CEO bonuses rose 30.5% in the past year, but are the heads of large U.S. firms really earning their hefty compensation packages by creating increased profits and shareholder value? A closer look reveals wide disparities: There …
Though the job market remains challenging, for one group, the labor market was at its steadiest of the year last month. The number of chief executives departing their jobs fell to 79 in November, the lowest monthly number of 20…
Bernard Lander, founder of Touro College, received compensation of more than $4 million in 2008, making him the top-paid private college president that year.
Touro trustees awarded the money to Lander after deciding he had been underpaid during his t…
Gregory B. Maffei, boss of Liberty Media Corp. (LINTA), topped The Wall Street Journal list of best-paid CEOs, taking home $87.1 million.
Maffei’s compensation was four times larger than his 2008 package.
Larry Ellison, founder of Oracle Corp. (ORCL), came in second, with a pay packet of $68.6 million. Most of that took the form of options, valued at $61.9 million.
The survey…
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Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz has been praised for her blunt, foul-mouthed management style. But with shares of the company down more than 14% this year, her $39 million pay package is a little hard to swallow.
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