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The corporate glass ceiling remains firmly in place at companies based in California, according to a new study.
After recasting executives at its faltering movie studio, The Walt Disney Co. is now switching up the roles of a couple of its high achievers.
Pfizer Inc. said Wednesday it awarded bonuses of $1 million or more to two executives after completing its $68 billion purchase of former rival Wyeth.
Executives from about 150 companies, many involved in renewable energy technologies, heard a pep talk at the White House and then combed the halls of Congress on Wednesday to argue for passage of a climate bill that is facing an uphill fight in the Senate.
GHL Acquisition Corp. said Monday that its chief executive resigned so the company could comply with requirements for having its shares listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market.
A Los Angeles filmmaking couple has been convicted of bribing Thai officials so they could run the Bangkok International Film Festival and land other projects.
BNSF Railway said Thursday that Paul Bischler has been named vice president and chief sourcing officer, effective Oct. 1.
A filmmaking couple devised an intricate system of bribes to Thai officials in order to land lucrative projects such as the Bangkok International Film Festival, a federal prosecutor said Wednesday during opening statements of their trial.
KBR Inc., the engineering and construction firm spun off from Halliburton, announced two management appointments in its hydrocarbons group on Tuesday.
Trial has been delayed for at least a week for a filmmaking couple accused of bribing Thai officials to run the Bangkok International Film Festival.
UAL Corp. on Thursday tapped an insider to become president of its United Airlines operating subsidiary.
Despite his campaign promise to "make White House communications public," the Obama administration again is blocking the public from seeing White House visitor logs, this time refusing to disclose meetings with health care executives. Tonight, less than an hour before his news conference on health care, he released some of the information only after a nonprofit group filed a federal lawsuit.
Walgreen Co. said Friday it promoted Chief Financial Officer Wade Miquelon to the additional role of executive vice president.
Amtrak's vice president for security strategy has left the passenger-rail service.
The Detroit Media Partnership and Detroit Free Press have announced their new top executives.
News Corp. has hired two new executives at MySpace, expanding the online hangout's management team after having just replaced its CEO on Friday.
Swiss drugmaker Roche plans to keep the chairman and chief executive of newly acquired biotech drug developer Genentech on board as chairman of the unit and named a Roche executive as its new CEO, the company said Tuesday.
Delta Air Lines Inc., the world's biggest airline operator, is scrapping five executive positions as it seeks to reduce costs amid the deep economic downturn and speed up its integration with Northwest Airlines.
The uproar over bonuses paid to AIG executives is giving critics of corporate pay practices hope that either Congress or the private sector will move to rein in compensation even at companies that are not getting government aid.For years, some have argued that a system of rewarding executives with millions of dollars in annual compensation is too opulent and too far out of sync with what average employees take home.
The Associated Press on Friday promoted Mike Oreskes and John Daniszewski to the positions of senior managing editor to succeed Mike Silverman, who is retiring after 37 years at the news cooperative.
Bob Lutz, America's ultimate car guy and the man credited with leading wild success at Chrysler in the 1990s and a near-complete overhaul of General Motors Corp.'s vehicle lineup, has decided to retire from the business at the end of the year.
It's one of the ironies of the U.S. financial bailout: The banking executives now managing billions in taxpayer money are the same ones who oversaw the industry's near collapse.
Many oil and gas company executives are predicting a significant ramp-up of renewable energy use over the next five years to run cars and trucks and generate electricity, according to a new survey.
Black women face special challenges in their efforts to reach the top levels of corporate America, according to a new study.
Ford Motor Co.'s December sales are faring well, at least through the first two weeks of the month, Executive Chairman Bill Ford Jr. said Tuesday.
Bankers get hard to find H1N1 vaccine, as they throw good families out onto streetThese fatcats kick people out of their homes, while privileged to get the vaccine before all others!
Washington's Bank Pay CrackdownWashington launched its biggest offensive yet against runaway Wall Street pay practices Thursday, taking aim at everyone from senior executives to high-flying traders of complex securities.
Pay Czar Feinberg, Not Obama, Behind Decision to Slash Executive Pay - Political News - FOXNews.comWhite House pay czar Kenneth Feinberg was the driving force behind the move to order steep pay cuts from bailed-out executives, and did not even seek the president's approval before making his decision.
