: "Capping compensation won't solve bank crisis
Boards must step up and set sensible salaries
By KAREN KANE

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/outlook/6274228.html

Feb. 21, 2009, 10:08AM

With the
stroke of a pen at the eleventh hour, Democratic Sen. Christopher Dodd
of Connecticut added a provision to the stimulus bill to strictl.."

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After Losses, a Move to Reclaim Executives' Pay

By Gretchen Morgenson / New York Times

SHOULD executives get to keep lavish pay packages when the profits that generated their compensation go up in smoke?

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: "DW - This is from an interview with Warren Buffet in May 2000.  You can read the entire interview here:

http://everythingwarrenbuffett.blogspot.com/2009/02/foolcom-buffett-and-munger-answer.html

On Compensation:

WEB: Our compensation plans vary,
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Tuesday, February 17, 2009

57% of 100 Best Companies have Broad-Based Ownership

The February 17, 2009 Employee Ownership Update is online and discusses the following:

More Than Half of Best Companies to Work for Have Broad-Based Employee Ownership

BLS Data on Stock Option Participation Show Little.."

: "The 10 Worst Recession Stocks

By
Ilan Moscovitz

February 19, 2009
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Last week, I published my updated list of the 10 best-performing stocks since the last recession, to help you identify the lessons that will help us this time around.

The study yielde.."