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As Labor Strife Grows, So Do Complaints About CEO Pay

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Elon Musk has apparently had enough of automotive companies showering their executives with lavish compensation packages. The Tesla CEO, himself under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission for asking the electric-vehicle m...

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As Executive Compensation Booms, Closer Scrutiny Looms

Stop us if you’ve heard this one before, but corporate CEOs made a lot of money last year. According to a new report from the AFL-CIO, the chief executives of companies in the S&P 500 earned an average of $18.3 million in total compensa...

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Shareholders Go on Offense Against CEO Pay Raises

In an industry where top leaders routinely angle for lavish new contracts, the University of Michigan and its head football coach reached an unusual deal in early 2021. After the Wolverines stumbled to a 2-4 record in a 2020 season shortene...

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Issuers Put the $ in ESG

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Public companies have been talking a big game on ESG for years. Now they’re putting their money where their mouth is. Well, some of them are. Of the 100 largest U.S.-based public companies, 36 are now using ESG-related metrics in their exec...

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