Executive Compensation

Sam Stein

Bank Of America Workers Organize Against Closures As Execs Get Big Bonuses

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics

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One of the country's largest unions is hitting back at troubled banking-giant Bank of America for rewarding executives with billions in bonuses while ...

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Obama's Victory? Give Me a Break

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 08.30.2009 | Business

Read More: House of Representatives, CEO Pay, Executive Pay, Economy, Economic Crisis, President Obama, CEO Compensation, Executive Compensation, Barack Obama, Business News
Amitai Etzioni

If Obama's bill to restrain executive pay is a victory, I don't know what a defeat would look like. The bill does not limit any one's pay by one penny.

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Frank Eyes Friday For Executive Compensation Vote

The Hill | Silla Brush | Posted 08.26.2009 | Politics

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House lawmakers next week plan to cast their first votes on President Obama's overhaul of the financial regulatory system by taking up new restriction...

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Bailed-Out Banks Raising Pay For Execs

Washington Post | Tomoeh Murakami Tse | Posted 08.22.2009 | Business

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NEW YORK, July 22 -- Wall Street's biggest banks are setting aside billions of dollars more to pay their executives and other employees just months af...

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Executive Compensation Transparency: SEC Unanimously Votes For New Rules

AP | DANIEL WAGNER | Posted 08.01.2009 | Business

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WASHINGTON — The Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday unanimously approved rules requiring greater transparency for executive compens...

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Mega-Bonuses Could Make A Comeback Soon

Telegraph | Jeffrey Goldfarb, Breakingviews.com | Posted 07.19.2009 | Business

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This time around, however, the banks should be in a better position to defend against public scrutiny. Start with revenue. Despite the upheaval in ...

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The Good, the Bad, the Ugly: Financial Sector Regulation

Robert Weissman | Posted 07.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Derivative, Executive Compensation, Mortgage, Wall Street, Predatory Lending, Financial Crisis, Leverage, Consumer Protection, Executive Pay, Cramdown, Financial Regulation, Campaign Finance, Glass-Steagall, Foreclosure News, Business News
Robert Weissman

There's no question that Wall Street is going to mobilize -- is already mobilized -- to defeat the administration's positive proposals.

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Departing Execs At Smaller TARP Banks Got Golden Parachutes

ProPublica | Posted 07.12.2009 | Business

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Yesterday, the Treasury Department released new rules [1] on how much banks that received TARP money can pay their executives. Among the rules is one...

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Executive Pay: Treasury to Set Top Compensation At 7 Companies

nytimes.com | STEPHEN LABATON | Posted 07.12.2009 | Business

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WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration's sweeping new proposal to restrict executive pay is likely to be a humbling exercise for seven of the nation's...

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Citigroup Bonuses: Bank Pays Millions To London Traders

The Huffington Post | Ryan McCarthy | Posted 07.10.2009 | Business

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The timing couldn't be better. With the Obama administration readying new compensation guidelines for certain financial companies, Forbes reported Tue...

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Wall Street Pay: Obama's Changes Set To Be Announced

nytimes.com | LOUISE STORY and ERIC DASH | Posted 07.09.2009 | Business

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The Obama administration plans to require banks and corporations that have received two rounds of federal bailouts to submit any major executive pay c...

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Treasury Plans Wider Oversight On Compensation

New York Times | LOUISE STORY and ERIC DASH | Posted 07.08.2009 | Business

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The Obama administration plans to require banks and corporations that have received two rounds of federal bailouts to submit any major executive pay c...

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White House Set To Appoint Pay Czar

Wall Street Journal | DEBORAH SOLOMON | Posted 07.05.2009 | Business

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WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration plans to appoint a "Special Master for Compensation" to ensure that companies receiving federal bailout funds a...

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Unsure How to Vote Your Exxon Mobil, Chevron and Other Proxy Ballots?

Kim Cranston | Posted 06.19.2009 | Politics

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Kim Cranston

See how organizations and people you trust, like Ed Begley, Jr., Ceres, Pride Foundation, Responsible Endowments Coalition, recommend you vote and why.

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Executive Pay and What to Do About It

Burton L. Wise | Posted 06.18.2009 | Business

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Burton L. Wise

Small shareholders in large corporations must form organizations to unify and organize their votes advance their interests and attempt to limit the out-of control remuneration of these executives,

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Boot TARP-O-Line Bonuses

Norb Vonnegut | Posted 06.13.2009 | Business

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Norb Vonnegut

Reducing the size of banks, it seems to me, would be a win for everyone. We would avoid these bonus brouhahas, the debates about TARP and compensation.

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Executive Compensation Overhaul Eyed By Obama Administration

Wall Street Journal | DEBORAH SOLOMON and DAMIAN PALETTA | Posted 06.12.2009 | Business

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WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration has begun serious talks about how it can change compensation practices across the financial-services industry, ...

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How To Live On $0 A Day: Bargain Hunting Tips For Corporate Execs

Lesley Stern | Posted 06.11.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Bargains, Depression, Financial Meltdown, Wall Street, Bailout, Humor, Corporate America, Financial Crisis, Banks, Comedy News, Executive Compensation, Comedy, Recession, Financial Advice, Comedy News
Lesley Stern

Let me be the first to extend the olive branch to corporate America with a few ideas on how to save millions of dollars on basic necessities. Let's start with something easy, like plumbing.

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Warren Buffett Defends Obama's Economic Policy: Dispatch from Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder's Meeting

Alan Schram | Posted 06.03.2009 | Business

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Alan Schram

Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger believe government officials should be judged more leniently in times of crisis of the magnitude we had recently, as they had little time to respond to grave dangers.

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CEO Perks On The Rise: Jets, Bodyguards, Chauffeurs

AP | VINNEE TONG | Posted 06.01.2009 | Business

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NEW YORK — U.S. companies remain generous with the perks they give to CEOs, including some that are unfathomable to the average American worker:...

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Headline from Hell

Les Leopold | Posted 05.30.2009 | Business

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Les Leopold

2008 was an off year??? That's like calling 1929 an off year.

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Sam Stein

Gibbs: Obama Remains "Concerned Enough" About Rising Salaries On Wall Street

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.28.2009 | Politics

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White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said the president continues to be "concerned enough" about compensation levels on Wall Street as new reports show ...

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Lawrence Kellner, Continental CEO, Sees Compensation Fall To About $5M

AP | DAVID KOENIG | Posted 05.26.2009 | Business

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DALLAS — The chief executive of Continental Airlines Inc. got compensation the company valued at nearly $5 million in 2008, down 17.1 percent fr...

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My Compensation: One CEO's Internal Monologue

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 05.08.2009 | Business

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<i>Fortune</i>'s Stanley Bing

"So let's add it up. The papers say I made more than $50 million. I'm looking at a little more than $7 million, before taxes. And everybody hates me."

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Ryan Grim

Barney Frank Battles GOP On House Floor Over Bonus Ban Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.02.2009 | Politics

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House Republicans did their best Wednesday to battle Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) on the House floor and wound up on the receiving end of some classic ...

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