Ceo Compensation

The Bailout Crisis: Compensation Restrictions Are Not Just a Matter of Fairness

Jeff Madrick | Posted 09.30.2008 | Business

Read More: Executive Compensation, Efficient Markets Theory, Bailout, The Agency Problem. Chicago School, Wall Street Crisis, CEO Compensation, Economy, Business News

Some may think these restrictions are just about getting even with the financial community. But this issue is not just about fairness. Compensation excess is at the heart of this crisis.

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Bush May Be Stupid, But He's No Fool: The Bailout and the Final Repeal of the 20th Century

Pete Cenedella | Posted 09.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, CEO Pay, Social Security, Wall Street Crisis, Bailout, New Deal, George W. Bush, CEO Compensation, Republican Party, Wall Street Bailout, Government Bailout, Politics News

Bush is playing dumb so we won't notice that his final stroke in office will be to make the Republican Revolution permanent and impossible to repeal for decades to come.

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Clinton Wants Limits On CEO Compensation, Wears Lipstick (VIDEO)

CNBC | Posted 09.22.2008 | Business

Read More: Executive Compensation, Bailout, Finance, Economy, Barney Frank, CEO Compensation, Banks, Federal Reserve, Short-Selling Ban, Hillary Clinton, Personal Finance, Business News

Today on "Street Signs," CNBC's Erin Burnett interviewed Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-New York) on the financial crisis. At the end, on a lighter note, Bur...

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John McCain's New Populism?

Diane Francis | Posted 06.16.2008 | Business

McCain can "pledge" to reform Wall Street business practices all he wants, but he hasn't walked the walk in the Senate in past years, nor has his party ever done so.

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Goldman's Lloyd Blankfein: A $74 Million Bargain?

Forbes | Posted 05.01.2008 | Business

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At $74 million a year, Goldman Sachs Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein may be a Wall Street bargain. The 53-year-old Blankfein caught a lot of flak whe...

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Easiest Job on Planet: Bank CEO

Henry Blodget | Posted 04.22.2008 | Business

Read More: Bank CEOs, CEO Pay, Finance, Market Crisis, CEO Bonuses, Banking, Financial Crisis, CEO Compensation, Fortune Magazine, Business News

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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Bershire CFO Gets More Compensation Than Buffett

CNBC | Josh Funk | Posted 03.17.2008 | Business

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At Berkshire Hathaway Inc., the chief financial officer again brought home more compensation last year than the two billionaires who run the company. ...

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Wall Street Bonuses Surge 14 Percent Despite Dismal Earnings

AP | Joe Del Bruno | Posted 12.21.2007 | Business

Read More: Investment Banks, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs Bonuses, Wall Street, Lehman Brothers, Wall Street Bonuses, CEO Compensation, Business News

This might have been one of Wall Street's most dismal years in a decade, but that hasn't stopped bonus checks from rising an average of 14 percent. F...

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Even CEOs Think CEOs Are Overpaid

Reuters | Posted 12.20.2007 | Business

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With many U.S. chief executives taking home millions of dollars in pay, it is no shock that average workers regards them as overpaid. But that attitud...

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Embarrassed Morgan Stanley CEO Skips Bonus

AP | Stephen Bernard | Posted 12.19.2007 | Business

Read More: CEO Pay, CEO Compensation, John Mack, Morgan Stanley, Year-End Bonuses, Holiday Bonuses, Business News

"Deeply disappointing" fourth-quarter writedowns have Morgan Stanley Chief Executive John Mack bypassing his year-end bonus -- and he is unlikely to b...

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Goldman Sachs Chief's Pay To Hit $70 Million

Financial Times | Chris Hughes, Ben White | Posted 12.13.2007 | Business

Read More: Lloyd Blankfein, Goldman Sachs, CEO Compensation, Bonuses, Holiday Bonuses, Business News

Goldman Sachs on Wednesay began celebrating confirmation of bumper bonuses for this year, with the chairman and chief executive, Lloyd Blankfein, expe...

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Former UnitedHealth CEO To Forfeit $418 Million

New York Times | Eric Dash | Posted 12.07.2007 | Business

Read More: CEO Pay, Sec, UnitedHealth, CEO Compensation, William McGuire, Business News

In one of the largest corporate pay give-backs ever, William W. McGuire, the former chief executive of UnitedHealth Group, has agreed to forfeit at le...

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Ex-Citigroup Chief Will Walk Away With Close To $100 Mil

Times Online | Miles Costello | Posted 11.09.2007 | Business

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Charles "Chuck" Prince, the deposed head of Citigroup, is in line to walk away from the Wall Street giant with a total pay, perks and shares payout wo...

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CEOs Say They're Overpaid (Seriously)

USA Today's On Deadline Blog | Michael Winter | Posted 10.15.2007 | Business

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No, not a misprint, and it's not April Fools' Day either. That's the conclusion of a survey of U.S. business leaders, the Financial Times tells us. T...

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US Execs Admit They Are Overpaid

Financial Times | Francesco Guerrera | Posted 10.15.2007 | Business

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Most US corporate leaders believe chief executives are overpaid and do not provide value for money for their companies, according to a study that wi...

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