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Executive Will Rake In $100 Million For Relinquishing Responsibilities

The Huffington Post | Jillian Berman | Posted 01.23.2012

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As most Americans have watched their incomes fall during the recession and recovery, one CEO is netting a huge cash payment for relinquishing some res...

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Vast Majority Of Shareholders OK With CEO Pay Rates

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 12.24.2011

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Despite growing income inequality, and global protests criticizing the wealth gap, CEO compensation now exceeds pre-recession levels, totaling billion...

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America's 8 Most Overpaid CEOs

24/7 Wall St. | Douglas A. McIntyre | Posted 12.20.2011

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From 24/7 Wall St: It's that time of year again, when proxies are released and many business publications run lists of the highest paid CEOs at Americ...

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WATCH: What Will You Do To Help The Struggling Rich?

Posted 11.07.2011

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"A nation's greatness is measured by how it treats its wealthiest members." --probably Gandhi There's a disturbing sentiment that has been steadi...

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Goldman Gives Blankfein a $5.4 Million Cash Bonus

AP | Posted 06.02.2011

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NEW YORK — Lloyd Blankfein, the CEO of Goldman Sachs Group Inc., saw his 2010 compensation rise to $14.1 million from just over $1 million in 20...

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GE CEO Accepts First Bonus Since 2007

Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - General Electric Co (GE.N) paid Jeffrey Immelt a $4 million cash bonus in 2010, following two years when the chief executive...

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Mediocre CEOs: 9 Execs Screwed Up And Still Made Big Bucks

The Big Money | Heidi N. Moore | Posted 05.25.2011

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Why aim for greatness when mediocrity pays just as well? The financial crisis has changed a lot about our economy, but one thing remains a constant: P...

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Closing Pro-Reform Ad Has Private Insurers On Corporate Jets, High-Fiving

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Two pro-health care reform groups are launching a "closing argument" television ad campaign in which private insurers are portrayed as private jet-rid...

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High CEO Pay May Correlate With Lower Long-Term Stock Value, According To Two Studies

Huffington Post | Grace Kiser | Posted 05.25.2011

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The defenders of Wall Street pay usually rely on a rather familiar argument. It goes something like this: CEOs demand millions because they deliver pr...

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Creating A Register of Shame For White-Collar Malefactors

Philip Slater | Posted 05.25.2011

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Why should the corporate miscreants who did untold harm to millions upon millions of their fellow citizens, remain largely anonymous, shielded from public scorn?

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Chicago Executives' Bonuses Soared As Profits Plunged

Crain's Chicago Business | Paul Merrion | Posted 05.25.2011

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Despite plunging stock values and shrinking profits, most CEOs of Chicago's biggest companies got substantial raises and many pocketed seven-figure bo...

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CEO Bonus Pay Rises Despite Poor Performances (SLIDESHOW)

Huffington Post via WSJ | Julie Satow | Posted 05.25.2011

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Several chief executives were handsomely paid last year even though their company performed terribly, the Wall Street Journal reports. By most mea...

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How to Stop AIG's Bonuses

Bill Black, Tom Ferguson, Rob Johnson, Walker Todd | Posted 05.25.2011

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Today the task is to stop a grotesque abuse before it is too late. The path we outline here would do it, without throwing markets into turmoil.

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CEO Bonuses Are Falling Fast

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

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Annual bonuses for U.S. chief executives are shrinking, though the declines may be cold comfort for shareholders rocked by big stock market declines. ...

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GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt's 2008 Bonus Declined

AP | STEPHEN MANNING | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — General Electric Co. said Wednesday that Chairman and Chief Executive Jeffrey Immelt will forgo a 2008 bonus and performance awards...

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Puttin' On The Pay Cap

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 05.25.2011

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The $500,000 limit on executive pay may seem like a lot of money to people, but in actuality, for a banker, you might as well be offering a salary of $1 per year.

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The Daily Szep -- Wall Street

Paul Szep | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bonuses: Not Just A Wall Street Indulgence

Stephen Herrington | Posted 05.25.2011

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The whole culture of bonus incentives has exacerbated the decline of American business leadership into a culture of peri-criminal opportunism.

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CEOs: Bonus Culture Faces Major Overhaul

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

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Obama: Wall Street Bonuses "Shameful" (VIDEO)

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

President Barack Obama responded Thursday to a front page story in the New York Times which reported that Wall Street handed out $18.4 billion in bonu...

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Citigroup And The Credit Card

Christopher Brauchli | Posted 05.25.2011

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As credit card holders who carry unpaid balances know, most credit card companies reserve the right to raise interest rates at most any time for most any reason.

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Dear Too Big To Fail

Robyn Blumner | Posted 05.25.2011

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If I had turned an ungodly profit by putting my seal of approval on investments that turned out to be garbage, I'd be deeply worried about personal liability and jail.

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Putting Wall Street on the Main Street Compensation Plan

Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011

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Those of us who run our own businesses don't get bonuses if we lose money. We usually don't get bailed out or taken over. If we lose enough money, they lock us up and board up the front windows.

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Easiest Job on Planet: Bank CEO

Henry Blodget | Posted 05.25.2011

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Take the job after an economic downturn, announce "new era" for Your Bank, have PR people place a Fortune cover story about you, and sit in your chair for three years and collect at least $50 million.

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Troubled MBIA Still Gives Execs 60 Percent Bonuses

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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MBIA Inc. granted raises to some of its executives and offered bonuses to managers who stay another year as part of a plan to retain key people during...

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