CEO Compensation

GE agrees to a rich pay package for its new CEO, Toyota announces a huge recall, bond yields hit levels not seen since 2011, and other important business headlines.
The decision to reorganize the coffee company will come with large layoffs. The CEO and president, Kevin Johnson, will not be among those who will depart.
Departing CEO Les Moonves made just shy of $200 million over the past three years. But what about his exit package?
There is a fire at a Tesla factory, Apple hires former Tesla workers, Tim Cook is about to get even richer, and other important business headlines.
There is new research that may partly explain why the gap between CEO compensation and average worker pay has gotten so wide.
Walmart CEO Doug McMillon's pay last year was 1,188 times the pay of a median company employee. That's way above the already high median ratio of CEO-to-median-employee pay.
In a filing with the SEC, Twitter reported that CEO Jack Dorsey did not accept a salary or a stock grant last year. Dorsey owns about 2.39% of Twitter's outstanding shares.
China slaps tariffs on U.S. goods, Saks and Lord & Taylor are hacked, Tesla to increase the manufacture of its new Model 3, and other important headlines.
While the chief executive officers of many public corporations make hundreds of times what their average employees do, one famous CEO makes less based on the same scale.
Though Wells Fargo continues to implode, CEO Timothy Sloan made more than $17 million last year. How does the board justify that number?
Bank of America CEO Brian T. Moynihan made $21.8 million in 2017, or 250 times as much as the bank employee's median compensation for the year.
The U.S. deficit hit a multiyear high, top executives at General Electric did not get bonuses last year, President Trump killed a potential deal for Broadcom to buy Qualcomm, and other important...
As compensation for American public company CEOs has routinely reached tens of millions of dollars, shareholder activists, and in some cases institutional investors, have attacked boards for the size...
GM may have to pay a billion dollars to settle claims, Toys "R" Us may close all of its U.S. stores, Wynn Resorts settled a multibillion-dollar lawsuit, and other important headlines.
Weinstein Company has found a buyer, Toyota to move aggressively into the self-driving car business, Best Buy will close some of its smaller stores, and other important headlines.