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The Nasty Truth about CEO Pay

Harvard Business Review

Every spring, the Wall Street Journal publishes a CEO Salary Report , using a Hay Group survey to break down compensation levels for the CEOs of the 350 biggest publicly traded US companies. This year was no exception, though the criticism had a particular post-crisis bent: Why are CEOs making an average $9.3 on October 9, 2007.

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If the SEC Measured CEO Pay Packages Properly, They Would Look Even More Outrageous

Harvard Business Review

On December 7, Portland, Oregon, passed a law that will impose a surcharge on the local business taxes paid by corporations that operate in the city when the CEO’s compensation is 100 times or more the median earnings of the company’s employees. public corporations must file with the U.S.

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