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- a financial incentive given to employees in addition to their base pay in the form of a one-time payment or as part of a bonus plan
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- When a "Favor" Gets Shady
- I'm a salesman for a software company. Last month, I was in need of a big end-of-the-month sale to meet a quota that would earn me a large bonus, so I called one of my regular customers and made my pitch. This customer happens to be a friend -- we...
- Blog posts 2007-10-10
- Bonus Checks = Higher Productivity?
- You may want to hand out those bonus checks to your employees a little early this year. An interesting study out of Cornell found that a 1 percent raise boosts job performance by 2 percent. But the study also found that if you give your employees the...
- Blog posts 2007-03-29
- Why Would Delta Reintroduce Its Online Purchase Bonus?
- Delta put out an odd little piece of news on Tuesday when it was announced that it was bringing back a 500 mile bonus for everyone who books on delta.com (or Worldperks members who book on nwa.com). Every airline had slowly gotten rid of the bonus because they found...
- Blog posts 2009-04-30
- Alloy Media + Marketing Details Top Execs' Cash Bonuses
- Alloy Media + Marketing rewarded its executives with cash bonuses after they increased both revenues and net income in 2008. CEO Matthew Diamond received a $400,000 cash bonus on top of his $450,000 base salary. by Jim Edwards
- Blog posts 2009-05-14
- Omnicom Drops Bonuses for Top Execs Who Get Fired; Another Example of Lax Board Oversight
- Omnicom has dropped a plan that would pay bonuses to its top executives of millions of dollars even if they are fired for cause. The move illustrates how compliant, expensive boards can sometimes create even more expensive executive compensation packages that destroy shareholder value. by Jim Edwards
- Blog posts 2009-06-03
- UBS-Jeffries Case Reveals That Without Bonuses, Investment Banking Doesn't Work
- While UBS's lawsuit may turn out to bear strong legal merits, the bank can hardly blame its woes on anyone but itself. Earlier in the year, UBS slashed bonuses for its key employees by up to 80 percent. by Daniel M. Harrison
- Blog posts 2009-06-26
- Bank Bonus Payments Surpassed Profit
- I was reading WSJ coverage this morning about nine banks, which had previously received taxpayer bailouts, that are now paying $33 billion in employee bonuses. The outrageous behavior continues, I thought, about to turn the page. But then IÂ read a sentence that would have lit my hair on fire,...
- Blog posts 2009-07-31
- UK Directors' Bonuses Have Frozen, Honest
- Contrary to what you might be seeing in the news, bonus pay-outs for UK board members have significantly decreased. A recent Hay Group survey of almost 12,000 senior executives found the median (mid-range) average boardroom director's salary has stayed static in the twelve months to May 2009. Total...
- Blog posts 2009-10-15
- Can we Still Afford the Bonus Culture?
- To the average person, the word “bonus†implies something unexpected or unusual to what is normally expected. This definition clearly does not match up to that held by top executives and high earners in the financial sector. To them bonuses have of late been both expected and...
- Blog posts 2009-10-23
- Boardroom Pay: Heads You Win, Tails You Win
- New statistics on boardroom rewards shows the only concession to recession is to turn bonuses into basic pay. When business is good, company directors increase their pay to share in the returns. When business is tough they think they deserve a rise in remuneration to compensate for...
- Blog posts 2009-10-26
- Should Geithner Go?
- Chris Wragge speaks with the "Early Line" panel, journalists John Fund, Michael Santoli, and Ali Velshi, as they discuss Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and the fallout over the AIG bonuses.
- Videos 2009-03-23
- AIG Asked To Return Bonuses
- The CEO of AIG told Congress that employees who received six-figure bonuses will have to return at least 50 percent. But, as Nancy Cordes reports, this may not satisfy lawmakers or the public.
- Videos 2009-03-18
- Pharma Roundup: Schering-Plough's $500,000 Bonus, Bristol and Exelixis, and More
- Cash-strapped Schering-Plough gives out $500,000 bonus; Bristol-Myers Squibb buys chunk of Exelixis pipeline; Pfizer and Elan cut jobs. by John Maas
- Blog posts 2008-12-12
- Goldman Sachs Exec Defends Bonuses
- By Georgina CooperLONDON (Reuters UK) - Bumper payouts to bankers should be seen as part of a longer term investment in London's economy, the vice chairman of Goldman Sachs International told a debate on ethics at St Paul's Cathedral on Tuesday.Defending lavish bonuses expected at the U.S. investment bank, Brian...
- News items 2009-10-20
- UK Must End Retail Banks' Cash Bonuses - Opposition
- LONDON (Reuters UK) - Retail banks should be stopped from paying big cash bonuses and use the money instead to support new lending, according to a speech by the Conservatives' finance spokesman on Monday."I am today calling on the Treasury and the Financial Services Authority to combine forces and stop...
- News items 2009-10-25
- Osborne Calls For End to Cash Bonuses
- LONDON (Reuters UK) - Retail banks should be stopped from paying big cash bonuses and use the money instead to support new lending, according to a speech by shadow chancellor George Osborne on Monday."I am today calling on the Treasury and the Financial Services Authority to combine forces and stop...
- News items 2009-10-25
- Tories Tell Banks to Lend Bonus Cash
- By David Milliken and Matt FalloonLONDON (Reuters UK) - Reail banks should stop paying big cash bonuses and use the money instead to support new lending and contribute to an economic recovery, the Conservatives' shadow Chancellor George Osborne said on Monday.The policy announcement by the Conservatives, who opinion polls predict...
- News items 2009-10-26
- Erie Indemnity Co. Q3 2009 Earnings Conference Call
- Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions. We will take our first question from Michael Phillips with Stifel Nicolaus Michael Phillips - Stifel Nicolaus Can you talk about personal auto agency bonuses and anything you might be doing there to kind of any changes you might be making to may be...
- Earnings calls 2009-10-30
- Goldman Sachs Boss Says Banks Do "God's Work"
- LONDON (Reuters) - The chief executive of Goldman Sachs, which has attracted widespread media attention over the size of its staff bonuses, believes banks serve a social purpose and are doing "God's work."In an interview with London's Sunday Times newspaper, Lloyd Blankfein also said he believed big profits and bonuses...
- News items 2009-11-08
- Goldman Sachs - Banks Do "God's Work"
- LONDON (Reuters UK) - The chief executive of Goldman Sachs, which has attracted widespread media attention over the size of its staff bonuses, believes banks serve a social purpose and are doing "God's work."In an interview with London's Sunday Times newspaper, Lloyd Blankfein also said he believed big profits and...
- News items 2009-11-08
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