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Tag: executive compensation

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Prompted by Advisers, Shareholders Voting Nay on Say on Pay

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Historically, voting on executive compensation packages has been a pro forma exercise at the annual meetings of technology manufacturer 3M Co., as pay proposals breeze through with shareholder approval. Not so this year, however. With promi...

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Court Battles for Musk, Cook Highlight New Expectations for Executive Pay

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It was a tale of two verdicts recently for a pair of corporate heavyweights and their compensation. On January 30, a Delaware court put the kibosh on a $56 billion pay package for Elon Musk, the mercurial automotive innovator. Judge Kathale...

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Thirty Years After ‘Informant!’ Scandal, Inquiry Probes Executive Bonuses at ADM

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A Midwestern agribusiness may seem like an unlikely setting for million-dollar corporate intrigue, but that’s not for lack of trying on the part of Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. Roughly 30 years after the food-processing company endured a Holl...

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New Intelligize Report Delves into Non-GAAP Measures Influencing Exec Comp

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Last year’s high-profile labor strife in the entertainment and auto industries brought a renewed focus to executive compensation. The PR campaigns waged in these battles echoed familiar beats from similar disputes of the past. Namely, rank-...

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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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