Business
Shareholders and corporate activists have been complaining for years about runaway executive pay.
June 2, 2002
Politics
After a bruising intraparty fight, House Republicans were poised late Wednesday to push through a $189-billion package of tax cuts for families with children, retirees and corporations--the final provision of their “contract with America.”
April 6, 1995
This is what will not happen, now that the average shareholder can voice an opinion on the pay levels of corporate executives: * Every chief executive’s salary will be slashed 80%, just on principle--because people are mad as hell and they don’t want CEOs raking it in anymore. * Companies no longer will be able to attract talented executives, so American business will begin a long and painful slide, with the final result that . . . * . . .
Feb. 14, 1992
After a bruising intraparty fight, House Republicans on Wednesday night pushed through a $189-billion package of tax cuts for families with children, retirees and corporations--and completed action on their “contract with America” in the chamber.
Annual Survey Shows How the Soaring Stock Market Is Driving Up Compensation
May 26, 1996
Company Town
NBCUniversal Chief Executive Steve Burke received $46 million in compensation last year, boosted by $10 million of stock options granted in a new employment agreement.
April 28, 2017
Policy: Companies feel left out, seek support in the White House and Congress for lower income tax rates.
Feb. 7, 2001
When Cindy Baker joined the family business 13 years ago, she grudgingly admitted to a son that the world of packaging was “oh, so boring.”
Oct. 2, 1995
Viacom executives again among America’s highest paid
Jan. 28, 2012
The Republican Party’s bond with corporate America is fraying. That extends an opportunity to Biden and congressional Democrats.
April 11, 2021