: "Furniture Brands skewered for executive compensation
By Jeremiah McWilliams
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
05/29/2009

The typical analyst research note is not page-turning reading: Turgid prose, heavy on numbers and financial jargon.

This one was different.

In a March 9 report on Furniture Brands International, veteran analyst
Budd Bugatch o.."

: "This is a link to a well-written academic paper on equity compensation in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Mainland China.  It explores some of the similarities and differences in practices between the US and Chinese locations.

http://gettogreen.blogspot.com/2009/05/more-enjoyable-version-to-read-of-our.html"

: "What happened to the global economy and what we can do about it

The Importance of Compensation

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In my opinion, one of
the biggest contributors to the crisis we know so well was compensation
schemes that gave individuals at financial institutions – from junior
traders all the way up to CEOs – the incentive to take massi.."

: "Incentives and the Financial Crisis

Posted: May 29th, 2009, by Andy Spero  E-mail this post

There’s an excellent opinion column in yesterday’s (May 28) edition of The Wall Street Journal. It is Crazy Compensation and the Crisis by Alan S. Blinder.

Why do we write that it is “excellent” the dear reader may ask?

Well, for the obvious (and .."

: "Friday, May 29, 2009

Update on Costs and Practices for 409A Valuations

"Who's Doing 409A Valuations These Days?" From William Carleton, Esq.

"Industry
practice is currently in flux right now. Generally speaking, early
stage companies that are not venture backed are by and large not hiring
independent valuation firms and instead are dete.."

: "Nortel staff rolled dice with options

Jamie Golombek,
Financial Post 

Published: Saturday, May 30, 2009

At a roundtable tax discussion I facilitated in an Ottawa boardroom
this past week, it didn't take long for the talk to turn to Nortel
employees, their disappearing pension and their tax predicament.

A.."

: "The Battle for Shareholder Access: The Current State of Play

Posted by Charles M. Nathan, Latham & Watkins LLP, on Saturday May 30, 2009 at 7:09 am

(Editor’s Note: This post is based on a client memorandum by Charles Nathan, Alexander Cohen, Constantine Skarvelis and Raluca Papadima of Latham & Watkins LLP.)

Highlights

• Shareho.."

: "Handsome rewards: 18 local CEOs see varying pay in rough 2008

A lagging economy has seen some executives take drastic pay cuts, but some top bosses have continued to receive Handsome rewards

are regulatory filings required by the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission. The wages and compensation data primarily come from fiscal
year 2008 o.."

: "Mitsubishi
Corporation has announced that at a meeting held today the Company’s
Board of Directors established the terms regarding the distribution of
stock options to  Executive Officers, Senior Vice Presidents (“riji”)
of the Company pursuant to Article 236-1, Article 238-1 and -2 and
Article 240-1 of the Corporate Code of Japan, as well a.."