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Stimulus Package Contains Strict New Restrictions On Executive Pay

Washington Post | Tomoeh Murakami Tse | Posted 03.16.2009 | Politics

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The stimulus package Congress was poised to pass tonight imposes new restrictions on executive compensation that could erase multimillion dollar pay p...

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Executive Pay Caps Cut Out Of Stimulus Compromise: WaPo

Washington Post | Posted 03.15.2009 | Politics

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

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Europe Also Moves To Limit Executive Pay

New York Times | MATTHEW SALTMARSH | Posted 03.10.2009 | Business

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This was supposed to be bonus season for the once-pampered bankers of Europe. Instead, it has become payback time. With President Obama telling Ameri...

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Not for Nothing: Reforming TARP Compensation

Nancy Lublin | Posted 03.09.2009 | Politics

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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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Pay Caps Relevant Beyond Wall Street

Jim Jaffe | Posted 03.08.2009 | Business

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Jim Jaffe

A political question of the moment is whether taxpayers concerned about subsidizing bloated salaries on Wall Street will feel an equal discomfort about playing a similar role in medicine and higher education.

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Donald Trump: Obama "Absolutely Right" To Cap Executive Pay Tied To Bailout Money (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Nick Sabloff | Posted 03.07.2009 | Business

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Speaking with Larry King Wednesday night, Donald Trump defended President Obama's move to limit pay for executives receiving bailout money, calling t...

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Pay Caps Will Probably Apply Only To A Few Execs, Many Will Find Loopholes

AP | STEVENSON JACOBS | Posted 03.07.2009 | Business

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NEW YORK — The squeeze on big paydays for executives of bailed-out banks will probably leave Wall Street plenty of wiggle room. Consultants on e...

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Obama Caps Executive Pay Tied To Bailout Money (SPEECH TRANSCRIPT)

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 03.06.2009 | Business

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama imposed a $500,000 pay cap on some senior executives whose firms receive government financial rescue money, ...

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Big Three CEOs To Take $1 A Year Salaries If Their Companies Get Bailed Out (POLL)

Huffington Post | Katharine Zaleski | Posted 01.02.2009 | Business

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Now that Americans have footed the bill for more than a trillion dollars in bailouts, Congress is finally starting to clamp down on executive pay as a...

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How Much Should Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit Make?

New York Times | Posted 01.02.2009 | Business

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Sarah Anderson, a director at the Institute for Policy Studies, is an advocate of aggressive pay curbs and isn't likely to buy into an eight-figure in...

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Cap Executive Pay

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 12.18.2008 | Business

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Amitai Etzioni

A salary cap would leave CEOs free to do what is best for their corporations, the economy, and families -- rather than focus on ways to jack up the price of their stock each quarter.

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Outrage Growing Over Executive Pay

Washington Post | Heather Landy | Posted 12.16.2008 | Business

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The public's indignation over lavish executive pay has rippled beyond the circles of activist investors and corporate governance watchdogs, who for ye...

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Weak, Pathetic Executive Compensation Limitations

Paul Abrams | Posted 10.30.2008 | Business

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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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The Next President Has Unfinished Business

Harry Fuller | Posted 10.17.2008 | Living

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Harry Fuller

My mother was a farm girl trained as a nurse, but even she knew about foxes and hen-houses.

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Panel Finds Rising Executive Pay May Be Linked To Consultant Conflicts

New York Times | GRETCHEN MORGENSON | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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Conflicts of interest are pervasive among executive compensation consultants, according to a Congressional investigation. Moreover, the inquiry found,...

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CEOs Say They're Overpaid (Seriously)

USA Today's On Deadline Blog | Michael Winter | Posted 03.28.2008 | 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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