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		<title><![CDATA[Bank on It: Wall Street Pay is Risky Business]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/financial-services/10004478/bank-on-it-wall-street-pay-is-risky-business/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the big lies being told in the debate over Wall Street pay is that the link between bankers' compensation and their tendency to throw caution to the winds is poorly understood. Here's top M&A lawyer Bob Profusek of law firm Jones Day in an interview last week with...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:34:46 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Eaton Vance Corp. F3Q09 (Qtr End 07/31/09) Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator  Operator Instructions  Your first question comes from Analyst for Craig Siegenthaler &#8211; Credit Suisse. Analyst for Craig Siegenthaler &#8211; Credit Suisse One quick question, given the strong flows and uptick in AUM balances this quarter, can you comment on why you didn&#8217;t see much...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:35:54 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Why Government CEO Pay Restrictions Won't Work]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Government and investors shouldn't be concerned with how much top executives are paid. Rather, it's how they are paid that's important.    That's the opinion of executive compensation expertÂ V.G. Narayanan, who is a professor at Harvard Business School. He says executives are too often paid for short-term performance...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:42:11 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Claim: AstraZeneca CEO Brennan's Pay Too High; Spends Too Much on Lobbying]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/pharma/10001729/claim-astrazeneca-ceo-brennans-pay-too-high-spends-too-much-on-lobbying/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[British corporate governance watchdog group PIRC is urging AstraZeneca shareholders to vote against management's annual report and compensation plan because the company gives too much money to U.S. politicians and its top executives. by Jim Edwards]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 03:23:33 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Hospital CEO Pay Comes Under Scrutiny]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), the ranking Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, has stepped up his criticism of not-for-profit hospitals by slamming what he regards as the high salaries paid to hospital CEOs. He told The Boston Globe that he is planning to introduce legislation to address the issue. ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 06:14:49 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc. Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Josh Vogel. Josh Vogel - Sidoti & Company I was curious, we are seeing the fixed portion of the compensation increase and I was wondering what you&#8217;re targeting as metric to get to in 2009. L. Kevin Kelly You&#8217;re exactly...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 12:30:30 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Pilgrim's Pride -- Embarrassing Case of Hubris and Greed]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/secdocuments/?p=242]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[[caption id="attachment_241" align="alignright" width="180" caption="Pilgrims Pride_logo"][/caption]  On December 1, 2008, Pilgrim'sÂ Pride voluntarily filed for financial relief under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code after losing $820 million in 2008 and failing to renegotiate its debt agreements with lenders. The largest U.S. chicken processor allegedly struggled with low meat...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 08:01:09 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[10 Points to Help Boards Manage Recession Risk]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/ceo/?p=1717]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Â Tough, recessionary times mean that management needs to reassess how its board and C-Suite manage risk. Changes need to be considered that involve both structure and philosophy.    Consulting firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges has put together a 10-point report on how to approach risk issues in the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 23:28:55 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Workers Compensation: Reducing Your Risks - And Premiums]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=955917]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Premiums for workers' compensation insurance and risk reduction in the workplace go hand-in-hand. The company should have a written safety plan to give to its employees to eliminate any confusion about what to do if a situation arises, which can help prevent accidents. Worker's compensation is one of the few...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Rethinking CEO Pay]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/business-books/?p=376]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Conference Board says executive pay in the financial sector is out of whack with corporate performance, and this disconnect increases the risk executives will  make decisions that enrich themselves and damage the long-term prospects of their firms.    Duh. The Conference Board is stating the obvious...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 11:23:13 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Janus Capital Group, Inc. Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/2462-14037_23-243524.html]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionQ&A Operator [Operator Instructions]. Our first question comes from the line of Mike Carrier with UBS. Michael Carrier - UBS Thanks guys. First, just a question on the cost reduction program. Looking at the assets under management and looking at the pressures on the business, 5% reduction on...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:23:15 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Bailout Bill Has Major Compensation Limits]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/ceo/?p=1405]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The drama's still on as the $700 billion bailout goes to the U.S. House of Representatives today.    Worthy of note, however, is what the version passed by the Senate on Wednesday says about executive compensation.    In a nutshell, if the U.S. Department of the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:21:56 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Evaluating the CEO]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/2439-13058_23-238785.html]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[              When CEOs stumble, they pull their companies down with them. As chief executive, how can you stay steady on your feet and keep delivering the high-quality leadership your firm needs?   When Kaufman was the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:25:18 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Pay Consultants Boost CEO Pay: USC Study]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/ceo/?p=1330]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Do compensation consultants, hired by boards to help figure out competitive remuneration for CEOs, do what they are paid to do?    Maybe, but they tend to drive up pay rates, according to a recent study.    An abstract of the study by Kevin J. Murphy...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:52:02 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Risk Intelligent Board: Viewing The World Through Risk-Colored Glasses]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=932467]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[When the risk management structure is optimized, every board committee will have risk on its agenda. Financial risk falls within the domain of the audit committee; compensation risks, the compensation committee; and succession risk, the nominating committee. (Note, however, that overall succession planning responsibility usually rests with the full board,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[No Say on CEO Pay at Jakks Pacific]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/secdocuments/?p=47]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[According to an employment agreement disclosed in a proxy statement filed last week, Jack Friedman, CEO of the Jakks Pacific Inc. -- maker of World Wrestling Entertainment action toy figures, PokÃ©mon and Hannah Montana products -- became eligible for an aggregate $9.75 million in a single-annuity retirement benefit (spread equally...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 08:55:17 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Yahoo Takes Hit from Another Advisory Service]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/technology/1000250/yahoo-takes-hit-from-another-advisory-service/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Proxy advisory service PROXY Governance has just released its report on Yahoo and is recommending that shareholders vote against three board members: Chairman Roy Bostock and directors Ron Burkle and Arthur Kern. These are the same three directors, who constitute the board's compensation committee, that another proxy advisory service, Glass...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:47:15 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Grasso Wins By Losing]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/financial-services/100057/grasso-wins-by-losing/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Richard Grasso is winning by losing. A New York appeals court just ruled that the excessive compensation case against the former NYSE chief must be dismissed because the exchange is now a publicly-traded for-profit entity, not the â€œnot-for-profitâ€ entity it was when Grasso was earning more than $10 million per...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:05:22 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[No Collusion With Pay Consultants: Wharton Study]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/ceo/?p=1136]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Boards of directors can understandably be blind-sided by executive compensation issues. The media is filled with tales of hubris and excess while regulators require more details and explanations of how pay packages are drawn up and what CEOs must do to earn them.    Pay consultants have a...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:25:23 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Study: Many Directors Think CEOs Are Overpaid. Will They Fix It?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/ceo/?p=1099]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[CEO pay is "too high in most cases," say about one in three directors of U.S.-based public companies in a just-released survey by Heidrick & Struggles InternationalÂ and the Center for Effective Organizations CEO at the University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business.    The survey also found...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 06:30:51 -0800</pubDate>
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