The Indelible Bonobo Experience

Combining private-sector pay figures from the Federation of European Employers, a trade group, with data on the average hours worked per week (only data for the whole economy were available) gives the approximate number of days needed for employees to match their bosses’ hourly stipends. The pay gap between the top brass and the lowliest worker is generally greatest in former Soviet countries—and Spain and Italy. The disparity is smallest in Nordic countries, and in Switzerland, where presumably everyone is paid well. But how many hours does a chief executive work? (via Daily chart: A week’s wages | The Economist)

“I didn’t say anything,” said Bos, who testified that her then-boyfriend was drunk at the time. “He was actually down on one knee and then fell over and passed out.” The witness denied that she and Hoy were ever officially engaged. She said Hoy bought her a “little shell ring” at a gift shop the following day, but she wore it on her right hand. Bos was a rising star in General Motors management when she began a romantic relationship with Hoy, a former union leader at the Oshawa plant. The 45-year-old mother of two is accused of setting a fire in Hoy’s home in Courtice in June 2009. She has pleaded not guilty to arson and mischief. (via Toronto News: GM manager denies engagement to lover whose home she’s accused of torching - thestar.com)

When she couldn’t make the front page of business press, she settled for tabloids, methinx.

• On the final day of evidence, Crown attorney David Parke grilled Bos about the details of her romance with Hoy.Central to the Crown’s case against Bos is the argument that she was living a double life — hiding the ongoing affair with Hoy from her husband as she led Hoy to believe her husband was dead.
• Court heard that Hoy gave Bos a “real ring” several weeks after the Cuba trip and announced their engagement to a large group of friends at his retirement party. Bos admitted these things were true but said that in private discussions it was understood they were not engaged.
• Parke questioned Bos about Hoy’s will, which refers to her as his fiancée and names her as his sole beneficiary.She admitted that Hoy had given her a copy of the will after it was drafted, but said she never read it.