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By Michael SchererMay 22, 2014 6:04 AM EDTThe latest fireball erupted alongside the parki stanley cup ng lot of a children museum in Lynchburg, Va., a near worst-case scenario for the feds scrambling to get a handle on the nation new danger: oil tankers that detonate like bombs when they slide from the tracks.America rails are teeming with black gold these days, and as accidents from Canada to Alabama have shown, this new cargo, largely from the Bakken reserves of North Dakota, has an alarming tendency to ignite. Most of it is carried in tank cars that have been deemed unsafe for the task, and federal rulemaking that will mandate changes is months from completion. In the meantime, railroads have adopted some voluntary measures, like reducing speeds and rerouting trains from urban areas, while the oil industry has cautioned against any new rules that impose too high a cost on the booming sector.Luckily, no one was hurt in the April 30 Virginia accident; the museum was evacuated safely and is open for business. But for the millions of Americans who live and work near the nation tracks, the danger remains.More Must-Reads from TIMEHow the Economy is Doing in the Swing StatesHarris Battles For the Bro VoteOur Guide stanley cup to Voting in the 2024 ElectionMel Rob stanley cup bins Will Make You Do ItWhy Vinegar Is So Good for YouYou Dont Have to Dread the End of Daylight SavingThe 20 Best Halloween TV Episodes of All TimeMeet TIMEs Newest Class of Next Generation LeadersContact us Dddj 25 Quotes That Will Take You Inside the Mind of Elon Musk
Angela Ahrendts, senior vice president of retail and online stores at Apple Inc., right, and employees look on before opening the doors to the company s George Street store for the sales launch of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus in Sydney on Sept. 19, 2014.Lisa Maree Williams鈥擝loomberg/Getty ImagesBy Victor LuckersonJanuary 23, 2015 10:53 AM ESTHow much does Apple care about its retail stores Enough to pay more than $70 million to the woman heading them up, making her the highest-paid exec at the company.Apple revealed in an SEC filin af1 g Thursday that new hire Angela Ahrendts earned $73.4 million in 2014, almost all of it in stock awards. Ahrendts, the former CEO of Burberry, joined Apple in May as the senior vice president for retail and online stores.In the f air max 1 iling, Apple explained Ahrendts ; sky-high paycheck. The recr adidas campus uitment of Ms. Ahrendts provided an extraordinary addition to the Companyrsquo executive team with the experience and ability to lead both the retail and online businesses, Apple wrote. In determining her transition package, the Compensation Committee considered Ms. Ahrendtsrsquo; compensation arrangement at Burberry and the amounts that she was expected to receive in future years. At the time, Ms. Ahrendts was among the highest paid executives in the U.K. and held unvested Burberry equity awards with a value of approximately $37 million.Part of the reason Applersquo been so generous to Ahrendts is because her job extends |
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