Say-on-pay laws increase company valuations, study finds
When shareholders have a say on executive pay, CEO salaries decline and company valuations rise, according to a University of Georgia study.
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Jun 14, 2017
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News tagged with executive pay
The four factors that decide how we feel about income inequality
Sometimes it is hard to nail down exactly how we feel about disparities between incomes, but emotions certainly run higher after a financial crisis and a few years of austerity. We might be furious that scandal-hit CEOs walk ...
Social Sciences
Apr 21, 2017
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Apple says several billion dollars set aside for US taxes
Apple's chief executive says the company has put aside "several billion dollars" to pay tax liabilities in the United States as it repatriates some of its huge overseas earnings.
Business
Sep 1, 2016
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Viacom slashes exec pay amid lawsuit over Redstone's health
Viacom Inc. on Wednesday pre-released details about executive pay that show an 85 percent drop in compensation for its ailing 92-year-old executive chairman, Sumner Redstone, amid legal battles questioning his health and ...
Business
Jan 21, 2016
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US CEO cuts salary to boost employee pay to $70,000
One startup founder is making his own effort to respond to the issue of income inequality—cutting his own pay while seriously boosting that of his employees.
Business
Apr 15, 2015
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How limiting CEO pay can be more effective, less costly
CEOs make a lot of money from incentive pay tied to stock performance. Although such schemes help align executives' interests with shareholders, they are not necessarily the best schemes as compared to schemes that rely on ...
Economics & Business
Apr 15, 2015
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Microsoft's Nadella gets $84M pay package
Microsoft has given its new CEO Satya Nadella a pay package worth $84.3 million, most of it in the form of long-term stock awards.
Business
Oct 21, 2014
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Increased CEO compensation linked to decreased financial performance of firms
(Phys.org) —New research in a study from the David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah found that CEOs who receive higher incentive pay often lead their companies to decreased financial performance. Specifically, ...
Economics & Business
Jun 18, 2014
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Disney investors elect Twitter's Dorsey to board
Disney shareholders elected all 10 of the company's nominees to the board of directors, including Twitter Chairman Jack Dorsey.
Business
Mar 18, 2014
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Swiss reject plan to cap managers' pay
Swiss voters soundly rejected on Sunday a proposal to limit the pay of companies' highest-paid managers to 12 times that of their lowest-paid workers, a plan that business leaders had warned could weaken the prosperous nation's ...
Business
Nov 24, 2013
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