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Economy May 28

CEO pay rises to $12.7 million even as pandemic ravages economy

By Stan Choe, Associated Press

Economy Jul 28

Four thousand U.S. dollars are counted out by a banker counting currency at a bank in Westminster, Colorado November 3, 2009. REUTERS/Rick Wilking (UNITED STATES BUSINESS) - RTXQCTH
CEO pay down — to ‘only’ 271 times that of the typical worker

The CEOs at America's largest firms made an average of $15.6 million in 2016, according to a new report by the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute.

By Kristen Doerer

Economy Jul 13

Average CEO pay was $15.5 million in 2015, down from 2014

Average CEO pay for the top 350 biggest firms was $15.5 million in 2015, according to a new report released by the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute. What’s shocking is that’s down from last year.

By Kristen Doerer

Economy Apr 22

An explanation for the rise in CEO pay? Stable option grants

When a company's stock price is rising, granting the same number of at-the-money stock options every year amounts to increasing compensation.

By Making Sen$e Editor

Economy Nov 12

Large CEO-worker wage gaps are a major consumer turnoff

Researchers found that people were much more willing to buy products from companies that have smaller CEO-worker wage gaps.

By Max Nesterak

May 15

The fast food strike: the hard facts behind the Big Mac attack

By Simone Pathe

Fast food workers in dozens of American cities and across the world walked off the job Thursday to demonstrate for a $15 an hour minimum wage. Talking to a McDonald's worker trying to make ends meet on $9.85 an hour,…

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