Compensation

VIEWPOINT: CEOs, do you deserve your salaries?Restricted Content

June 22, 2009
John Guy
An exaggerated share of the nation's wealth is paid to CEOs of public companies, their minions and directors, through agreements made inside boardrooms, by highly compensated individuals who commit shareholders' money and are not subject to effective oversight.
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CIB executive director out-earns governor, mayor combinedRestricted Content

May 18, 2009
Cory Schouten
Barney Levengood, executive director of the financially-struggling Capital Improvement Board, is one of the state's highest-paid public employees, and some wonder if his pay should be cut.
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Shareholders must hold fiduciaries' feet to the fireRestricted Content

April 6, 2009
Ken Skarbeck
The economic downturn has provided shareholders an opportunity to press for change on a variety of corporate governance issues.
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Bonus outrage poor excuse for good public policy

March 23, 2009
Mike Hicks
The wages paid by a company to its employees are a distinctly private matter.
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Durham insider deal sparks outcry

March 9, 2009
Greg Andrews
Tim Durham is facing allegations of self-dealing after a publicly traded company he helps run in Dallas acquired assets from a finance company he owns in Ohio.
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Corporate shareholders should demand moreRestricted Content

February 9, 2009
Ken Skarbeck
Free marketers cringe at the thought of government interference, but the fact is that the taxpayer is now a significant shareholder in a number of financial businesses.
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At most Indiana public firms, CEO pay hasn't fallen with stockRestricted Content

June 23, 2008
Peter Schnitzler
Most public companies say they tie executive compensation to performance, but an IBJ review of pay data from 65 Indiana-based firms shows otherwise. Last year, more than two-thirds of Indiana-based public companies saw their share prices decline, yet many continued to award eye-popping compensation to their executives.
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Taurel draws fire for getting rich while stock strugglesRestricted Content

May 28, 2007
J.K. Wall
Eli Lilly and Co. stock has returned just 1 percent per year in the nine years since CEO Sidney Taurel took office. Meanwhile, Taurel has taken home $44 million in pay and been given stock options valued at $114 million more. But most Lilly shareholders aren't raising a call for Taurel to hit the trail.
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Public-company CEOs lavished in perks, disclosures revealRestricted Content

May 28, 2007
J.K. Wall
Seven Indiana public companies not only own corporate jets, but also let their executives use them for personal trips. Cummins Inc., Hillenbrand Industries Inc., Zimmer Holdings Inc., Eli Lilly and Co., NiSource Inc., WellPoint Inc. and 1st Source Corp. all allow some personal use of company jets.
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