Technology and the Internet
Granting restricted shares is encouraging if linked to performance targets, analysts say.
July 14, 2003
Politics
The government reorganization plan being studied by Gov.
Aug. 29, 2004
Business
Individual investors often are accused of chasing performance--that is, piling into whatever market sector has been hot in the immediate past.
Dec. 10, 2000
Explosion in executive compensation is turning into an embarrassment for corporate America. Monsanto’s risky option plan may be one sign that boards are moving to curb that growth.
May 10, 1996
Autos
General Motors’ high-profile management shake-up provides a case study for the concept of a “non-executive” chairman that will be closely monitored by corporate reformers.
Nov. 4, 1992
The big news Friday on the executive compensation front is that Netflix is converting some of its “performance-based” pay for its top executives to straight salaries, thanks to the recently-passed tax bill.
Dec. 29, 2017
California
The city of San Diego’s nonprofit computer corporation has distributed more than $200,000 in bonuses to a small number of employees over the past five years, proportionately far more than the city itself or any of its quasi-governmental agencies spend to reward workers for exceptional performances.
July 10, 1989
The criticism and discontent so evident in this election year is pushing rudely into corporate boardrooms.
Nov. 1, 1992
The California Public Employees’ Retirement System targeted Walt Disney Co., Royal Dutch Shell Petroleum Co. and two other firms to be the focus of the pension fund’s corporate-governance campaign this year.
June 10, 2004
World & Nation
It’s 3,000 pages long and almost impossible to comprehend. Pressure to change it or dump it is intensifying, but its complexity indicates restructuring will take years, not months.
Jan. 5, 1998