Report Details Huge Pay Deal Grasso Set Up
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Richard A. Grasso, the former chairman and chief executive of the New York Stock Exchange, received $144 million to $156 million in excessive compensation.
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Pedro Martinez got a really suite deal from the New York Mets.
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By Robert Weisman, The Boston Globe  Feb. 16--Shares of Salary.com surged 19.05 percent in its opening day of  trading yesterday after the Waltham compensation software and consulting firm  raised $60 million in an initial public offering.
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The Dolphins were just handed their first win this season. Forget that it was in the legal system. According to a report on ESPN Ricky Williams will be required to pay back $8,616,353 in bonus money per the judgement of an arbitrator hearing the case.
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It&#39;s willing to pay more than $52 million in cash for Frango, a developer of financial-consolidation and reporting software. By Rick Whiting.
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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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Bill Gates, Microsoft's chairman and chief software architect, and Steve Ballmer, the software maker's CEO, each received a base salary of $591,667 and a $310,000 bonus for the 12-month period that ended June 30.
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Top managers at Cable and Wireless are in line to receive unlimited bonuses under controversial pay plans that the telecoms company unveiled on Wednesday.
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Carlos Delgado wanted to play for a contender, and the Florida Marlins look like one now. Delgado agreed Tuesday to a &#36;52 million, four-year contract. The deal, which includes an option year making it potentially worth &#36;64 million over five seasons, is contingent on the Delgado passing a physical Wednesday.
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Alfonso Soriano will be paid $18 million annually in the final five years of his $136 million, eight-year contract with the Chicago Cubs, the fifth-richest contract in baseball history.
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By GERALD M. CARBONE  Journal Staff Writer  The largest monetary prize in journalism -- $75,000 -- was awarded yesterday to a nine-member reporting team for The Record, a daily newspaper in Bergen County, New Jersey.
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When the Yankees signed Johnny Damonto a four-year, $52 million contract, they did not consider it a risky deal. Yet lately, Damon has shown repeated signs of breaking down.
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No need to tell Carlos Silva how crazy it is that the Seattle Mariners gave him a $48 million, four-year contract. "It is wild. Everything is wild. Wild is having this life," the 28-year-old right-handed sinkerballer said.
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There have been wide-ranging opinions on the enormous $51.1 million posting fee the Red Sox paid for Daisuke Matsuzaka's negotiating rights, all the way from Blue Jays CEO Paul Godfrey calling it "ridiculous" to Phillies manager Charlie Manuel saying, "He could win 25 games."
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Tips for calculating the right pay package for big decision-makers in your company.
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The troubled airline&#39;s most recent offer includes a 16.5 percent pay cut and added flying time. By STEVE HUETTEL, Times Staff Writer.
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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Chairman Bill Gates each took home just over $900,000 in pay last year, a slight increase from last year, according to documents filed Monday with the Securities and Exchange Commission.