Not all of the government’s bailout investments worked out
Citigroup warrants, which were obtainedby the U.S. Treasury as part its bailout deal with the bank during the financial crisis, look like they will expire worthless by as soon as 2018, despite the...
View ArticleYet another faulty banker pay scheme to avoid
What do you think about texting and driving? And what would you think if Harvard academics were advocating it, and some cops on the beat were considering going along? To put your mind at ease, they...
View ArticleMore top companies giving CEOs performance-based awards
When it came time to reward top executives last year, more leading companies handed out performance-based awards instead of time-vesting stock options, according to a new study from human resources...
View ArticleAlibaba and the kingdom of sumptuous stock grants
Its widely acknowledged that Wall Street wrote the book on sumptuous compensationsome would say, outrageous overcompensation. Its long been a wondrous world where high-ranking people get paid on par...
View ArticleAlibaba’s top brass can’t lose, even if shareholders suffer
If youre thinking about buying Alibaba shares once they start trading on September 19, keep this warning in mind: The management of the Chinese digital shopping colossus has a powerful incentive to...
View ArticleAlibaba IPO: It’s official—Wall Street wins, you will lose
Its official. Alibabas IPO pop was stupendous, Wall Streets favorite clients get billions of dollars in found money, investment banks will pocket billions from those grateful clients for orchestrating...
View ArticleCoca-Cola pours cold water on executive stock plan
Coca-Cola KO has given in to criticism from investors, including Warren Buffett, and is scaling back its executive equity compensation plan. The beverage company’s new guidelines for a plan already...
View ArticleThe biggest threat to CEO pay, for the short-term
The way CEO pay has grown over the past 30 years, you might think its bound to keep growing indefinitely. But if a suddenly stagnant market falls, we could see a stumble in top-level compensation, at...
View ArticleStock options: it’s back to the ’90s.
From Bill Gurley to Marc Andreesen, Silicon Valley's smartest are asking if we're in round two of the dotcom bubble. Many things are different this time around. But one thing is disconcertingly...
View ArticleStep aside Wall Street, small pharma CEO pay reaches for the sky
They may not be running too big to fail firms, but the CEOs of many small biopharmaceutical companies are being paid like they are unquestionably indispensable, In fact, many are making more than Wall...
View ArticleNot all of the government’s bailout investments worked out
Citigroup warrants, which were obtained by the U.S. Treasury as part its bailout deal with the bank during the financial crisis, look like they will expire worthless by as soon as 2018, despite the...
View ArticleYet another faulty banker pay scheme to avoid
What do you think about texting and driving? And what would you think if Harvard academics were advocating it, and some cops on the beat were considering going along? To put your mind at ease, they...
View ArticleMore top companies giving CEOs performance-based awards
When it came time to reward top executives last year, more leading companies handed out performance-based awards instead of time-vesting stock options, according to a new study from human resources...
View ArticleAlibaba and the kingdom of sumptuous stock grants
It's widely acknowledged that Wall Street wrote the book on sumptuous compensation--some would say, outrageous overcompensation. It's long been a wondrous world where high-ranking people get paid on...
View ArticleAlibaba’s top brass can’t lose, even if shareholders suffer
If you're thinking about buying Alibaba shares once they start trading on September 19, keep this warning in mind: The management of the Chinese digital shopping colossus has a powerful incentive to...
View ArticleAlibaba IPO: It’s official—Wall Street wins, you will lose
It's official. Alibaba's IPO pop was stupendous, Wall Street's favorite clients get billions of dollars in found money, investment banks will pocket billions from those grateful clients for...
View ArticleCoca-Cola pours cold water on executive stock plan
Coca-Cola KO has given in to criticism from investors, including Warren Buffett, and is scaling back its executive equity compensation plan. The beverage company’s new guidelines for a plan already...
View ArticleThe biggest threat to CEO pay, for the short-term
The way CEO pay has grown over the past 30 years, you might think it's bound to keep growing indefinitely. But if a suddenly stagnant market falls, we could see a stumble in top-level compensation, at...
View ArticleStock options: it’s back to the ’90s.
From Bill Gurley to Marc Andreesen, Silicon Valley's smartest are asking if we're in round two of the dotcom bubble. Many things are different this time around. But one thing is disconcertingly...
View ArticleWhen CEOs get a pay raise: Is there any rhyme or reason?
Apple AAPL CEO Tim Cook's pay doubled and HP HPQ CEO Meg Whitman's increased by over 1,000% between 2013 and 2014. But the salaries of Starbuck’s SBUX Howard Schultz, along with Viacom’s Philippe...
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