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The most surprising ‘nay on pay...

A perfectly respectable business panel is urging corporate boards to ditch the ridiculous rationalizations for CEO pay excess and narrow the gargantuan corporate pay gap. Step one: end CEO stock options.

The most surprising ‘nay on pay’ yet
posted on: May 31, 2012 | author: sam pizzigati

Facebook and Tahrir Square, revisited

Facebook’s initial public offering last week ‘offered’ the world another double dose of windfalls and greed. But Egypt’s elections this week may bring an IPO of a different sort, the ‘initial public offering’ of an antidote to avarice.

Facebook and Tahrir Square, revisited
posted on: May 23, 2012 | author: sam pizzigati

Will CEO pay excess outlast our ̵...

A string of surprising ‘say on pay’ votes has some executive pay critics sensing an impending revolution in corporate boardrooms. But that ‘revolution’ won’t amount to much until mainstream CEO pay reformers start factoring worker pay into the corporate compensation equation.

Will CEO pay excess outlast our ‘shareholder spring’?
posted on: May 15, 2012 | author: sam pizzigati

Wealthy of the world, unite — a...

From Manhattan to Monaco, the world’s super rich are fashioning themselves into a new global tribe of footloose and stateless. The rest of us get to gawk — and foot the ultimate bill.

Wealthy of the world, unite — and party!
posted on: May 10, 2012 | author: sam pizzigati

So much tax evasion, so little accoun...

Over two years ago, the IRS announced an ambitious new effort to subject the super rich to unprecedentedly intensive audits. How’s that effort working out? Most lawmakers would rather you not ask.

So much tax evasion, so little accountability
posted on: Apr 25, 2012 | author: sam pizzigati

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