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Executive Compensation

What Did Geithner Know and When Did He Know It?

Cenk Uygur | Posted 04.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aig Bonuses, New York Times, Banks, Aig, Wall Street Bubble, Bankers, Sec, Robert Rubin, Tim Geithner, Wall Street, Executive Compensation, Citigroup, Politics News
Cenk Uygur

Geithner got into this trouble because he saw Wall Street as his main constituency rather than the American people.

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Larry Summers: Stop the AIG Bonuses. Yes You Can.

Aaron Zelinsky | Posted 04.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Wall Street Bailout, Timothy Geithner Treasury Secretary, Internal Revenue Code, Internal Revenue Service, Aig Bonuses, AIG Bailout, Larry Summers, AIG Executives, Lawrence Summers, Derivative Suits, Aig, AIG Ba, Bailout, Wall Street, Tim Geithner, Executive Compensation, Larry Summers Treasury Secretary, Economy, Bank Bonuses, Recession, Federal Bailouts, Bailout Bandits, Financial Crisis, Aig Federal Bailouts, Bonuses, Wall Street Bonuses, AIG Scandal, Business News
Aaron Zelinsky

Larry Summers claims that nothing can be done about the AIG bonuses. As a former Secretary of the Treasury, he should know better.

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Texas Instruments CEO Pay $9.6 Million, A 6.6% Drop

AP | ELLIOT SPAGAT | Posted 04.09.2009 | Business

Read More: CEO Pay, Texas Instruments, Richard Templeton Compensation, Richard K. Templeton, Texas Instruments Ceo Pay, Executive Compensation, Business News

The chief executive of semiconductor maker Texas Instruments Inc. received compensation valued at $9.6 million in 2008, down 6.6 percent from the prev...

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10 Good Bets that I Wouldn't Have Taken a Year Ago

Elizabeth Rigby | Posted 04.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Taxes, Energy, John McCain, Terrorist Fist Jab, Twitter, March 4 Primaries, Bobby Jindal, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Roland Burris, Primacaucus, Obama, Obama Dog, Barack Obama, Texas, Education, Rod Blagojevich, Health, Chicago, John Edwards, Hurricane Katrina, Hillary Clinton, Green Energy, Executive Compensation, Health Care, Moody's, Politics News
Elizabeth Rigby

It seems like we are living in an alternate political reality divorced from what was previously known, understood, practical, and possible simply a year ago.

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What's Your Real Worth?

Laurie Rosenfield | Posted 03.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Career Advice, Jobs, Careers, Unemployment, Executive Compensation, Recession, Self-Worth, Living News
Laurie Rosenfield

Though the compensation model has changed out of necessity, but my client's value in the marketplace has not.

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Sam Stein

White House Concerned About Pay Caps, Could Change Stimulus

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Executive Compensation, Fox News, Axelrod Fox News Sunday, David Axelrod, Obama Executive Compensation, Obama Concerned, Obama White House, Obama Pay Caps, Politics News

The Obama administration acknowledged on Sunday that its top economic officials had expressed concerns to Congress that the sharp restrictions on exec...

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America's Most Stimulated

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 03.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Merrill Lynch, Wall Street, Executive Compensation, Bonuses, Business News
<i>Fortune</i>'s Stanley Bing

I don't think anybody truly understands where the benefits of the stimulus will be felt most immediately, but if the thing creates even half the number of jobs that the president thinks, it will that will be a good thing.

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Executive Pay Caps Cut Out Of Stimulus Compromise: WaPo

Washington Post | Posted 03.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tarp, Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, Wall Street CEOs, Morgan Stanley, Executive Pay, TARP Money, Wells Fargo, Ceos, Bank of America, Obama Executive Pay, Executive Compensation, Politics News

Congressional efforts to impose stringent restrictions on executive compensation appeared to be evaporating yesterday as House and Senate negotiators ...

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Fix Geithner's Gaffes

Cenk Uygur | Posted 03.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Greed, Federal Bailout, Executive Compensation, Henry Paulson, Regulations, Ceo, Banks, Wall Street, Tim Geithner, Timothy Geithner, Politics News
Cenk Uygur

When I hear our Treasury Secretary make a completely disingenuous point, it is impossible not to think that he isn't one of Wall Street's inside guys.

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Not for Nothing: Reforming TARP Compensation

Nancy Lublin | Posted 03.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tarp, Do Something, TARP Oversight, Executive Pay, TARP Money, Nonprofits, Nancy Lublin, James Elbaor, Executive Compensation, Politics News
Nancy Lublin

Maybe we can learn from the not-for-profit sector. I believe companies who take funds from TARP should adopt the executive compensation policies of the charitable world.

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Puttin' On The Pay Cap

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 03.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Congress Stimulus, U.S. Economy, Congress, Republicans Stimulus, Obama Stimulus, Economy, Economic Crisis, Obama Economy, Congressional Budget Office, Stimulus, Obama Stimulus Plan, Economic Stimulus Package, CEO Bonuses, Gop Stimulus, Economic Stimulus, Wall Street Bonuses, Executive Compensation, Business News
<i>Fortune</i>'s Stanley Bing

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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Obama Devising Ways To Limit Executive Pay

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 03.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Executive Compensation, Bail Out Restrictions, Bailout Bandits, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is tackling the bailout of the battered financial sector on two tracks: overhauling how the government spe...

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The Rise in CEO Turnover Is a Sign of the Times -- Both Good and Bad

Penny Herscher | Posted 02.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Carol Bartz, Economic Crisis, Ceos, CEO Compensation, Executive Compensation, Jerry Yang, Board Governance, Yahoo, Business News
Penny Herscher

In the first 9 months of 2008 the number of CEOs who left their jobs hit a record high. In tough times good boards are looking at whether they have the right CEO.

