Question: what percent of goods travel through Ukraine

Sergei Aksyonov, the prime minister of Crimea appointed by Russia, said Monday that the blockade would have little effect, as only about 5 percent of the goods consumed in Crimea came through Ukraine. “The trade blockade of Crimea begun by Ukrainian activists with the support of a number of Kiev politicians will not affect food supplies in the region,” he told the Russian state-run Rossiya 24 satellite television channel. “Crimea will not notice this.” Most Russian goods are transported by large ferries across the Sea of Azov and through the Kerch Strait, but bad weather can halt service despite significant improvements during the last year. Russian television focused much of its attention on the fact that roadblocks were being manned with the help of members of Right Sector, a Ukrainian nationalist organization banned in Russia, where the news media frequently portray it as neo-fascist.

Answer: 5 percent

<hl> Sergei Aksyonov, the prime minister of Crimea appointed by Russia, said Monday that the blockade would have little effect, as only about 5 percent of the goods consumed in Crimea came through Ukraine. <hl> “The trade blockade of Crimea begun by Ukrainian activists with the support of a number of Kiev politicians will not affect food supplies in the region,” he told the Russian state-run Rossiya 24 satellite television channel. “Crimea will not notice this.” Most Russian goods are transported by large ferries across the Sea of Azov and through the Kerch Strait, but bad weather can halt service despite significant improvements during the last year. Russian television focused much of its attention on the fact that roadblocks were being manned with the help of members of Right Sector, a Ukrainian nationalist organization banned in Russia, where the news media frequently portray it as neo-fascist.

Sergei Aksyonov, the prime minister of Crimea appointed by Russia, said Monday that the blockade would have little effect, as only about <hl> 5 percent <hl> of the goods consumed in Crimea came through Ukraine. “The trade blockade of Crimea begun by Ukrainian activists with the support of a number of Kiev politicians will not affect food supplies in the region,” he told the Russian state-run Rossiya 24 satellite television channel. “Crimea will not notice this.” Most Russian goods are transported by large ferries across the Sea of Azov and through the Kerch Strait, but bad weather can halt service despite significant improvements during the last year. Russian television focused much of its attention on the fact that roadblocks were being manned with the help of members of Right Sector, a Ukrainian nationalist organization banned in Russia, where the news media frequently portray it as neo-fascist.


Question: Where does Brooklyn play their games?

The Rangers (17-6-2) have lost three of their last four. Worse, center Derek Stepan is out four to six weeks with broken ribs, and Kevin Klein, their most consistent defenseman this season, will miss two to three weeks after sustaining a strained oblique Monday against Carolina. The Rangers head to Brooklyn for their first game at Barclays Center, playing the rival Islanders for the first time this season. The Islanders (13-8-4), who have won three of four, are expected to have their first sellout since opening night in October.

Answer: The Rangers head to Brooklyn for their first game at Barclays Center,

The Rangers (17-6-2) have lost three of their last four. Worse, center Derek Stepan is out four to six weeks with broken ribs, and Kevin Klein, their most consistent defenseman this season, will miss two to three weeks after sustaining a strained oblique Monday against Carolina. <hl> The Rangers head to Brooklyn for their first game at Barclays Center, playing the rival Islanders for the first time this season. <hl> The Islanders (13-8-4), who have won three of four, are expected to have their first sellout since opening night in October.

The Rangers (17-6-2) have lost three of their last four. Worse, center Derek Stepan is out four to six weeks with broken ribs, and Kevin Klein, their most consistent defenseman this season, will miss two to three weeks after sustaining a strained oblique Monday against Carolina. <hl> The Rangers head to Brooklyn for their first game at Barclays Center, <hl> playing the rival Islanders for the first time this season. The Islanders (13-8-4), who have won three of four, are expected to have their first sellout since opening night in October.


Question: In which state is Rev. Brian Sauder from?

For an earnest young Christian named Ben Lowe, revelation came on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, in Africa. A relentless warming of the lake was reducing the catch of fish, the people were going hungry — and he had learned of scientific evidence that climate change was to blame. For the Rev. Brian Sauder, who grew up attending a small Anabaptist church in rural Illinois, the moment came in a college classroom. Studying the fallout from environmental degradation, he learned of poor people who had to walk hours longer each day to gather firewood from depleted forests. For both men, Christian duties that their upbringing had led them to regard as separate — taking care of the earth and taking care of the poor — merged into a morally urgent problem. “Why haven’t I ever made this connection before?” Mr. Sauder recalled asking himself.

