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The Motley Fool
March 29, 2006
Alyce Lomax |
No Bonus at Gap? No Problem Paul Pressler may not have gotten a bonus last year, but there's little reason for sympathy. Many shareholders don't believe a mere slap on the wrist is nearly enough.   |
The Motley Fool
April 15, 2009
Alyce Lomax |
CEOs: Do the Right Thing! 2008 was a bad year for shareholders and workers. Some CEOs made out like bandits, though. |
Knowledge@Wharton
May 21, 2003 |
Do Shareholders Have the Clout to Rein in Excessive Executive Pay? What can/should be done about extravagant pay packages for CEOs and other executives, which sometimes result in huge pay increases even while the stock is falling? |
The Motley Fool
January 8, 2007
Rich Duprey |
Is CEO Pay Really Out of Whack? Their companies' performance may be faltering, but CEOs' pay packages sure aren't. Is this a new era of corporate greed? What does it mean to shareholders? |
The Motley Fool
April 19, 2004
Selena Maranjian |
CEOs Still Raking It In Are CEOs really 301 times more valuable than rank-and-file employees? |
The Motley Fool
May 28, 2008
Selena Maranjian |
CEO Pay: It Just Makes No Sense Let's let the laws of supply and demand work. |
The Motley Fool
April 2, 2007
Alyce Lomax |
The Truth About CEO Compensation While CEOs fulfill very important roles, they should remember that they are employees, too. They must answer to shareholders, instead of their own greed and hubris. |
The Motley Fool
March 30, 2009
Alyce Lomax |
Good Moves in Bad Times As much as we so often hear about CEOs who are doing the wrong thing, let's look at a few CEOs who are doing the right thing now. |
The Motley Fool
June 29, 2005
Rich Smith |
Stupid CEO Tricks When it comes to executive compensation, you don't always get what you pay for. If your company is too busy making its CEO rich to make you rich, then it might be time to find a better investment. |
The Motley Fool
April 3, 2006
Alyce Lomax |
Your Stocks' Secrets Investors, knowledge is power, so don't ignore a freely available source of the best-kept corporate secrets -- the proxy statement. Proxy season is upon us -- don't forget to do your homework. |
The Motley Fool
March 11, 2005
Rich Duprey |
CEOs Get the Golden Boot Boards of directors are giving away shareholder money to outgoing executives as compensation for poor performance. Shareholders ought to take note of how their boards deal with management separation. |
The Motley Fool
November 12, 2007
Selena Maranjian |
Shareholders Are Winning ... Slowly CEO overcompensation is gradually being challenged in corporate America by shareholders, through resolutions and annual meeting proposals. |
HBS Working Knowledge
September 13, 2006
Jay W. Lorsch |
Rising CEO Pay: What Directors Should Do Compensation committees are under pressure to keep CEO pay high, even as shareholders and the media agitate for moderation. The solution? Boards of directors need better competitive information and an ear to what shareholders are saying. |
The Motley Fool
February 2, 2010
Alyce Lomax |
CEOs Cash In at Your Expense At Starbucks, "business as usual" seems to make an unwelcome return. |
IndustryWeek
July 1, 2005
John S. McClenahen |
CEO Pay: The New Rules For CEOs and other senior executives in manufacturing, performance-related bonuses are up and performance-tied long-term incentives are more common. But will they make for better management decisions? That's not yet clear. |
The Motley Fool
August 18, 2006
Alyce Lomax |
Foolish Book Review: The Battle for the Soul of Capitalism Even the most unapologetic capitalists might do well to wonder what's gone wrong over recent decades. The many ethical issues make John C. Bogle's book The Battle for the Soul of Capitalism a timely and important work. |
BusinessWeek
March 25, 2010
Silver-Greenberg et al. |
CEO Pay Drops, but...Cash Is King An exclusive first look at the 2009 compensation of chief executives at 81 big companies |
U.S. Banker
June 2006
Rebecca Sausner |
Corporate Governance: Ready, Aim and Fire: Shareholders Get Armed A fairly new proposal on the ballot at some institutions includes moves to require an advisory shareholder vote on compensation committee pay reports, with Merrill Lynch, Countrywide Financial and U.S. Bancorp facing votes on this issue. |
The Motley Fool
May 30, 2008
Alyce Lomax |
Shareholders Step on the Gas Shareholders are indeed owners, and that should mean having a voice and advocating for change as needed. Maybe that's why corporate governance issues appear to be gaining momentum. |
The Motley Fool
March 23, 2009
Alyce Lomax |
Heck of a Job! Here's a Bonus! Shareholders need to start pushing back on compensation policies. |
The Motley Fool
November 17, 2005
Bill Mann |
An Open Letter to CryptoLogic In an effort to open a dialogue with this stock pick about its compensation policies, the author sends this letter to the company's board of directors on the heels of a discussion he had with the company's director of communications. |
Fast Company
June 2002
Robert Simons |
Memo to: CEOs Business is at a crossroads. Scandal and recession have cast a pall on the way CEOs go about leading their companies. Three distinguished professors send this memo -- Five Half-truths of Business -- as a wake-up call... |
The Motley Fool
May 25, 2004
Chris Mallon |
A Proxy for Management The proxy statement gives investors an annual glimpse into the minds of management. |
The Motley Fool
October 27, 2009
Alyce Lomax |
Daily Walk of Fame: Corporate Heroes Let's take a moment to celebrate the good guys. Solid, well-run companies with smart, ethical, passionate management are far more likely to succeed over the long haul. |