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The Nasty Class and Anti-Union Bias of Auto Bailout Opposition, or the Wall Street-Detroit Double Standard

Robert Weissman | Posted 01.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Blue Collar, Auto Bailout, Uaw, Class Warfare, Wall Street Crisis, Wages, Pensions, Compensation, Executive Compensation, Health Care, Business News
Robert Weissman

Nancy Pelosi says the Congressional Republicans are playing Russian Roulette with the economy by refusing to agree to an auto industry bailout. But f...

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TV Afterthoughts

Bob Franken | Posted 12.25.2008 | Business

Read More: Financial Crisis, Executive Compensation, Executive Incompetence, Automaker Bailout, Ceos, Business News
Bob Franken

We're gradually realizing that we're being had... that the captains of our economy are sinking it. We go down with it, while they escape in their exclusive lifeboats.

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Risking Our Best Talent? Send Them All to Double-A Birmingham!

Peter Schwartz | Posted 12.20.2008 | Business

Read More: Liar's Poker, Wall Street, Michael Lewis, Executive Compensation, Financial Crisis, Baseball, Moneyball, Sabermetrics, Business News
Peter Schwartz

Serial entrepreneur Penny Hersher worries about a talent-retention challenge if Wall Street eschews bonuses this year. In response to a Bloomberg arti...

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A Congressional Ultimatum for CEOs

Harry Moroz | Posted 12.14.2008 | Business

Read More: Investing, Say on Pay, CEO Pay, Drum Major Institute, Deregulation, Free Market, Executive Compensation, Barack Obama, Blockbuster, New York City, Economy, Jobs, Financial Crisis, Business News
Harry Moroz

This morning, Senator Chris Dodd warned that Congress might take a step that would send shivers down the spines of every CEO: federal caps on executive pay.

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Golden Parachutes, Even For Bailed-Out Execs, Are Alive And Well

Sean-Paul Kelley | Posted 12.03.2008 | Business

Read More: Financial Crisis, Clawbacks, Business, Economics, Golden Parachutes, Executive Compensation, Economy, Sean Paul Kelley, Business News
Sean-Paul Kelley

The executives can get a huge bonus or salary or golden parachute, all they have done is not make it tax deductible if it is over $500,000.

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Public Ownership -- But No Public Control

Robert Weissman | Posted 11.14.2008 | Business

Read More: Wall Street Bailout, Wall Street Crisis, Nationalization, Financial Crisis, Banks, Henry Paulson, Free Market, Executive Compensation, Business News
Robert Weissman

It is a remarkable time. On Friday, the Washington Post ran a front-page story titled, "The End of American Capitalism?" Today, the banner headline is...

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Compensation Clash in the Making

Martin Varsavsky | Posted 11.11.2008 | Business

Read More: Executive Compensation, Economy, Financial Crisis, Wall Street, Banking Crisis, Government Bailout, Business News
Martin Varsavsky

How does the US government explain that the salaries of the people who brought us all down deserve to be so much higher than their own?

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Wall Street Credit Crash Threatens To Tank U.S. Auto Industry

Diane Tucker | Posted 11.02.2008 | Home

Read More: Wall Street Bailout, Chrysler, United Auto Workers, Gas/Electric Hybrid, Credit Crunch, Offthebus, Automakers, Unemployment, Hybrid Cars, Plug-in Hybrids, HuffPost OffTheBus, Subprime Loans, Detroit, Center for Automotive Research, Chevy Cruze, Gm, Volt, Credit Crisis, 2008 Election, Paris Auto Show, Ford Motor Co, Ka, Detroit Automakers, Cnn, Subprime Mortgages, Wall Street Crisis, Wall Street, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Michigan, Auto Loan, Home Equity Loans, New York Times, Fixing the Health Insurance Industry, Forbes, Auto Industry, Executive Compensation, Home News
Diane Tucker

"Every job lost on Wall Street impacts two-to-three jobs on the outside. By comparison, every job lost at an auto plant impacts nearly 10 jobs on the outside... We don't want to know what happens if the domestic auto industry gets away from us."

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

Jeff Madrick | Posted 10.31.2008 | Business

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

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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Weak, Pathetic Executive Compensation Limitations

Paul Abrams | Posted 10.30.2008 | Business

Read More: Congress, Bailout, Executive Compensation, Economy, Executive Pay, Wall Street Crisis, Wall Street, Bailout Deal, Financial Crisis, Business News
Paul Abrams

The proposed bailout contains pathetically weak limitations on executive compensation. Once again, the country has been treated to a convenient capitulation to conventional wisdom, and lack of imagination.

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Give Us a Bailout that Helps Everyone

Gerald McEntee | Posted 10.26.2008 | Business

Read More: Wall Street Bailout, Wall Street Crisis, George W. Bush, Main Street, Mccain, Foreclosure, Henry Paulson Wall Street, Executive Compensation, Business News
Gerald McEntee

Bush and McCain have turned a blind eye to those who are struggling to keep their homes. Back then they were talking about "market correction." Only now are they talking about government intervention.

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Getting Wall Street Pay Reform Right

Robert Weissman | Posted 10.26.2008 | Business

Read More: CEO Pay, Wall Street Bailout, Wall Street Crisis, Wall Street, Bailout, Income Inequality, Economy, Henry Paulson, Ben Bernanke, Executive Compensation, Wall Street Bonuses, Business News
Robert Weissman

The Wall Street salary structure has helped set the standard for CEO pay across the economy, and helped establish a culture where executives consider outlandish pay packages the norm.

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