Answer: Illinois

For an earnest young Christian named Ben Lowe, revelation came on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, in Africa. A relentless warming of the lake was reducing the catch of fish, the people were going hungry — and he had learned of scientific evidence that climate change was to blame. <hl> For the Rev. Brian Sauder, who grew up attending a small Anabaptist church in rural Illinois , the moment came in a college classroom. <hl> Studying the fallout from environmental degradation, he learned of poor people who had to walk hours longer each day to gather firewood from depleted forests. For both men, Christian duties that their upbringing had led them to regard as separate — taking care of the earth and taking care of the poor — merged into a morally urgent problem. “Why haven’t I ever made this connection before?” Mr. Sauder recalled asking himself.

For an earnest young Christian named Ben Lowe, revelation came on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, in Africa. A relentless warming of the lake was reducing the catch of fish, the people were going hungry — and he had learned of scientific evidence that climate change was to blame. For the Rev. Brian Sauder, who grew up attending a small Anabaptist church in rural <hl> Illinois <hl>, the moment came in a college classroom. Studying the fallout from environmental degradation, he learned of poor people who had to walk hours longer each day to gather firewood from depleted forests. For both men, Christian duties that their upbringing had led them to regard as separate — taking care of the earth and taking care of the poor — merged into a morally urgent problem. “Why haven’t I ever made this connection before?” Mr. Sauder recalled asking himself.

For the Rev. Brian Sauder, who grew up attending a small Anabaptist church in rural <hl> Illinois <hl> , the moment came in a college classroom.


Question: Mr. Cardin normally supports which senior official?

Mr. McConnell said he thought it was telling that Mr. Cardin and Mr. Menendez, the two most senior Democrats on the Foreign Relations Committee, both opposed the deal. In an interview, Mr. Cardin said, “I recognize the numbers, believe me, I do,” sounding anguished about opposing Mr. Obama, whom he normally supports. “It was a close call, and I acknowledge it was a close call,” Mr. Cardin said. On the agreement, he said, “It allows Iran a legal path to have such a sophisticated enrichment program,” as well as “additional financial resources after sanction relief has been granted.”

Answer: Mr. Obama

Mr. McConnell said he thought it was telling that Mr. Cardin and Mr. Menendez, the two most senior Democrats on the Foreign Relations Committee, both opposed the deal. <hl> In an interview, Mr. Cardin said, “I recognize the numbers, believe me, I do,” sounding anguished about opposing Mr. Obama , whom he normally supports. <hl> “It was a close call, and I acknowledge it was a close call,” Mr. Cardin said. On the agreement, he said, “It allows Iran a legal path to have such a sophisticated enrichment program,” as well as “additional financial resources after sanction relief has been granted.”

Mr. McConnell said he thought it was telling that Mr. Cardin and Mr. Menendez, the two most senior Democrats on the Foreign Relations Committee, both opposed the deal. In an interview, Mr. Cardin said, “I recognize the numbers, believe me, I do,” sounding anguished about opposing <hl> Mr. Obama <hl>, whom he normally supports. “It was a close call, and I acknowledge it was a close call,” Mr. Cardin said. On the agreement, he said, “It allows Iran a legal path to have such a sophisticated enrichment program,” as well as “additional financial resources after sanction relief has been granted.”

In an interview, Mr. Cardin said, “I recognize the numbers, believe me, I do,” sounding anguished about opposing <hl> Mr. Obama <hl> , whom he normally supports.


Question: Who is the largest maker of A.T.M.s?

The transaction valued Wincor Nixdorf at 1.7 billion euros, or about $1.8 billion, including debt. It would create the world’s largest maker of A.T.M.s and extend the reach of the two companies: Diebold is strong in the Americas, and Wincor Nixdorf is strong in Europe. Under the terms of the deal, Diebold said it would pay about €52.50 a share for Wincor Nixdorf in cash and stock, representing a 35 percent premium over Wincor Nixdorf’s closing price in mid-October, when the companies confirmed they were in talks.

