Ken Feinberg

Sam Stein

Pay 'Czar' Feinberg: I'm Not Eager To Use Imperial Edicts

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.12.2009 | Business


The man known as President Obama's "czar" of CEO pay, Kenneth Feinberg, said on Thursday that he finds the title "unfortunate" and believes that the c...

WSJ: AIG CEO Robert Benmosche Ready To Quit Over Pay Constraints

Huffington Post/AP | Posted 11.12.2009 | Business


NEW YORK — After just three months as head of battered insurer American International Group, Robert Benmosche has threatened to leave his post a...

Wall Street's Record Bonuses Return: Analysts Predict $30 Billion In Bonuses At Big 3

Bloomberg | Michael J. Moore and Ian Katz | Posted 11.09.2009 | Business


Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s investment bank, survivors of the worst financial crisis since the Great Depressio...

Banks' 2008 Stock Options Turning Out To Be Most Lucrative Payouts Ever

The New York Times | LOUISE STORY | Posted 11.08.2009 | Business


Banks cut bonuses last year and shifted more pay into stock and options from cash, a tactic that lawmakers supported for its emphasis on long-term per...

Supreme Court To Hear Case About Excessive Pay; Parallels Seen In Executive Compensation

Washington Post | Robert Barnes and Steven Mufson | Posted 10.31.2009 | Business


The Supreme Court this week will hear a case that raises bedrock questions about the ability of the market to set "reasonable" corporate compensation,...

Pay Czar Ken Feinberg Raised Base Pay At Bailed Out Firms

Wall Street Journal | DAVID ENRICH and DEBORAH SOLOMON | Posted 10.28.2009 | Business


Treasury Department pay czar Kenneth Feinberg last week announced sharp cuts in total compensation at the finance and auto companies under his control...

Taming Corporate Pay, Finally

Mark Green | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics


Mark Green

Is the reported, imminent slapdown by "pay czar' Ken Feinberg of the pay packages at seven bailed out firms the breakthrough critics have been waiting for?