Stacie Ritter lost everything. CIGNA CEO Ed Hanway bought another house.excerpt: ""Meet Stacie Ritter. She's a hardworking mother of twins who lives in Pennsylvania. Her daughters, now 11, were diagnosed with leukemia when they were four. They both needed stem cell transplants and other cancer treatments.
Protect Insurance Companies Public Service Announcement: Star Studded VdeoAs the health insurance debate in the United States heats up, we need to remember who the real victims are: health insurance executives.
Let's Make a Deal: Beltway EditionIf you ever needed proof that Washington is governed by the Golden Rule -- the one that says, he who has the gold, rules -- you only have to look at the wagonloads of cash being dumped by big business into crushing President Obama's domestic agenda.
The Associated Press reported, "The House voted Friday to slap restrictions on how Wall Street executives are paid after nine banks that took government bailout money rewarded thousands of their employees with bonuses topping $1 million each."
W.H. makes CEOs pay for lunch - Eamon Javers Four of the most powerful business leaders in America arrived at the White House one day last month for lunch with President Barack Obama, sitting down in his private dining room just steps from the Oval Office.
White House declines to disclose visits by health industry executives Reporting from Washington -- Invoking an argument used by President George W. Bush, the Obama administration has turned down a request from a watchdog group for a list of health industry executives who have visited the White House to discuss the massive healthcare overhaul.
Executives Receive One-Third of All Pay in the U.S. Between 1979 and 2006, the inflation-adjusted after-tax income of the richest 1 percent of households increased by 256 percent.
In the simplest explanation, managers are key bridges within organisations. They are the essential link between senior executives and the other employees and, as such, they play a pivotal role in the smooth running of any establishment.
t r u t h o u t | Eager to Tap Iraq's Vast Oil Reserves, Industry Execs Suggested InvasionMust-read and must-know.
Study finds lack of leadership training programs keeps women executives from advancingIf women had the same exposure as men to programs grooming them for top leadership roles, there would be more females populating executive offices, according to a new report about gender discrimination in the workplace.
GM Shares Plunge on Executives' Sell-OffIf the executives "don't have confidence in the company, why should anyone else?" said Efraim Levy, a Standard & Poor's equity analyst who focuses on the auto industry. Hey Washington, how's that loan workin' out for ya?
CEO Security Systems & Other Compensation PerksI'd like to see an itemized list that falls into the "other expenses" category.
More Porn - Peer-to-Peer Lending - Former Execs from Big Wall Street NamesDouble-blind lending. Well, we will all leave our lofty positions of trust and feed the porn industry. We were surfing for porn while you paid us on Wall Street. Read the list here:
Is The Time Right For Economic Patriotism? Congress is considering legislation that would heavily tax bonuses paid to executives by companies that are receiving government assistance. But a lot of Americans wonder: Why don't these executives do what's right for the country and just give back the bonus money?
Social Contract Under StrainWe've been in the midst of the reporting on the AIG bonus story and related high-octane blow-ups over compensation and the behavior of key players in the finance sector.
American Thinker: A Chilling Harbinger: Confiscation as TaxationCongress' lopsided vote on Thursday to tax AIG executives' bonuses at no less than 90%, and to apply the same to other bailout recipients, undermines Constitutional and contract law and is a clear abuse of power. Americans who applaud this act may want to think twice.
Welcome to double-standard AmericaThe AIG scandal has made it apparent that we are ruled by a government of men, not laws.
Although I am a taxpayer who has watched my 401K Pension Plan drop 79% recently, I am not willing to hold Mr. Liddy totally responsible for the issuance of these Bonuses this past Sunday.
The AIG Mystery: Who's Receiving Those Bonuses? Just who's getting those AIG bonuses?
Not As Bad As AIG, But Four Fannie Mae Execs Have Their Hands Out For Big Bonuses TooTroubled mortgage giant Fannie Mae planned to pay four top executives retention bonuses ranging from $470,000 to $611,000, according to a February SEC filing.
Fannie Mae bonuses to be more than twice the size of last year's In case you haven't experienced enough outrage over the AIG bonuses, there's "Fannie Mae plans bonuses of up to $611,000 for 4 executives; Freddie Mac has similar plans" at latimes.com from the Associated Press:
Unions Renegotiated Their Contracts, AIG Executives Won'tRep. Gary Peters (D-Michigan) attacked AIG for not renegotiating their "iron clad" contracts the same way the auto workers union (UAW) was forced to do during the recent car-maker bailouts.
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