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April 16, 2012 Edition

New east-west highway proposal renews an old debate with refocused financing

It seems simple: The shortest distance between two points is a straight line.

Today's Poll

Does your company plan to give out a year-end bonus?
Poll Description

We've all worked at places where the annual bonus was a turkey, gas card or holiday jar of marmalade.

But most companies acknowledge the need to recognize hard-working employees with something more "liquid," as in cash.

HR Dive, citing a survey by the e-commerce firm Agital, estimated last week that 3-in-5 workers expect to get some kind of year-end bonus, and 42% said they expect a cash bonus.

The stakes are high for employers: About a third of workers surveyed, 34%, said without a bonus, they'd consider looking for another job. 

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