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22
Nov
2009
A simple lesson from railroads

1 day ago by kempton

From the insightful article “ Buffett, Railroads, and the Lessons of History” by Alice Schroeder (biography of Warren Buffett, The Snowball) (emphasis added), “ A simple lesson from railroads For a long time, Buffett had invested in railroads only when they were cigar butts. Then they were deregulat ...

Kempton - ideas Revolutionary - kempton.wordpress.com · Rank: 50,275 · 79 references

20
Nov
2009
BBC Executives’ Pay is a Programme Quality Issue

2 days ago by Adam Collyer

Mark Thompson, the BBC Director General (total pay package last year: £834,000 or four times the Prime Minister’s salary) has, according to the Daily Telegraph, vetoed a review of executive pay, because viewers care more about other matters. Apparently the BBC’s private research shows that executive ...

It's Just Not Right, Is It? - adamcollyer.wordpress.com · Rank: 183,786 · 2 references

Wall Street’s Bonus Problem

2 days ago by Lee Drutman

For all of pay czar Kenneth Feinberg’s efforts, bonuses on Wall Street show no signs of slowing. Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and JP Morgan Chase & Co. (all of which have paid back their TARP obligations) are reportedly paying $30 billion in bonuses this year. There is a very simple reason that pe ...

Progressive Fix - progressivefix.com · Rank: 75,773 · 4 references

Top of the heap – public sector pay

2 days ago by Frank Hobson

Today’s Times has an article on the topic of whether any public servant should be paid more than the Prime Minister. It is a two-part article with one writer arguing the case against, another the case for. The question, of course, arises from the fact that quite a lot of them already do. Once you st ...

frankly HR - hobsonconsulting.wordpress.com · 2 references

19
Nov
2009
BC Rail scandal continues for the people of BC

4 days ago by theleftcoast.ca

Almost it seems as if to add financial insult to financial injury inflicted on the people of BC, the BC Liberals continue to assualt the good sense of the BC taxpayer with their handling of the BC Rail situation. Six years after privatizing the BC Rail system, after explicitly promising not to priva ...

theleftcoast.ca - theleftcoast.ca · 1 reference

17
Nov
2009
Goldman Sach's Blankfein: 'We apologize'

5 days ago by Tom Petruno

Goldman Sachs Group’s charm offensive continues. From Bloomberg News: Lloyd Blankfein, chairman and chief executive officer of Goldman Sachs Group Inc., apologized for the firm’s role in some of the activities leading to the financial crisis. "We participated in things that were clearly wrong and ha ...

Money & Company - latimesblogs.latimes.com/money_co · Rank: 1,888 · 784 references

Gordon Brown, media Baron

5 days ago by El Hakeem

BBC: Still feeding fat What’s the difference between a media executive and a politician? Apparently none, if you want to credit the bizarre argument being raised against the ‘excessive salaries’ of top BBC executives. Politicians are in a state of moral outrage that some execs are paid more than the ...

amusis.com - amusis.com · Rank: 161,736 · 4 references

16
Nov
2009
Housing Matters 16 November 2009

6 days ago by John Gray

I am sure that many folk have been left bereft at the lack of Housing Matters posts during the last few weeks but apologies I have been a bit busy. A pity since there has been some interesting housing stuff going on recently. Why did the most highly paid Housing Association boss ever - John Belcher ...

John's Labour blog - grayee.blogspot.com · Rank: 79,489 · 38 references

13
Nov
2009
UK: executive pay – NAPF principles

9 days ago by santiagochaher

by Robert Goddard for Corporate Law and Governance blog, November 13, 2009. The chief executive (Joanne Segars) and head of corporate governance (David Paterson) of the National Association of Pension Funds have written to FTSE350 chairmen setting out several principles for the alignment of executiv ...

Corporate Governance Leaders - cgleaders.wordpress.com · Rank: 139,145

Excessive executive pay amounts defended

9 days ago by santiagochaher

by Felicity Williams, for Breaking News, November 13, 2009. A HIGH-profile corporate governance group has opposed a proposed “two-strikes” rule intended to curb excessive executive pay on the grounds it will inhibit shareholders from expressing their views. RiskMetrics – a leading campaigner on the ...

Corporate Governance Leaders - cgleaders.wordpress.com · Rank: 139,145

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