The Motley Fool
October 4, 2004
Bill Mann |
Taking Advantage of the Terminally Stupid In a public filing, Concord unveiled a plan to buy back employee options at prices up to $4. The trouble is, with a $9 share price, options granted at $40 are worth basically nothing. |
Job Journal
February 25, 2007
Michael Kinsman |
Career Pros:Sports Stars Can't Compete with Overpaid CEOs Can America bring it's high-flying CEOs down to earth? |
IndustryWeek
June 1, 2003
Jill Jusko |
Shareholder Advocacy in High Gear CEOs, boards risk black eyes if they don't respond. |
The Motley Fool
April 5, 2005
Alyce Lomax |
Plenty of Options at Yahoo! The Financial Accounting Standards Board has decreed that companies must begin expensing options this June -- a move that will make many of us watch the options-friendly tech giants such as Yahoo!, where there may be some chilling impacts to earnings. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Re-examining Stock Options as a Way to Compensate Executives Now that an underperforming stock market and the excesses of Enron have focused new attention on the use and abuse of stock options as a way to incentivize senior managers, what changes, if any, should companies make in their design of compensation packages? |
The Motley Fool
March 20, 2006
Jim Schoettler |
Identifying Effective Management Finding shareholder-friendly management teams may be the most important aspect of investing. We look at some tools that can help us measure what management teams are doing and how well they're doing it. |
The Motley Fool
September 2, 2009
Alyce Lomax |
That CEO Makes How Much? Plunging stock prices haven't dented some executives' lavish pay. The guys at the top deserve an equal share of the sacrifice, especially if they expect an outsized slice of the rewards. |
The Motley Fool
February 25, 2008
Alyce Lomax |
Risk, Rot, and the Road to Recovery It's high time shareholders demanded better corporate governance from boards. |
The Motley Fool
January 23, 2009
Alyce Lomax |
Starbucks Misses a Chance to Shine Starbucks is reining in compensation for founder and CEO Howard Schultz and several top managers. That's a step in the right direction given the company's lagging performance lately, but is it really enough? It's been an awful year, folks. |
The Motley Fool
March 24, 2010
Alyce Lomax |
Ending the Era of Entitlement Are corporate managers picking your portfolio's pocket? Some companies' actual performance doesn't always match the rich pay and perks their CEOs often receive. |
The Motley Fool
July 9, 2008
Alyce Lomax |
Fool Blog: Look Out For the "Others" Apparently it's a creepy world when it comes to CEOs' "other compensation." |
The Motley Fool
December 16, 2008
Alyce Lomax |
Greed's Deadly Consequences As 2008 draws to a close, it's a good time to contemplate this crazy year and one of its major themes: unbridled greed, unfettered by conscience. |
The Motley Fool
December 27, 2005
Rich Duprey |
Flextronics Chief Cashes In The semiconductor manufacturer gives its outgoing CEO a regal reward for subpar performance. Shareholders ought to be asking themselves whether management and the board of directors really have their interests aligned. |
The Motley Fool
April 20, 2011
Alyce Lomax |
Watchful Eyes on Wasteful Practices CEO pay disparities continue to fly in the face of fiscal prudence. |
The Motley Fool
January 24, 2006
S.J. Caplan |
Read Those Proxy Statements in 2006 Shareholder resolutions are an increasingly important vehicle for shareholder activism of all sorts. |
The Motley Fool
May 30, 2006
Rich Duprey |
Home Depot Abdicates Responsibility When management and directors abdicate their responsibilities, what can shareholders do? Either oust management and the board, or oust the stock from your portfolio. |
HBS Working Knowledge
August 9, 2004
Lucian A. Bebchuk |
Bring Shareholders into the Board Room How can we improve board performance? One way is by reducing the extent to which boards are insulated from, and unaccountable to, shareholders. |
BusinessWeek
December 12, 2005
Emily Thornton |
Fat Merger Payouts For CEOs Top executives at companies being acquired are reaping windfalls. Whose interest is being served? |
HBS Working Knowledge
August 8, 2005 |
Readers Respond: Is There an "Efficient Market" in CEO Compensation? Readers offer varying viewpoints and solutions on the topic of CEO compensation. |
The Motley Fool
April 17, 2007
Toby Shute |
A Regal Retirement for the Sun King? Retirement-bound chief exec Lord Browne's last meeting with BP shareholders was clouded by a disputed pay package. |
The Motley Fool
April 18, 2006
Selena Maranjian |
11 Companies Rewarding Failure Investors, take a closer look at compensation, and ask yourself whether the CEOs of the companies you own are earning your respect and confidence -- or just earning more than they deserve. |
The Motley Fool
April 12, 2007
Rich Duprey |
Goodyear: Management 3, Reform 0 Unions' and shareholders' proposals get torpedoed at the tiremaker's annual meeting. Investors, take note. |
HBS Working Knowledge
August 30, 2006
Bebchuk & Khurana |
The Compensation Game Do CEOs deserve "star" compensation? Or are they benefiting from a "market myth"? |
BusinessWeek
February 26, 2007
Jane Sasseen |
A Better Look At The Boss's Pay New SEC rules require greater disclosure, but don't expect CEOs to take a hit. |
The Motley Fool
June 4, 2008
Alyce Lomax |
Bad News in CEO Pay Think grandiose CEO rewards don't apply in a struggling industry? Think again. |
The Motley Fool
February 20, 2007
Dan Caplinger |
Get Out and Vote! Proxy voting lets your shareholder voice be heard. |
