This week four of RIM's [RIMM] top executives settled options backdating cases with the SEC and the OSC, Canada's securities regulation agency. The Ontario-based cronies have agreed to pay almost $100 million CN in penalties, costs ...READ»
Provisioned within the stimulus bill is a salary cap for executives of any bank that receives federal money through the TARP program. Instead of taking home millions, the top brass will be limited to $500,000 in total annual pay. ...READ»
Research shows that incentivizing CEOs with large pay and stock-option packages doesn't always have the intended effect of aligning their interests with shareholders. These six CEOs got fired because their risky moves ...READ»
The current financial crisis is shaping today’s world substantially by questioning sustainability of existing market and economic principles. The supposedly free markets are suddenly in desperate need of government bailouts where ...READ»
Today’s super-bosses get salaries, of course, and very large ones at that; but they also receive ‘performance-related’ bonuses of great size, plus even more magnificent stock options and other wonderful rewards, from massive ...READ»
I thought this site could use a little comedy so I took a stab at what I thought were leading indicators of a FastCompany. Please feel free to Post your list or individual indicator. Drum roll please.....
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This year, a record number of CEOs were ousted. Some were fired, some retired, and some even died. But a great number were also sent to prison, like the CEOs of Enron and WorldCom. What happens to company leaders when they run roughshod over their corporations?READ»
New-economy job classifications range from temp to perma-temp, independent contractor to freelance, full-time exempt to nonexempt, and salaried employee to wage earner. While it seems unlikely that one union could represent this ...READ»
The new economy barters, trades, and produces one integral asset more than any other: intellectual property. This term, once reserved for music- and film-industry types, is reshaping the work environment for computer engineers, ...READ»
Bill McGuire left UnitedHealth in the wake of an options scandal. While he awaits his fate, he refocuses on his great passion: reforming health care.READ»
Not long ago, he was the butt of jokes--lockbox, earth tones, a postelection beard. Then he dusted off an old slide show and jumped with both feet into the private sector. The untold story of how an epic loser engineered what may be the greatest brand makeover of our time.READ»
From a letter sent November 2 by Whole Foods Markets CEO John Mackey to his employees. On the same day, the grocery chain warned that sales growth would slow in the year ahead. Its stock dropped 23% on the news.READ»
First there was the dream: Everybody gets to be a millionaire! Then there was the nightmare: Will I have a job? Now there's a back-to-basics search for clarity: What's the new deal between Yahoo and its people? Libby Sartain, who joined the Internet standard-bearer from Southwest Airlines, is offering some answers.READ»
They were the currency of the American dream. Now they are worthless paper -- a symbol of CEO greed. What went wrong with stock options? Where do companies go from here? Our only option: Visit one of the world's leading authorities on employee ownership.READ»
Silicon Valley optimists say that now is a great time to start a new business. Everything's cheap, there's surplus talent, and as the veterans will tell you, ?The tourists have all gone home.?READ»
In the Internet casino, the name of the game is IPO, and the players are looking to improve their odds. Meet five high rollers who think that their systems will help them hit the jackpot.READ»
The problem isn't that loyalty is dead or that careers are history. The real problem, argues Stanford's Jeffrey Pfeffer, is that so many companies are toxic -- and that they get exactly what they deserve.READ»
What's the difference between a star athlete and you? These days, less and less. Here's how to negotiate for the deal you deserve. (We'll take our 10%.)READ»
At Apple's shareholder meeting, the scandal over stock options backdating came up and Steve Jobs reiterated his cooperation with the SEC. It surprised me that the stock issue came up again. I thought Apple's story in the media had ...READ»
