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5 Chicago executives' pay outpaces peers
Tribune staff reporterWhen chief executives talk about compensation, they frequently complain that critics fail to take into account the marketplace--the "war for talent" within industries and the benchmarks set by their peers. To try to assess how compensation for Chicago-...Tags: WMS Industries Incorporated, Ryerson Incorporated, Northern Trust Corporation, Management Change, Gaming
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Executive pay jumps as companies use options
Tribune staff reporterIt's good to have options. Defying recession, the worst performance by corporate earnings since the Depression and another down year in the U.S. stock market, the chief executives at Chicago's largest companies received a double-digit raise overall...Tags: Corporate Performance, Collective Contract, Earnings, CEO Pay, Sports
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Using all 401 (k) choices will help cushion tumbles
ColumnistQ: Everyone has been losing money in the stock market and in mutual funds. I have lost more than $15,000 in my 401(k) the past year. I have been putting the maximum into my 401(k) but I wonder if, instead of pouring money down a hole, it wouldn't make...Tags: Investments, Chicago, Mass Media, Employers, Credit Ratings
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Indexing concept aims at fairness
Tribune staff reporterFor years, the principal yardsticks for evaluating a chief executive's performance were growth in stock price and earnings. During the long bull market of the 1990s, many CEOs looked brilliant--and were handsomely rewarded. But the stock market has been...Tags: University of California, Berkeley, Stock Broking, SBC Communications Incorporated, Prices, CEO Pay
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Options no guarantee of success
Tribune staff reporterIn a recent speech to corporate directors in Chicago, former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker asked: "How did we get compensation to the truly grotesque levels to which I think it has risen?" He answered: "What was going on was our good friend,...Tags: Indiana, Chicago, Corporate Performance, McDonald's, Employees
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Broker complaints up as stocks fall
Chicago TribuneAfter losing more than $500,000 in the stock market, Tim Wujcik filed a complaint in December alleging that his broker traded too aggressively on his account, setting him up for the huge loss. But it won't be until next July at the earliest--19 months...Tags: Justice System, Stock Broking, Theft, Chicago Tribune, Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.
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Pay vs. performance moves to front burner
Last year was hardly a great 12 months for corporate profits or stock market returns. But it wasn't all that bad for many chief executives. A number of CEOs in Illinois and northwest Indiana saw their pay spiral higher, even as their companies' stock...Tags: Indiana, Stock Broking, Illinois, Employees, Horace Mann
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United expects to decide fate of pensions within 2 months
Tribune staff reporterUnited Airlines hopes to complete a new business plan within two months, including a decision on whether to terminate its pension plans, the company told employees Wednesday. The statement came as part of a "pension primer" letting employees know what...Tags: Justice System, Labor Legislation, Employees, Unions, University of Chicago
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Options gaining favor as market uncertainty swirls
Tribune staff reporterCanceling a coming family trip to the Caribbean after last week's terrorist attack was an easy decision for Heather Knowles: The risks weren't worth it, at least not now. And as a computer manager with a finance background, Knowles is a businesswoman who...Tags: Terrorism, Air and Space Accidents, Stock Broking, Zurich Financial Services AG, Gaming
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Slow economy trims listing of million-dollar executives
Of The Morning CallAs the economy limped along in 2002, many Americans saw meager pay raises and little or no annual bonuses. And locally, that pain extended to the corporate boardroom too. The number of million-dollar executives in the Lehigh Valley region dropped from 11...Tags: Corporate Performance, Management Change, Agere Systems Incorporated, Allentown, Harleysville Group Incorporated
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United's options loaded with difficulty
Tribune staff reporterDuring the first 20 months of its bankruptcy, United Airlines avoided touching workers' pensions. Only after losing a bid for a federal loan guarantee two months ago did the world's second-largest carrier realize it might have to terminate deeply...Tags: Air Transportation Industry, San Francisco, Travel, Unisys Corporation, Employees
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Markets reopen, plunge
Tribune staff reporterStocks dropped sharply today as trading resumed on Wall Street for the first time since last Tuesday's terrorist attack, wiping out billions of dollars in value from Corporate America's biggest names and sending the Dow Jones industrial average to its...Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Travel, Microsoft Corporation, Intel Corp., AMR Corp.
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