Answer: Wincor Nixdorf

<hl> The transaction valued Wincor Nixdorf at 1.7 billion euros, or about $1.8 billion, including debt. <hl> It would create the world’s largest maker of A.T.M.s and extend the reach of the two companies: Diebold is strong in the Americas, and Wincor Nixdorf is strong in Europe. Under the terms of the deal, Diebold said it would pay about €52.50 a share for Wincor Nixdorf in cash and stock, representing a 35 percent premium over Wincor Nixdorf’s closing price in mid-October, when the companies confirmed they were in talks.

The transaction valued <hl> Wincor Nixdorf <hl> at 1.7 billion euros, or about $1.8 billion, including debt. It would create the world’s largest maker of A.T.M.s and extend the reach of the two companies: Diebold is strong in the Americas, and Wincor Nixdorf is strong in Europe. Under the terms of the deal, Diebold said it would pay about €52.50 a share for Wincor Nixdorf in cash and stock, representing a 35 percent premium over Wincor Nixdorf’s closing price in mid-October, when the companies confirmed they were in talks.


Question: Where is the start-up for website security located?

Small companies have to be especially nimble in spotting and taking advantage of market shifts, and this week, Sarah Max delves into how one online jeweler introduced a new service that became an instant hit. It’s a great example of how scrappy start-ups are changing the way business is done in large, traditional industries. Also this week we consider whether you should consider paying hackers to attack your website to find security flaws. A San Francisco start-up is winning converts to its business of connecting “white hat” security sleuths with companies willing to pay bounties for their finds. Also, here’s some intriguing new data: Think Silicon Valley is America’s start-up hot spot? Try Montana instead. It tops this year’s state rankings in the Kauffman Index, which measures new business activity throughout the nation. At the metro level, Austin, Tex., took the top spot. Check back with us for more on Kauffman’s findings and why certain areas are experiencing an entrepreneurial boom. —Stacy Cowley

Answer: San Francisco

Small companies have to be especially nimble in spotting and taking advantage of market shifts, and this week, Sarah Max delves into how one online jeweler introduced a new service that became an instant hit. It’s a great example of how scrappy start-ups are changing the way business is done in large, traditional industries. Also this week we consider whether you should consider paying hackers to attack your website to find security flaws. <hl> A San Francisco start-up is winning converts to its business of connecting “white hat” security sleuths with companies willing to pay bounties for their finds. <hl> Also, here’s some intriguing new data: Think Silicon Valley is America’s start-up hot spot? Try Montana instead. It tops this year’s state rankings in the Kauffman Index, which measures new business activity throughout the nation. At the metro level, Austin, Tex., took the top spot. Check back with us for more on Kauffman’s findings and why certain areas are experiencing an entrepreneurial boom. —Stacy Cowley

Small companies have to be especially nimble in spotting and taking advantage of market shifts, and this week, Sarah Max delves into how one online jeweler introduced a new service that became an instant hit. It’s a great example of how scrappy start-ups are changing the way business is done in large, traditional industries. Also this week we consider whether you should consider paying hackers to attack your website to find security flaws. A <hl> San Francisco <hl> start-up is winning converts to its business of connecting “white hat” security sleuths with companies willing to pay bounties for their finds. Also, here’s some intriguing new data: Think Silicon Valley is America’s start-up hot spot? Try Montana instead. It tops this year’s state rankings in the Kauffman Index, which measures new business activity throughout the nation. At the metro level, Austin, Tex., took the top spot. Check back with us for more on Kauffman’s findings and why certain areas are experiencing an entrepreneurial boom. —Stacy Cowley


Question: Slovenia erected a razor-wire fence along its border with what country?

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia —  Slovenia began erecting a razor-wire fence at its border with Croatia on Wednesday to stem the inflow of migrants, as winter closes in and countries to the north tighten their own border controls. A convoy of army trucks carrying barbed wire and construction equipment arrived in the border town of Veliki Obrez at dawn on Wednesday. Soldiers rolled out the wire along the Slovenian bank of the Sotla River, which forms part of the 400-mile border with Croatia. Slovenia is an important country on the migration route through the Balkans because its border with Croatia also forms the southern frontier of Europe’s Schengen area, where passport-free travel is possible. Since Oct. 17, when Hungary closed its border with Croatia and redirected the flow, more than 180,000 migrants from Africa, the Middle East and Asia have entered Slovenia, a nation of two million people. Though the new fence threatens to block the route again just as winter is approaching, migrants have largely been able to find their way around such obstacles. Officials are anticipating that asylum seekers may now turn to Albania and Italy as an alternative routes to more prosperous European countries in the north. Most of the migrants moving through the Balkans have gone on to Austria and then Germany. Slovenia has been saying that it could manage the influx of about 6,000 to 8,000 asylum seekers a day as long as roughly the same number moved on each day. But Austria said recently that it could accept only 6,000 people a day from Slovenia, and Germany has started to tighten some controls on arrivals. As a result, the Slovenian prime minister, Miro Cerar, said that it was very likely that many of the 30,000 migrants who were traveling north from Greece could become stranded in Slovenia, which has limited room to accommodate them. “It’s a big number,” Mr. Cerar said at a news conference on Tuesday, after the government approved construction of the fence. “If we don’t act now, we could have a humanitarian catastrophe on the territory of Slovenia,” he said.

