The Wall Street Journal-20080116-Corrections -amp- Amplifications
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Corrections & Amplifications
The percentage of Brahmin households in India that earned less than $100 a month was about 50% in 2007 and 65% in 2004, according to the Center for the Study of Developing Societies. A Dec. 29 Politics & Economics article about Brahmins failed to note that the study mentioned in the article was from 2007, while the statistics in the accompanying chart were from 2004.
(See: "Politics & Economics: Reversal of Fortune Isolates India's Brahmins" -- WSJ Dec. 29, 2007)
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Former Walt Disney Co. President Michael Ovitz received a $140 million severance package from the company. In Monday's Journal Report on Corporate Governance, a timeline incorrectly gave the figure as $140.
(See: "Corporate Governance (A Special Report): Timeline --- From Teddy Roosevelt to Enron: How corporate governance has evolved over 100 years" -- WSJ Jan. 14, 2008)
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Wilson Chu is a director of the Committee of 100 Inc., a New York- based group that tracks directors of Asian heritage. An article about minority directors in Monday's Corporate Governance report incorrectly identified him as chairman.
(See: "Corporate Governance (A Special Report) --- Some Things Don't Change: Sarbanes-Oxley was expected to increase the number of minority directors; What happened?" -- WSJ Jan. 14, 2008)
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Using V2P Communications' coming audio ads, which will pay blog publishers a 25% commission on ad revenue, a site that gets 2,000 unique visitors a day with an advertiser paying $14 per 1,000 plays would earn $7 a day, or $49 a week. Yesterday's Enterprise column incorrectly said the site would earn $28 a day, or $196 a week.
(See: "Small Business -- Enterprise: New Services Help Bloggers Bring in Ad Revenue --- Users Can Customize Appearance of Spots, Use Video and Audio" -- WSJ Jan. 15, 2008)
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Stephan Bezy is general manager world-wide of Shu Uemura Cosmetics Inc. His last name was misspelled as Brezy in a Remembrances article Saturday about Mr. Uemura.
(See: "Remembrances" -- WSJ Jan. 12, 2008)
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Spouses can each make contributions to one spouse's health-savings account or both spouses' HSAs as long as the couple's total contribution doesn't exceed $5,800 in 2008, according to the Treasury Department. The Jan. 2 Ask Personal Journal column incorrectly said that spouses can only contribute the maximum $5,800 to one spouse's account.
(See: "Personal Finance: Ask Personal Journal" -- WSJ Jan. 2, 2008)
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The average per-square-foot sale price for Manhattan office buildings dropped in the fourth quarter of 2007 after hitting a cyclical peak in the third quarter of that year, according to data provided by Reis Inc. An article yesterday about Sotheby's purchase of its headquarters building incorrectly said New York office prices are soaring.
(See: "Sotheby's Is Buying Back Its Building, Ending Spat" -- WSJ Jan. 15, 2008)
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Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art has been searching for a new director since March. An article Thursday about a wave of retirements among museum directors incorrectly said the museum had been searching for well over a year.
(See: "Personal Finance: Big Museums Draw a Blank --- Met Head Resigns As Finding Leaders Gets More Complex" -- WSJ Jan. 10, 2008)
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The Green Bay Packers played two of their first 13 home playoff football games in Milwaukee. The "By the Numbers" column in Friday's Weekend Journal incorrectly said that all 13 games were played in Green Bay, Wis.
(See: "WEEKEND JOURNAL --- Sports -- By the Numbers: Icing an NFL Playoff Victory" -- WSJ Jan. 11, 2008)
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Peter Gaw was named president of CIT Energy, CIT Group Inc.'s energy group. He succeeds Brooks Klimley, who left last year. A Who's News item yesterday incorrectly said that Mr. Gaw was named president of CIT Group and that the position was new.
(See: "Who's News: Noted . . ." -- WSJ Jan. 15, 2008)
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