Pay

Private College Salaries Of More Than $1 Million Paid To 23 Presidents

AP | JUSTIN POPE | Posted 11.02.2009 | Home

Read More: David J. Sargent, Salaries, Tuition Increases, Pay, Tuition, College President, Renssealear Polytechnic Institute, University President, Private Universities, University of Tulsa, Shirley Jackson, Shirley Ann Jackson, Steadman Upham, Student Loans, Students, Suffolk University, David Sargent, President, Presidents, Costs, University, College, Salary, Chronicle of Higher Education, Higher Education, Private Colleges, Executive Pay, Home News

The fast-growing group of millionaire private college and university presidents hit a new record in recent years, and it's likely more college leaders...

Read Whole Story

Wall Street's Designer-Dressed Thieves

Mike Papantonio | Posted 10.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Citigroup, Feinberg, Air America, Pap Attack, Czar, Salary, Mike Papantonio, Bonus, Golefttv, GoLeft.Tv, Bank of America, Aig, Wall Street, Pay, Ceo, Ring of Fire, Business News
Mike Papantonio

Open the phonebook and randomly pick the name of a stockbroker or a bank president. Call that person and ask them to explain to you how a synthetic or a derivative actually works.

Read Post

Shriver Report: Get Married, Have Kids, Then We'll Speak to Your Issues

Bella DePaulo | Posted 10.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Workforce, Social Security, Singled Out, Pay, Divorce, Children, Matrimania, A Woman’s Nation, Gloria Steinem, Nonfamily Households, Media, Childless Women, Business, Ideology, Consciousness-Raising, Friendship, Compulsory Heterosexuality, Politics, Compulsory Mothering, Singlism, Discrimination, Breadwinners, Health Care, Couples, Family, Women’s Media Center, Taxes, Connection, Single-Person Households, Wives, Compulsory Marriage, Money, Women’s Movement, Suze Orman, Shriver Report, Singles, Maria Shriver, Time Magazine, Mothers, Gender, Education, Oprah Winfrey, Career, Workplace, Unmarried America, John Podesta, Adrienne Rich, Living News
Bella DePaulo

I'll highlight some remarkable and conventional-wisdom-defying findings from the report that were published but never headlined.

Read Post

Women's Wages Rose Faster Than Men's During Recession

Wall Street Journal | SARA MURRAY | Posted 10.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Pay, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Economy, Wages, Jobless, Jobs, Laid Off, Recession, Gender, Layoffs, Gender Equality, Unemployment, Inflation, Work, Salary, Business News

The wages of the typical woman who had a job during the worst recession in decades rose faster than those of the typical man, new data from the Bureau...

Read Whole Story

Want Less Risk? Hire More Women!

Dr. Sasha Galbraith | Posted 10.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Earnings, Fed, Women, Pay, Testosterone, Risk Aversion, Banking, Federal Reserve, Compensation, Occupational Sex Segregation, Gender, Risk, Gender Inequalities, Women in Finance, Women CEOs, Business News
Dr. Sasha Galbraith

The higher the amount of testosterone, the more willing people are to take risks. Women, with considerably less of the male hormone coursing through their bodies, are more risk averse.

Read Post

Fed Planning Sweeping Curbs On Bankers' Pay

Wall Street Journal | DAMIAN PALETTA and JON HILSENRATH | Posted 11.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Pay, Wall Street, Pay Curbs, Executive Pay Curbs, Banks, Federal Reserve, Bankers, Wall Street Pay, Executive Pay, Business News

Policies that set the pay for tens of thousands of bank employees nationwide would require approval from the Federal Reserve as part of a far-reaching...

Read Whole Story

The Hangover That Women Can't Shake Off

Christina Patterson | Posted 09.01.2009 | Living

Read More: Women, Pay, Looks, Working Mothers, Pay Gap, Childcare, Long Hours Culture, Living News
Christina Patterson

More than 80 years after women were given the right to vote, we seem more convinced than ever that the chief role of women in our society is adornment.

Read Post

For the Love of Blogging

Bella DePaulo | Posted 07.20.2009 | Media

Read More: Scientific Claims, Karl Rove, Singled Out, Pay, Books, Msm, Matrimania, James Carville, Mary Matalin, Media, Singles, Myths, Atlantic Magazine, Tucker Carlson, Happiness, Consciousness-Raising, Marriage, Ed Rendell, Singlism, Susan Boyle, Snark, Health, Janet Napolitano, Comments on Blogs, Blogging, Media News
Bella DePaulo

When I first started blogging, I never imagined it would become one of my favorite things to do.

Read Post

Counting the Cost of Good and Bad Debt

Jim Wallis | Posted 04.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: President, President Obama, Pay, War, Wage, Media, Employment, Government Spending, Debt, Peace, Conservative, Environment, Government, Infrastructure, Dollar, Tax Cut, Loans, Tax Cuts, Homeless, Health Care, Cost of War, Greed, Irs, Money, Veterans, Budget, Education, Trillion, Biblical, Health, Rich, Healthcare, Spending, Bible, Budget Surplus, Military, Credit Card, Conservative Ideology, Bush Presidency, Proposed Budget, President Clinton, Economy, Luke, Politics News
Jim Wallis

While watching President Obama's press conference Tuesday evening, I was struck by a few things that are often forgotten in the criticism of his proposed budget.

Read Post

Firms Taking Bailout Money Defend Retention Pay For Top Brokers

Washington Post | Tomoeh Murakami Tse | Posted 03.31.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Banks, Compensation, Pay, Bailout, Brokers, Retention Pay, Chicago News

Handsome pay packages for brokers totaling billions of dollars have turned the public spotlight on another corner of Wall Street compensation: retenti...

Read Whole Story