And if Mr. Pell, 49, is axed following a takeover, he would be in line to collect a golden handshake of $1 million.

如果49岁的佩尔先生在公司被收购以后即被解雇的话，他有望获得1百万美元的丰厚离职金。

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Premature retirement even with a golden handshake can well lead to extensive frustration and waste of scarce human resources.

过早的退休即便有优厚的退休金也会导致挫伤和浪费人力。

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Just ask Marcus Brauchli, the Wall Street Journal editor whose sanctity was supposedly enshrined by an elaborate independence agreement between Rupert Murdoch and the Bancroft family, only to have Murdoch sack him, with a generous golden handshake, a few months after taking control.

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The former executive will receive a six-figure compensation package, comprising six months' salary, pension and "golden handshake".

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