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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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perk stories: 2 news summaries

Google Cuts Back on Its
Food Perks

Problems in the kitchen will send employees home for dinner

Aug 25, 08 12:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Life at the Googleplex just got a little less delicious. Google is cutting back on its famously generous food benefits, taking free dinners and free snacks off the menu, Valleywag reports. It’s a surprising change, since Google has milked its cafeteria for publicity, and recently told shareholders to expect... More »

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food • Google • perk • benefits • cafeteria

Feds Fly 1st Class on Your Dime

$146M wasted in premium travel

Oct 3, 07 9:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Federal employees wasted $146 million in a single year flying business or first class, according to a government investigation. Some 67% of premium-class travel is unauthorized or unnecessary, and the biggest abusers are Pentagon, Justice and State Department officials, according to a report by the Government Accountability Office. More »

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Pentagon • Department of Justice • State Department • Liberia • Government Accountability Office • federal employees • premium class travel • first class • business class • perk • Department of Agriculture

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