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...predecessor, Durk I. Jager, had pioneered ambitious new products in hopes of finding a blockbuster for the company, but never did. With investor confidence slipping, Procter and Gamble’s board removed Jager, an unusual act for the 166-year-old company...
...dangerous precedent," shareholder Victor Silk told HSBC chairman John Bond. But in the end, Aldinger carried off his saucer of cream with relative ease. Bond's argument that Aldinger would be getting slightly less than his previous pay package was grudgingly accepted by the majority of shareholders, and institutional investors voted heavily in his favor. And so Aldinger, who now ranks among the highest-paid executives in Britain, will take home $3 million in salary, $12 million in guaranteed annual bonuses, and $21 million in stock grants over three years, plus other lavish benefits on top of the $20.3 million...
Costello is the human face of a dramatically changed industry. With about 30 steel firms operating under bankruptcy protection, the steelworkers' union has willingly taken part in a vast restructuring of pay and benefits spearheaded by New York City investor Wilbur Ross. His International Steel Group (ISG) recently completed its third major acquisition in two years, buying most of the assets of bankrupt Bethlehem Steel. Ross warns of more wage pressure ahead: "If we don't reform our labor system very soon, we won't have a manufacturing sector to worry about." He is taking aim at work rules that...
...settlement may prove to be a gold mine in another way. The volumes of Wall Street documents released through the historic settlement--including memos and e-mail--contain some evidence highly damaging to the securities firms. These documents could help investors bring their own cases or join class actions. New York attorney general Eliot Spitzer, whose 2002 investigation and settlement with Merrill Lynch have nourished a number of investor suits, has made thousands of pages of documents available on the Web (www.oag.state.ny.us). Investors have several paths to seek restitution...
...little guy' who isn't smart about the nuances may get misled, such is the nature of my business." LEHMAN BROS. ANALYST, in an e-mail to an institutional investor, disclosed as part of an SEC settlement of conflict-of-interest charges against Wall Street firms...