Ceo Salaries

Working People and Good Jobs are the Foundation of Our Economy, Not the Problem

Terence M. O'Sullivan | Posted 11.26.2008 | Business


Terence M. O'Sullivan

Even more disturbing than the inaccuracy of the attacks against working people is the premise on which they are based.

CEOs Need to Run for Sheriff Just Once

Don McNay | Posted 11.20.2008 | Business


Don McNay

The financial system was supposedly broke. America wants the CEOs begging for cash to act like broke people.

Cap Executive Pay

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 11.17.2008 | Business


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.

No curbs on Wall Street pay despite meltdown

AP | RACHEL BECK and JOE BEL BRUNO | Posted 10.25.2008 | Business


NEW YORK — Despite the Wall Street meltdown, the nation's biggest banks are preparing to pay their workers as much as last year or more, includi...

Bershire CFO Gets More Compensation Than Buffett

CNBC | Josh Funk | Posted 03.17.2008 | Business


At Berkshire Hathaway Inc., the chief financial officer again brought home more compensation last year than the two billionaires who run the company. ...

Ex-Citigroup Chief Will Walk Away With Close To $100 Mil

Times Online | Miles Costello | Posted 11.09.2007 | Business


Charles "Chuck" Prince, the deposed head of Citigroup, is in line to walk away from the Wall Street giant with a total pay, perks and shares payout wo...

Obesity Epidemic Among CEO Pay

Eve Tahmincioglu | Posted 11.01.2007 | Business


Eve Tahmincioglu

Now we have other institutions thinking they should be following big businesses' lead and pony up big bucks for their head honchos.

Merrill Lynch CEO Guaranteed $159 Million Exit Package After Firm Posts Huge Loss

New York Times | ERIC DASH | Posted 10.27.2007 | Business


Merrill Lynch's directors may be weighing E. Stanley O'Neal's future, but one thing is already guaranteed: a payday of at least $159 million if he ste...

News Corp's Peter Chernin Out-Earned Boss Rupert Last Year

Guardian | Jemima Kiss | Posted 09.07.2007 | Media


Peter Chernin, the president and chief operating officer of News Corporation, was paid more than the company's chairman and chief executive, Rupert Mu...