Taking into account that potentially 90% of your pay will disappear one year only to reappear the next, extreme volatility is practically built in to executive pay . So perhaps it's not so surprising that CEOs experience increases of up to 9,000%. Next ...
Not only that, but both major proxy advisory firms – Institutional Shareholder Services and Glass Lewis, who advise large shareholders on how they should vote – have also recommended that their clients oppose executive pay at the company. As I wrote ...
In abstaining to vote on Coca-Cola's new compensation plan, Warren Buffett failed his investors...
Typically, companies get in trouble over excessive executive pay when the executives in question are delivering poor performance. Just so we don't get settled in our opinions, two fast food companies -- Domino's Pizza (NYSE: DPZ ) and Chipotle Mexican ...
In a letter to Darden's independent directors, the activist shareholder said it no longer has confidence in Chairman and CEO Clarence Otis to operate the company effectively. The letter charges that, having presided over a period of value destruction, Otis has ...
While that type of spending would likely put pressure on any normal CEO, having majority voting rights insulates the Google founders and Zuckerberg. It allows those founders to plan for the long term rather than pleasing Wall Street every quarter. It ...
The outrages go even deeper than repeated smackdowns of unreasonable compensation policies, and also illustrate how companies can claim they're improving corporate governance while avoiding any real substantive change. Bread, circuses, and
Isn't it high time for spring cleaning in this boardroom?
One year later, HP unceremoniously dumped another chief executive who dared to try a bold new strategy -- built on feet of financial clay.
Despite serious governance issues at Nabors, a shareholder proposal calling for an independent chair failed to pass.
Too many directors are mired, tired, and should be retired. It's time for an infusion of new, diverse blood.
Gulf Keystone Petroleum announces it will split the roles of chairman and chief executive.
YY appoints Richard Weidong Ji and David Tang from the finance industry.
Both appointed directors have a history of working in China's technology sector.
Google’s tri-class share structure prevents shareholders from holding management accountable.