Frank's bill seeks curbs on CEO pay
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WASHINGTON -- The head of the House Financial Services Committee and 21 other Democrats yesterday proposed legislation to give shareholders at public companies a formal say in executives' compensation packages.
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Increased oversight of chief executive compensation has placed a lid on big salary jumps for CEOs in very large U.S. organizations, according to a survey.
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The new CEO may want to shed non-strategic parts of the business.
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Here's something to ponder over Labor Day weekend: Chief executives of large US companies last year averaged $10.8 million in total compensation, more than 364 times the pay of the average US worker, according to a study by two advocacy groups, one of them from Boston.
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Trying to dissipate the skepticism of outsiders about US Airways&#39; future, CEO Bruce Lakefield told employees late Wednesday that he intends to seek court-imposed pay cuts Friday.
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Business & money: Â· Angry shareholders fail to block remuneration policy Â· Â£20m cap on individual rewards is removed
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Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) yesterday held out an olive branch to business interests, announcing that he would be open to cooperating on trade, immigration and outsourcing if industry gave ground on union drives, health-care reforms and minimum-wage proposals.
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Richard Lapthorne, chairman of Cable &amp; Wireless, faces an investor backlash over controversial pay proposals by the telecoms company last week.
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US stock markets would have to disclose executive pay and provide details of their regulatory programs, under new rules proposed by the Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday.
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Many top executives have urged the rollback of laws passed in the wake of the Enron and WorldCom scandals.
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U.S. House of Representatives  lawmakers this week will propose restricting ownership of banks  by commercial companies in a legislative push to derail the  efforts of retailing giants to move into financial services.
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Comment is free: Deborah Hargreaves: Reward for performance is one thing. But today's executive pay is farcically overblown.
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Private-equity billionairesâthe new Masters of the Universeâoften pay far lower rates than the rest of us. But Washington is trying to change that. Get ready for a fight.
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U.S. executives are reaping another year of abundant pay, and the rich rewards are likely to stir demands for greater disclosure on how and why heads of companies are compensated.
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Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives introduced a bill on Friday that would more than double taxes on the pay of managers of private equity funds, hedge funds and other investment partnerships.
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Financial companies were under scrutiny Friday after Sen. John Kerry vowed to push for legislation that would curb credit card fees and protect homebuyers from unfair lending practices.
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The drive to pass a $136 billion corporate tax bill hit a roadblock in the Senate on Friday when lawmakers upset about tobacco regulation, new overtime rules and combat pay employed delaying tactics to keep the measure from coming up for a vote.