Economy May 28 CEO pay rises to $12.7 million even as pandemic ravages economy By Stan Choe, Associated Press
Economy Jul 28 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,… Continue reading