it says. No more paying people extra just for staying alive another year. And for the next year or two or maybe even three, managers keep records and conduct formal

Publication: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)

Mercury Money: Confusing jumble of good deals.
HOW do you smell a rat when a bargain or great opportunity is dangled in front of you? Many people rely on the generalisation If it looks too good to be true, it probably is . But generalisations allow for exceptions and some promising opportunities can be genuine. Take the humble jumble or car

Publication: Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)

Memo to Washington: Give us our money back
Do you realize that you've got a better chance of winning a Powerball jackpot these days than getting a tax cut from the Clinton-Gore administration? Sad, but true. Why? Because President Clinton and Vice President Al Gore believe that tax cuts are "irresponsible" and "time bombs" that will explode

Publication: Chicago Sun-Times

profit from your holiday Take a break and make money. Sounds impossible? Anthea Masey rounds up good investment holiday homes worldwide
THE clever idea would be to buy a home in the sun for your holidays which you could also rent out so that it would pay your running costs, make a profit and at the end of the day be sold at a profit. Such a place has never been easy to find but as more resorts worldwide see the sense of offering

Publication: Evening Standard - London

So who is holding all the cards? Money Mail.
Byline: LIZ PHILLIPS ARE you a Marks & Spencer fanatic or a John Lewis Partnership devotee? Britain's best-loved stores are now competing head to head in the credit card market. Just six months after M&S launched its &more credit card amid a blaze of publicity, John Lewis brings out its

Publication: The Daily Mail (London, England)

The marathon's genuine hero... Today's big race winner could collect [pound]228,000. Fred Norris never earned a penny out of running.
Byline: PATRICK COLLINS SHORTLY after nine o'clock this morning, in a small town in Lancashire, an elderly couple will settle down in front of the television to watch the London Marathon. The man will study the race with the shrewdness of an expert and the passion of a fan. The woman will be less

Publication: The Mail on Sunday (London, England)