Category Archives: pay

“They Look at Money as a Proxy for Aggression”

To get rich, you have to be aggressive. If you’re aggressive, you’ll be rich. So if you’re not rich, you can’t be aggressive. Ergo, to get rich, you have to be rich.
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Department of Home Security

The enormous sums spent on “security” for CEOs.
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Ken Griffin vs John D Rockefeller

Griffin earns more than Rockefeller did, as a multiple of average earnings.
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Apple Needs Principles

A principles-based approach to regulation would have served the SEC well in the Apple backdating case.
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More Eye-Popping Executive Compensation

Ronald Moulton’s consultancy agreement.
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Wolfowitz Must Go

If Paul Wolfowitz hangs on to his job, an unpopular lame duck, that would be the worst possible outcome in terms of energizing the Bank’s staff to do its vital work of fighting poverty.
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Goldman Traders Make the Top-Paid List

The Goldman traders who make more money than CEO Lloyd Blankfein.
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Pay Scale, fine dining edition

How much New York’s top restaurants pay.
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