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Tag: pay vs. performance

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Judge Again Rejects Musk’s $56 Billion Pay Package from Tesla

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We’re going to talk about Elon Musk, but first we’ve got to focus. Forget, for a moment, about other recent stories involving the world’s richest man. Forget about his stated initiative to feed “all court cases” to an artificially intellige...

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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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12 Years Later, the SEC Has Its Pay Versus Performance Rules

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When the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act was signed into law in 2010, it put publicly traded companies on notice that they would need to justify executive pay rates. It took 12 years, but the Securities and Exchang...

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Light Bulb Hanging: Shining Light on CEO Pay Compensation

Shareholders Go on Offense Against CEO Pay Raises

Light Bulb Hanging: Shining Light on CEO Pay Compensation

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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SEC Proposes New Pay vs. Performance Rule

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How should a public company define success? It’s the kind of abstract question that might appear on a college economics exam. But for more than a decade, it has also been a very real question plaguing the Securities and Exchange Commission....

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