Merck to Offer Big Bonuses to Executives if It Is Taken Over
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Merck adopted the plan at a time that its stock is down sharply and its ability to thrive as an independent company is uncertain.
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Merck &amp; Co. has adopted a severance plan that offers some executives one-time payments of up to triple their salary plus other perks if the troubled pharmaceutical giant is acquired and they lose their jobs.
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OIL giant Royal Dutch Shell, to be formed from the merger of Netherlands-based Royal Dutch and London-based Shell Transport &amp; Trading, is understood to be considering sharply-increased performance-related bonus packages for leading directors such as new
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Now that Merck &amp; Co.&#39;s $2.5 billion annual revenues from anti-inflammatory COX-2 inhibitor VIOXXÂ® are history, the next question is what happens to the even greater amount of money ($3.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif.  - Calpers, the biggest U.S.  pension fund, put corporate boardrooms on notice on Monday that  it plans a crackdown on executive compensation, and said it  would double its allocation for investing in hedge funds.
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Merck&#39;s (MRK:NYSE - news - research) withdrawn painkiller, Vioxx, could soon leave pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) Medco (MHS:NYSE - news - research) with its own headaches.
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Swiss biotech company Addex Pharmaceuticals SA  could receive more than $700 million from Merck & Co Inc  for a licensing deal on its ADX63365 drug for schizophrenia.
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Executives at Walt Disney Co. will have some of their stock benefits subject to performance-based requirements as part of changes to its long-term compensation plan, the entertainment company announced on Thursday.
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Merck&#39;s board has adopted an enhanced severance plan to retain and potentially protect senior executives in the event of a takeover of the struggling US drugmaker.
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FRANKFURT  - Spurred by a criminal trial over fat executive bonuses, Germans are debating whether it's time for their biggest companies to break a long-standing taboo and reveal what they're paying top executives.
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Beleaguered pharmaceutical giant Merck &amp; Co. Inc. has appointed a special committee of board members and a retired federal judge to review the company&#39;s actions before it
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The transaction, between the company and a group of private investors, would be one of the biggest deals to take a company private
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By Luke Timmerman, Seattle Times  Sep. 21--Frazier Healthcare Ventures has hired a crew of big-name biotech and pharmaceutical executives to help figure out how to get more bang for its bucks in drugs and medical devices.
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Hospital chain HCA said yesterday it will allow employees and its executives to cash in certain stock options earlier than was originally scheduled, a move that could be a financial plus for
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Drugmaker Merck acknowledged Monday that it has hired an executive search firm to look for a successor to Chairman and CEO Raymond Gilmartin, but said it did so before its decision
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Big-ticket executives and the  directors who bankroll them will be top targets for activist  shareholders as the proxy campaigns for next year's annual  corporate meetings get under way, governance experts predict.
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Investors will be getting a lot more information about CEO pay and perks this year.