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October 22, 2012
BP's board approved an offer from Russian state oil company Rosneft to buy most of the company's Russian business in a cash and stock deal.
October 18, 2012 by Kenneth Daly
Mandatory audit firm rotation regulations are not an effective tool in achieving auditor independence, objectivity and skepticsm, NACD CEO Kenneth Daly testified to the PCAOB.
October 16, 2012 by David N. Swinford
Compensation committee chairs need a keen sensibility in managing people and their unique personalities.
October 15, 2012
(Reuters) - University operator Bridgepoint Education Inc said the Department of Justice was investigating the compensation of its admissions personnel, three months after its flagship college was denied accreditation for not complying with certain sta...
October 12, 2012
Total compensation at Wall Street firms rose 4 percent last year, to more than $60 billion, the third highest level ever.
October 11, 2012
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Four Nigerian villagers took Royal Dutch Shell to court on Thursday in a landmark pollution case that campaigners said could open the door to more compensation claims against international companies. The fishermen and farmers, tog...
October 9, 2012
The New York State Comptroller says in a report that total compensation on Wall Street rose 4 percent last year to more than $60 billion -- an amount surpassed only by total pay in 2007 and 2008.
October 9, 2012
Executive compensation and board competence are investors' top concerns in the next proxy season, according to the ISS annual policy survey.
October 8, 2012
Campbell Soup paid CEO Denise Morrison $7.4 million for her first year on the job, including $5.1 million worth of stock awards.
October 8, 2012
Twelve of the 20 largest Baltimore-area companies' CEOs saw double-digit pay increases last year, while six received pay cuts.
October 5, 2012
MOSCOW (Reuters) - EuroChem, Russia's largest mineral fertilizer producer, said on Friday it had filed an $800 million compensation claim against Shaft Sinkers for delays to the building of a lift shaft at one of its potash projects. EuroChem said it h...
October 5, 2012
In their drive to extract full compensation from the Argentine government, a hard-nosed bunch of distressed debt investors have gone to impressive lengths. They’ve pursued the country’s assets around the globe, attempting to seize the presidential ...
October 4, 2012
The Chesapeake Energy board of directors is reviewing the employment contracts of its senior vice presidents and executive vice presidents.
October 3, 2012
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October 3, 2012 by Alexandra R. Lajoux
The November elections will have a tremendous impact on the future of the Dodd-Frank Act's pending and implemented measures. In his State of the Union address this year, President Obama characterized Dodd-Frank as entrepreneurial and family-friendly. By contrast, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney called the law a “behemoth that’s going to be followed by thousands and thousands of pages of new regulations.” Members of the 112th Congress are using similar rhetoric this fall on the job and on the campaign trail.
October 2, 2012
Nonemployee director compensation at the 100 largest U.S. companies increased 6 percent last year, to $250,000, finds a new study by Compensation Advisory Partners.
October 1, 2012
Of the 20 CEOs monitored, 17 earned more last year than they did before the recession.
October 1, 2012
The bank also agrees to make changes to corporate governance through early 2015.
October 1, 2012
The deal values Xstrata at 31.9 billion British pounds (US$51.5 billion).
September 26, 2012 by Judy Warner
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 gave rise to a new Federalist era that persists with Dodd-Frank. Directors are working harder than ever. Is governance better?
