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News, articles and information about private company and public company executive compensation, including salary and stock options.
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Oracle Corp. Founder Tops Executive Pay List
Associated PressOracle Corp. founder Larry Ellison, a longtime fixture on the list of the world's richest people, is now ensconced atop The Associated Press' rankings of the top-paid chief executives in the United States. Never shy about flaunting his estimated $25...Tags: Oracle Corp., Securities, News Corp., Corporate Officers, Occidental Petroleum Corp.
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Top-paid executives
Sun reporterConstellation Energy Group dominated the list of the most highly paid local executives in 2007, a year in which the company's stock price rose nearly 50 percent. Leaders at the Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. parent accounted for four of the top 10 -...Tags: Barack Obama, Under Armour Inc., Investment Service, Securities, Business Enterprises
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For business calls only
In 1989, when cellular phones were as big as bricks, sold for thousands of dollars and cost up to a dollar a minute to use, Congress added them to the list of executive perks that count as taxable compensation if used for personal business. Today almost 6...Tags: Sam Johnson, Telecommunication Service, Government, National Government, Cell Phones
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Executive pay would rise under insurance merger
Top executives of Independence Blue Cross and Highmark Inc. would see millions of dollars worth of raises if the two health care companies are allowed to merge, according to documents filed with the state. Highmark Chief Executive Kenneth Melani, who...Tags: Insurance, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Restructuring and Recapitalization, Government, Corporate Officers
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Ex-Blues chief sues state
Sun reporterWilliam L. Jews, the former chief executive officer of CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, has sued Maryland's top insurance regulator over its decision to deny him about $9 million in severance and other pay, calling the regulatory move unconstitutional....Tags: Insurance, Constitutional Issues, Court Administration, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, Trials
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Moonlighting pays off for CEOs past and present
Sentinel ColumnistDarden Restaurants revealed last week in its annual proxy that Chairman and chief executive Clarence Otis earned $5.1 million in total compensation last year. Make that $5.5 million. Otis is one of many executives who also collect paychecks from other...Tags: Al Weiss, VF Corporation, Toni Jennings, Corporate Officers, International Speedway Corp.
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Hello, Prius. Goodbye, Buick
The news out of Detroit is grim, especially for General Motors Corp. A $15.5 billion quarterly loss. Toyota on track to beat it in global sales. The end to its three-quarter-century dominance of the world auto market. Much contributed to GM's woes:...Tags: Retirement, Wages and Pensions, Stock Options, Pension and Welfare, Interior Policy
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Shareholders Reelect Yahoo's Board
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterAfter six months of fireworks as a takeover battle for Yahoo Inc. raged, the Internet company's annual meeting Friday produced little spark and few questions about the board's controversial decision to spurn Microsoft Corp.'s advances. Despite deep...Tags: Jonathan Miller, Nextel Partners Incorporated, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Computing and Information Technology, Time Warner Inc.
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GM Cuts back, Again
BusinessWeek.comThe U.S. auto industry is deep in the throes of a massive restructuring. General Motors Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner will tell the next chapter this morning. GM won???t divulge details, but several company sources say that Wagoner will announce several... -
Big Oil big on dividends and buybacks
Associated PressGiant oil companies such as Exxon Mobil and ConocoPhillips are set to report what will probably be another round of eye-popping quarterly profits. Which raises the question: Just where is all that money going? The companies insist they're trying to...Tags: Retirement, Commodity Markets, Exxon Mobil Corporation, Petroleum Industry, Stocks
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Ex-CEO's severance cut
Sun reportersWilliam L. Jews is entitled to only half of his $18 million severance package from CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, Maryland's top insurance regulator said yesterday in a ruling that accuses the former chief executive of abandoning the insurer's...Tags: Private Health Care, Insurance, Wellpoint Health Networks Incorporated, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, Corporate Officers
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'Difficult times' at Legg Mason
Sun reporterPresiding over his first annual meeting yesterday as Legg Mason Inc.'s chief executive, Mark R. Fetting worked to reassure shareholders that the Baltimore money manager will overcome its slumping performance while acknowledging that he understands their...Tags: Corporate Officers, Mutual Funds, Wachovia Corp., Earnings, Legg Mason, Inc.
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