PPL executive's compensation package: $9.7M
The compensation package of PPL Corp.'s top boss totaled nearly $10 million last year, according to the Allentown energy company's regulatory filing this week. That's the largest sum ever reported for...
View ArticleNew-style corporate reports are fact-packed
A revolution in corporate annual reports is apparent to shareholders who are receiving fewer traditional reports in 2007. More than half of 200 companies responding to a survey by the National Investor...
View ArticleRahm Emanuel's Freddie Mac profits
by Bob Secter and Andrew Zajac Before its portfolio of bad loans helped trigger the current housing crisis, mortgage giant Freddie Mac was the focus of a major accounting scandal that led to a...
View ArticleFreddie Mac scandals began during Emanuel's watch
Before its portfolio of bad loans helped trigger the current housing crisis, mortgage giant Freddie Mac was the focus of a major accounting scandal that led to a management shake-up, huge fines and...
View ArticleThe readers write: From Isleworth to power rates
You had lots to say on the issues I wrote about last week. Here's a look inside the mailbag. Dear Beth, If my house sells because of your article, I will send you a nice bottle of my favorite red wine....
View Article8 outrageous executive perks
It's annual-meeting season, which means shareholders are about to get their once-a-year look at the pay and goodies given to corporate top dogs as disclosed in company proxy statements. The...
View ArticleIcahn tender offer could trigger default for Lions Gate [updated]
The fallout from Yahoo Chief Executive Scott Thompson's resume controversy continued this week, with the beleaguered CEO sending out a staffwide apology and board member Patti Hart deciding to not seek...
View Article'Hunger Games,' Summit deal net big bonuses for Lions Gate execs
Executives at Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. received significantly increased bonuses in the last fiscal year, following the Santa Monica studio's successful launch of "The Hunger Games," its...
View ArticleWithout Chrysler, Daimler may see fortunes improve
Q: Now that Chrysler is no longer a part of the company, what is the situation for Daimler AG and its shares? -- R.M., via the Internet A: The German automaker is giving the general impression that a...
View ArticleDisney shareholders vote against splitting CEO, chairman positions
Shareholders have voted down two proposals brought forward at the Walt Disney Co. annual meeting that sought to change how the largest entertainment company in the world is governed. One proposal...
View ArticleSt. Louis Post-Dispatch Mound City Money column
Centene didn't make its earnings target last year, and the shortfall cost Chief Executive Michael Neidorff nearly $6 million. He and other executives got no cash bonus, and no payout from a long-term...
View ArticleTop shipyard execs get raises, pension hikes in 2012
The five top-paid executives at Newport News Shipbuilding's parent company got raises ranging between 5 percent and 39 percent in 2012 and their pensions ballooned, according to a federal form filed...
View ArticleThe week that was: LivedStrong
Livedstrong Lance Armstrong's LiveStrong brand had been strong for sales at athletic retailers ever since the yellow wristbands and accompanying equipment started selling several years ago. But once...
View ArticleHuntington Ingalls CEO saw take-home pay drop in '12
The total compensation package last year for Mike Petters, president and CEO of Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc., the parent company of Newport News Shipbuilding, was flat compared with 2011,...
View ArticleDell files takeover proposal
Dell Inc. filed a preliminary proxy statement with regulators Friday that provides details of Michael Dell's plans to spend heavily on people and technology to transform the company if he and his...
View ArticleFormer WellPoint CEO quit last year, still earned $20.6 million
Angela Braly, the former chief executive of insurance giant WellPoint Inc., earned $20.6 million last year despite resigning under pressure in August. Braly quit the Indianapolis company, which runs...
View ArticleThe readers write: From Isleworth to power rates
You had lots to say on the issues I wrote about last week. Here's a look inside the mailbag. Dear Beth, If my house sells because of your article, I will send you a nice bottle of my favorite red wine....
View ArticleRahm Emanuel's profitable stint at mortgage giant
Before its portfolio of bad loans helped trigger the current housing crisis, mortgage giant Freddie Mac was the focus of a major accounting scandal that led to a management shake-up, huge fines and...
View Article8 outrageous executive perks
It's annual-meeting season, which means shareholders are about to get their once-a-year look at the pay and goodies given to corporate top dogs as disclosed in company proxy statements. The...
View ArticleNew-style corporate reports are fact-packed
A revolution in corporate annual reports is apparent to shareholders who are receiving fewer traditional reports in 2007. More than half of 200 companies responding to a survey by the National Investor...
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