As the SEC shines a light on executive compensation, will companies clean up their acts or find new ways to hide excess?
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- BusinessWeek 2005 Executive Compensation Scoreboard
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- Forbes Special Report: CEO Compensation (2007)
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- The Costs of CEO Failure
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- Comparison Shopping
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- Fixing What's Wrong with Executive Compensation
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Subject(s): Finance, Corporate Governance
Source(s): CFO Magazine
Author(s): Don Durfee
Posted: 2007-02-19
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