Answer: Croatia

<hl> LJUBLJANA, Slovenia — Slovenia began erecting a razor-wire fence at its border with Croatia on Wednesday to stem the inflow of migrants, as winter closes in and countries to the north tighten their own border controls. <hl> A convoy of army trucks carrying barbed wire and construction equipment arrived in the border town of Veliki Obrez at dawn on Wednesday. Soldiers rolled out the wire along the Slovenian bank of the Sotla River, which forms part of the 400-mile border with Croatia. Slovenia is an important country on the migration route through the Balkans because its border with Croatia also forms the southern frontier of Europe’s Schengen area, where passport-free travel is possible. Since Oct. 17, when Hungary closed its border with Croatia and redirected the flow, more than 180,000 migrants from Africa, the Middle East and Asia have entered Slovenia, a nation of two million people. Though the new fence threatens to block the route again just as winter is approaching, migrants have largely been able to find their way around such obstacles. Officials are anticipating that asylum seekers may now turn to Albania and Italy as an alternative routes to more prosperous European countries in the north. Most of the migrants moving through the Balkans have gone on to Austria and then Germany. Slovenia has been saying that it could manage the influx of about 6,000 to 8,000 asylum seekers a day as long as roughly the same number moved on each day. But Austria said recently that it could accept only 6,000 people a day from Slovenia, and Germany has started to tighten some controls on arrivals. As a result, the Slovenian prime minister, Miro Cerar, said that it was very likely that many of the 30,000 migrants who were traveling north from Greece could become stranded in Slovenia, which has limited room to accommodate them. “It’s a big number,” Mr. Cerar said at a news conference on Tuesday, after the government approved construction of the fence. “If we don’t act now, we could have a humanitarian catastrophe on the territory of Slovenia,” he said.

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia — Slovenia began erecting a razor-wire fence at its border with <hl> Croatia <hl> on Wednesday to stem the inflow of migrants, as winter closes in and countries to the north tighten their own border controls. A convoy of army trucks carrying barbed wire and construction equipment arrived in the border town of Veliki Obrez at dawn on Wednesday. Soldiers rolled out the wire along the Slovenian bank of the Sotla River, which forms part of the 400-mile border with Croatia. Slovenia is an important country on the migration route through the Balkans because its border with Croatia also forms the southern frontier of Europe’s Schengen area, where passport-free travel is possible. Since Oct. 17, when Hungary closed its border with Croatia and redirected the flow, more than 180,000 migrants from Africa, the Middle East and Asia have entered Slovenia, a nation of two million people. Though the new fence threatens to block the route again just as winter is approaching, migrants have largely been able to find their way around such obstacles. Officials are anticipating that asylum seekers may now turn to Albania and Italy as an alternative routes to more prosperous European countries in the north. Most of the migrants moving through the Balkans have gone on to Austria and then Germany. Slovenia has been saying that it could manage the influx of about 6,000 to 8,000 asylum seekers a day as long as roughly the same number moved on each day. But Austria said recently that it could accept only 6,000 people a day from Slovenia, and Germany has started to tighten some controls on arrivals. As a result, the Slovenian prime minister, Miro Cerar, said that it was very likely that many of the 30,000 migrants who were traveling north from Greece could become stranded in Slovenia, which has limited room to accommodate them. “It’s a big number,” Mr. Cerar said at a news conference on Tuesday, after the government approved construction of the fence. “If we don’t act now, we could have a humanitarian catastrophe on the territory of Slovenia,” he said.


