CalPERS approves move to curb corporate golden parachutes
632619
Sacramento Companies will be paying their top executives less if the California Public Employees Retirement System has its say. The 167 (B) billion-dollar pension fund says it&#39;s seeking limits on expensive
294349
The Federal Accounting Standards Board has voted to give companies six more months to meet new rules that would require companies to consider employee stock options an expense.
466540
CHICAGO (CBS.MW) --Walt Disney is making some changes to the way its executives get, keep and benefit from the company&#39;s stock that includes cutting down the number of options in favor of restricted units and introducing performance-based vesting
252883
Regulators have reached an agreement in principle on how to revamp a contentious accounting rule that cost businesses millions of dollars more than anticipated, removing a pair of major stumbling blocks attacked by consumer advocates.
38959
Computer Associates International Inc. (CA) avoided a revolt at its annual meeting on Wednesday, when shareholders voted down a proposal requesting that the company&#39;s board adopt a policy of revoking executive
698096
Dec-16-2004 - In a long-awaited and sure-to-be controversial move, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ruled yesterday that companies have to begin expensing for stock options given to employees as part of compensation packages.
275462
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Pilot leaders at United Airlines unanimously endorsed a tentative agreement that will cut pay by 15 percent, opting to accept management&#39;s demands rather than risk the chance of losing more in federal bankruptcy court.
48577
Calpers President Sean Harrigan was ousted from the No. 1 pension fund on Wednesday after spearheading a controversial corporate reform drive that drew the system into pitched political and boardroom battles.
566680
The Supreme Court today curbed the ability of investors who lost money through corporate fraud to sue businesses that may have helped facilitate the crime.
449241
U.S. accounting rule makers yesterday adopted a standard that will force companies to disclose the future costs of retirement benefits on their balance sheets, wiping out billions of dollars of net worth.
486232
Approval of changes to employee stock compensation paves way for $32 billion bonanza for shareholders.
619904
Now that other forms of compensation are simpler for shareholders to scrutinize, chief executives may be quietly bundling potential riches in outsized retirement plans.
735048
California Controller Steve Westly on Monday said he would ask fellow members of the board of Calpers, the biggest US pension fund, to pressure automakers to adopt rather than file lawsuits against the state&#39;s new
508458
It&#39;s one of the most powerful jobs in the world of finance. The president of the board of the California Public Employees&#39; Retirement System oversees the nation&#39;s largest pension fund, with $177 billion in assets.
507674
Securities regulators yesterday voted to overhaul a corporate rule covering financial risks, reacting to intense pressure from Congress and years of criticism from industry groups who claim the directive proved too expensive and burdensome.
146774
California air regulators Friday unanimously approved the world&#39;s most stringent rules to reduce auto emissions that are believed to contribute to global warming.
313638
A new law that takes effect today will shorten the time a check takes to clear -- and muddy the finances of check writers who rely on the &quot;float.