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AIG's Sullivan: New Poster Boy for Excessive Pay
AIG's Sullivan: New Poster Boy for Excessive PayUnfortunate mischaracterizationsSullivan's actual "severance" is some fraction of the reported numbers. Per this news story (http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080617/ts_alt_afp/uscompanyinsuranceaigfinanceexecutive_080617220255):"According to the Corporate Library, the package for Sullivan would include 26.6 million dollars in cash bonuses, 21.9 million in stock awards and 14 million dollars in a...
Tags: Excessive Pay, Poster Boy, American International Group Inc., Sullivan, AIG
Discussion threads 2008-06-19
D'OH! HOMER SIMPSON TO APPEAR IN REEBOK CLASSICS AD CAMPAIGN.(Brief Article)
BOSTON -- Not often is a prodigious paunch featured in an athletic footwear ad. Nonetheless, Reebok's choice of Homer Simpson as its latest poster boy should dispel any doubts that the athletic shoe market is currently as much about kicking back as BOSTON ...
Tags: advertisement, poster boy, Reebok International Ltd.
Research articles 2003-01-13
SCENT FROM ABOVE MERCEDES ART IN OVERNITE.
``Baywatch'' actor Michael Bergin has his head in the clouds as the new poster boy for Coty's Aspen fragrance for men. The fall campaign, from Seiden Group, New York, breaks in ... ``Baywatch'' actor Michael Bergin has his head in the clouds as the new poster...
Tags: Aspen Technology Inc., poster boy
Research articles 1999-08-16

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AIG's Sullivan: New Poster Boy for Excessive Pay
Meet the new poster boy for excessive CEO pay. He is ousted American International Group CEO Martin Sullivan. Sullivan was kicked out of office this week after shareholders and investors complained that the insurance and financial giant posted two quarters of gigantic losses. According to figures from...
Tags: Eliot Spitzer, Quarterly Loss, CEO, AIG, Financial Accounting, Finance, Peter Galuszka
Blog posts 2008-06-19
Ehren Watada, poster-boy for the US anti-war movement
WASHINGTON AFP — Ehren Watada joined the US army in the wave of patriotism that followed the September 11, 2001 attacks on US soil. Now a lieutenant, he is refusing to fight in Iraq because he says it is an illegal war. Watada, 28, has become the poster-boy for...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, FINANCE, Government, Iraq, SALES, superior, Washington
Research articles 2007-02-07
Trader with the right expression becomes media stock market poster boy
FRANKFURT AFP — Dirk Mueller is a stockbroker, and thanks to recent market turbulence, also a star, not because of dubious trades or massive losses but because his face was just right for the job. "Mister Dax," the poster boy of the Frankfurt stock index, cropped up last week...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, FINANCE, financial, Frankfurt, Investment, stock, trader, TV
Research articles 2008-01-26
The centerfold interview: UnSafety Boy!
Last August's Issue of High on safety introduced to the Model of Safety. This year. we bring you his evil twin. We call him UnSafety Boy, and he, too is a poster child for OSHA ... but it's the bad kind of poster. OSHA has devoted two...
Tags: OSHA
Research articles 2003-08-01
FEATHERWEIGHT: Tyson chief lays an egg;Despite 14 years as a director, John Tyson was unable to explain the role the poultry company's board has played.(Brief Article)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- John Tyson, chairman of Tyson Foods Inc., never will be poster boy for the corporate governance movement. He may, however, qualify as its Foghorn Leghorn. Last year, the $166 billion California Public Employees' Retirement Sy SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- John Tyson,...
Tags: board, Tyson Foods Inc.
Research articles 2000-04-17
Do you need a COO? Among North American manufacturers, the answer is not clear cut. It literally depends upon each company's situation. But what's with the folks who believe their COO couldn't operate a flashlight, let alone the company?(MANAGEMENT)(Compa
MARK HURD. IF THERE'S A POSTER BOY FOR CHIEF OPERATING OFFICERS COOS, MARK Hurd just might be the one. Sure, he's now chairman, president and CEO of Hewlett-Packard Co. in Palo Alto, Calif. But he proved himself to be a very capable COO at Dayton, ...
Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Mark Hurd
Research articles 2007-03-01
"The Next 10 Years Will Be The Most Exciting Period Ever"
He is silicon valley's original poster boy. Geeky, self-made, and fabulously rich (actually, the world's richest). Thirty years after he founded Microsoft along with buddy Paul Allen, Bill Gates continues to have a stranglehold on the PC market. Nine out He is silicon valley's original poster boy. Geeky, self-made, and...
Tags: Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., PC
Research articles 2006-01-01
Padres' Alderson has baseball's 'best resume'
SAN DIEGO -- During his three-year hitch in the military in the early 1970s, Sandy Alderson was literally a poster boy for the Marine Corps. "The Marines are looking for a few good men," read the recruiting tool for the Vietnam War. Some 30 years later, Alderson could qualify...
Tags: baseball, Games, MLB, Vietnam
Research articles 2005-08-24
Greg Reyes Exonerated On Options Backdating. Why That's A Good Thing.
Posted by: Peter Burrows on August 19 I've covered Greg Reyes' legal woes around options backdating from the very start—from the time word was just starting to zip around Silicon Valley that the Justice Department was looking for a "poster child" to prosecute for improper accounting of this form of...
Tags: backdating, Brocade Communications Systems Inc.
News items 2009-08-19
Democratic delegates boo the Boy Scouts of America.
LOS ANGELES - When Gloria Johnson learned that a group of Eagle Scouts was about to take the stage at the Democratic National Convention, she immediately went into action. She and other California delegates grabbed poster board and markers and made signs that...
Tags: Boy Scouts of America, Democratic Party
Research articles 2000-08-18
George%20W.%20Bush,%20MBA.
George%20W.%20Bush,%20MBA.Answers to your questionsDo you think Bush is a such a great manager that it's a waste to criticize his performance?I think Bush is a much better manager than most will ever know. The war in Iraq is an unfortunate hallmark of his administration. Prior to the war...
Tags: Bush IS, Harvard MBA, leadership, MBA
Discussion threads 2007-10-19
What is the Most Economically 'Free' City?
What is the Most Economically 'Free' City?Economic FreedomI think you picked the wrong economist to be approving of maximum economic freedom. Keynes approved of high levels of government intervention; Adam Smith or Hayek may have served better.RE: What is the Most Economically 'Free' City?Interesting, but I would hardly consider Keynes...
Tags: Keynes
Discussion threads 2008-02-19
Office Depot's new ads
This past Thanksgiving Day, Office Depot showcased its new $30 million ad campaign when Scott Adam's Dilbert character made his television debut. Dilbert. the overworked, under-appreciated poster boy of today's cubicle dwellers will bring some humor and a sense of familiarity to Office Depot's advertising. "We came to the conclusion...
Tags: advertisement, Dilbert, Office Depot Inc.
Research articles 1998-01-01
Dilbert makes his TV debut for Office Depot
Dilbert, the character from the popular cartoon strip who has become the overworked, underappreciated poster boy of today's cubicle dweller, has a new employer.
Tags: Dilbert, Office Depot Inc., TV
Research articles 1997-11-25
Platform-As-a-Service Needs an Audience
Software as a service has turned into platform as a service (as if we needed another “aaS”) and as this application battle royale gets underway developers need to think about these efforts in terms of audience. For instance, Bill Appleton, CTO of DreamFactory, which makes cloudwareâ€"rich Internet...
Tags: Intuit QuickBase, Platform, PaaS, Salesforce.com AppExchange, DreamFactory, Cloud Computing, Tools & Techniques, Project Management, Sales Force Management, Management, It Operations, It service Management, Sales, Larry Dignan
Blog posts 2008-06-23
A.I.G. Cuts ex-CEO's Pay; Companywide Perks
American International Group, under pressure from New York attorney general Andrew Cuomo, is trimming ousted CEO Martin Sullivan's payout package valued at $68 million by $19 million. The troubled insurance giant which has received a $85 billion bailout from the federal government, is also slashing perks, junkets...
Tags: Financial, Perk, Financial Accounting, Insurance, Financial Planning, Finance, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Peter Galuszka
Blog posts 2008-10-23
AIG, Under Pressure, Trims Ousted CEO's Golden Parachute
American International Group, under pressure from New York attorney general Andrew Cuomo, is trimming ousted CEO Martin Sullivan’s payout package valued at $68 million by $19 million. The troubled insurance giant, which has received a $85 billion bailout from the federal government, is also slashing perks, junkets...
Tags: Peter Galuszka
Blog posts 2008-10-23
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