Question: What color were James Holmes' pants?

As Judge Carlos Samour Jr. read the 165 counts against Mr. Holmes, the defendant stood silently between his lawyers, staring straight ahead, with his hands tucked into the pockets of a pair of khaki-colored pants. He did not glance at his parents sitting two rows behind. When the hourlong recitation of the verdicts was done, he sat down and lightly swiveled in his chair. Coming within days of the Aurora shooting’s third anniversary, the guilty verdict ends one phase of a grueling legal saga, but another one is set to begin. As the district attorney in suburban Arapahoe County argues for the death penalty, the jury will begin weighing the toll and nature of Mr. Holmes’s actions to decide whether to send him to prison for life or to Colorado’s death row. The sentencing phase is expected to take weeks. It could feature more wrenching statements from survivors and families of the victims, as well as testimony from defense witnesses discussing the role that mental illness played in propelling Mr. Holmes toward the movie theater that night.

Answer: khaki-colored

<hl> As Judge Carlos Samour Jr. read the 165 counts against Mr. Holmes, the defendant stood silently between his lawyers, staring straight ahead, with his hands tucked into the pockets of a pair of khaki-colored pants. <hl> He did not glance at his parents sitting two rows behind. When the hourlong recitation of the verdicts was done, he sat down and lightly swiveled in his chair. Coming within days of the Aurora shooting’s third anniversary, the guilty verdict ends one phase of a grueling legal saga, but another one is set to begin. As the district attorney in suburban Arapahoe County argues for the death penalty, the jury will begin weighing the toll and nature of Mr. Holmes’s actions to decide whether to send him to prison for life or to Colorado’s death row. The sentencing phase is expected to take weeks. It could feature more wrenching statements from survivors and families of the victims, as well as testimony from defense witnesses discussing the role that mental illness played in propelling Mr. Holmes toward the movie theater that night.

As Judge Carlos Samour Jr. read the 165 counts against Mr. Holmes, the defendant stood silently between his lawyers, staring straight ahead, with his hands tucked into the pockets of a pair of <hl> khaki-colored <hl> pants. He did not glance at his parents sitting two rows behind. When the hourlong recitation of the verdicts was done, he sat down and lightly swiveled in his chair. Coming within days of the Aurora shooting’s third anniversary, the guilty verdict ends one phase of a grueling legal saga, but another one is set to begin. As the district attorney in suburban Arapahoe County argues for the death penalty, the jury will begin weighing the toll and nature of Mr. Holmes’s actions to decide whether to send him to prison for life or to Colorado’s death row. The sentencing phase is expected to take weeks. It could feature more wrenching statements from survivors and families of the victims, as well as testimony from defense witnesses discussing the role that mental illness played in propelling Mr. Holmes toward the movie theater that night.


Question: What is the final date of the show?

‘The Bully’ (Saturday and Sunday) Vital Theater Company is reviving this ever-topical musical, by John Gregor and David L. Williams, which refreshingly avoids the trap of bullying its own audiences with heavy moralizing. Instead, the many pitfalls of the typical middle school relationship of victimizer and victim are revealed through wit, humor and a killer of a sly twist. (Through April 26.) At 3:30 p.m., McGinn-Cazale Theater, 2162 Broadway, at 76th Street, fourth floor, 212-579-0528, vitaltheatre.org.

Answer: April 26

(Through April 26 .)

‘The Bully’ (Saturday and Sunday) Vital Theater Company is reviving this ever-topical musical, by John Gregor and David L. Williams, which refreshingly avoids the trap of bullying its own audiences with heavy moralizing. Instead, the many pitfalls of the typical middle school relationship of victimizer and victim are revealed through wit, humor and a killer of a sly twist. <hl> (Through April 26 .) <hl> At 3:30 p.m., McGinn-Cazale Theater, 2162 Broadway, at 76th Street, fourth floor, 212-579-0528, vitaltheatre.org.

‘The Bully’ (Saturday and Sunday) Vital Theater Company is reviving this ever-topical musical, by John Gregor and David L. Williams, which refreshingly avoids the trap of bullying its own audiences with heavy moralizing. Instead, the many pitfalls of the typical middle school relationship of victimizer and victim are revealed through wit, humor and a killer of a sly twist. (Through <hl> April 26 <hl>.) At 3:30 p.m., McGinn-Cazale Theater, 2162 Broadway, at 76th Street, fourth floor, 212-579-0528, vitaltheatre.org.


