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Twitter, Facebook Disclosures Okay, SEC Says
As long as companies alert investors about which social media outlet they plan to use in advance, they can use outlets like Facebook and Twitter to disclose key information, the Securities and ...
Should Tweeting CEOs Be Muzzled or Glorified?
If the CEO of a public company posts good news about the company's booming business on Facebook, does that same CEO have an obligation to post information about a subsequent business decline? The ...
Lots Of Room For Improvement In U.S. P/C Industry ERM Capabilities: PwC
PwC's recent survey into enterprise risk management practices in the U.S. insurance industry showed that many companies are taking active steps to develop their ERM frameworks. However, the survey ...AIG Adopts Clawback Policy, Employee Incentive Plans
American International Group, the insurer whose government bailout was marked by controversy over executive salaries, on Wednesday said its board adopted a clawback policy to recover compensation in ...
Analysis: Shareholder Revolt Over Pay Unlikely in Europe This Spring
While politicians and public have fulminated against lottery-sized pay awards in Europe's boardrooms, fund firms, which wield the real power, are less concerned by such excesses and unlikely to use ...
Greenberg’s View: ‘White Blackbirds’ Make Corporate Culture Fly
Sixty years ago, a 27-year old U.S. Army officer stormed into the suite of the vice president of a Manhattan insurance company to complain about being snubbed by the firm's personnel director. The ...
Should Firms Tie Bonuses to Competitors’ Performance?
The Federal Reserve is pushing banks to ignore competitors' performance when awarding bonuses, and focus squarely on their own profitability, according to pay consultants and other people familiar ...
CEOs Get Merger Bonus When Selling Firms Cheaply
In about one in every four deals, the CEO of an acquired firm is awarded a merger bonus. Also, target shareholders receive inferior premiums when their firms are sold, while their CEOs received a ...