Question: Who was Tziano having a familiar chat with?

We were both imprisoned in China, on charges officials there later acknowledged to have been false, and we both shared, at the same time in the 1990s, the same cancer — non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma — and the same oncologist in New York. Now the wheel has turned, and the time has come to begin meeting the challenge Tiziano issued on that Florentine afternoon, after some familiar chatter among his guests: how far each of us had traveled, the wonders and miseries we’d chronicled, and the most fascinating, or cruel, dictators and rulers through whose realms we’d passed. It was a fine thing, Tiziano said, to have accumulated all those visas and passport stamps, all those exotic datelines, all those Saddam Hussein puppets and Little Red Books of Mao’s wisdom, all those richly seasoned tales of derring-do.

Answer: his guests

We were both imprisoned in China, on charges officials there later acknowledged to have been false, and we both shared, at the same time in the 1990s, the same cancer — non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma — and the same oncologist in New York. <hl> Now the wheel has turned, and the time has come to begin meeting the challenge Tiziano issued on that Florentine afternoon, after some familiar chatter among his guests : how far each of us had traveled, the wonders and miseries we’d chronicled, and the most fascinating, or cruel, dictators and rulers through whose realms we’d passed. <hl> It was a fine thing, Tiziano said, to have accumulated all those visas and passport stamps, all those exotic datelines, all those Saddam Hussein puppets and Little Red Books of Mao’s wisdom, all those richly seasoned tales of derring-do.

We were both imprisoned in China, on charges officials there later acknowledged to have been false, and we both shared, at the same time in the 1990s, the same cancer — non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma — and the same oncologist in New York. Now the wheel has turned, and the time has come to begin meeting the challenge Tiziano issued on that Florentine afternoon, after some familiar chatter among <hl> his guests <hl>: how far each of us had traveled, the wonders and miseries we’d chronicled, and the most fascinating, or cruel, dictators and rulers through whose realms we’d passed. It was a fine thing, Tiziano said, to have accumulated all those visas and passport stamps, all those exotic datelines, all those Saddam Hussein puppets and Little Red Books of Mao’s wisdom, all those richly seasoned tales of derring-do.

Now the wheel has turned, and the time has come to begin meeting the challenge Tiziano issued on that Florentine afternoon, after some familiar chatter among <hl> his guests <hl> : how far each of us had traveled, the wonders and miseries we’d chronicled, and the most fascinating, or cruel, dictators and rulers through whose realms we’d passed.


Question: do current rules for hourly workers stay intact?

Under current rules, salaried workers are not eligible for overtime if they earn enough to qualify as executives, professionals or administrators. The proposal would raise the salary threshold that defines those positions. Today, employees can be considered part of the top ranks — and generally ineligible for overtime — once their salary reaches a paltry $455 a week, or $23,660 a year. The new threshold in 2016 would be $970 a week, or $50,440 a year, about where it would be if it had kept pace with inflation over the decades. At or below that level, salaried workers are automatically eligible for overtime. (The current rules for hourly workers would remain intact.)

Answer: The current rules for hourly workers would remain intact.)

Under current rules, salaried workers are not eligible for overtime if they earn enough to qualify as executives, professionals or administrators. The proposal would raise the salary threshold that defines those positions. Today, employees can be considered part of the top ranks — and generally ineligible for overtime — once their salary reaches a paltry $455 a week, or $23,660 a year. The new threshold in 2016 would be $970 a week, or $50,440 a year, about where it would be if it had kept pace with inflation over the decades. At or below that level, salaried workers are automatically eligible for overtime. <hl> ( The current rules for hourly workers would remain intact.) <hl>

Under current rules, salaried workers are not eligible for overtime if they earn enough to qualify as executives, professionals or administrators. The proposal would raise the salary threshold that defines those positions. Today, employees can be considered part of the top ranks — and generally ineligible for overtime — once their salary reaches a paltry $455 a week, or $23,660 a year. The new threshold in 2016 would be $970 a week, or $50,440 a year, about where it would be if it had kept pace with inflation over the decades. At or below that level, salaried workers are automatically eligible for overtime. (<hl> The current rules for hourly workers would remain intact.) <hl>

( <hl> The current rules for hourly workers would remain intact.) <hl>