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...says it doesn't pay to stay put? That breathtaking sum stunned some of the Street's own stunningly paid honchos. And it comes at a time when thousands of investment bankers and brokers have lost their jobs. The N.Y.S.E. was quick to point out that Grasso's lump-sum payment built up over his 20 years as a senior executive. Still, even accounting for decades of compounded interest and (at least for a while) a booming stock market, $140 million is "very generous," says Doug Jensen, an executive-compensation consultant at Hay Group in Norwalk, Conn. Consider...
Corporate-governance watchdogs applaud the new disclosure, but they are still amazed by the numbers. "That's a phenomenal sum for a regulator," says Charles Elson of the University of Delaware's Center for Corporate Governance. The N.Y.S.E.'s compensation committee, however, doesn't compare Grasso's paycheck to those of regulators. Fink says it looks instead to financial conglomerates and investment banks. Elson says those comparisons don't make sense; unlike a public company, the N.Y.S.E. has no stock to rise or fall with Grasso's performance...
...separate, privately financed campaign organization called Sweden in Europe. The yes side refuses to provide figures about its budget, but Sören Wibe, leader of the Social Democrat faction that opposes joining the euro, estimates that it is 10 times the amount received from the government - an astounding sum to spend on an election in this country. With that bankroll, they have shouted yes slogans in every legal form. Though political TV advertising is outlawed, the country is awash in debate. On Stockholm street corners, workers dutifully dispense yes or no pins from little huts. And would-be voters...
...started at the discount brokerage firm where I had an account. There I met with Mr. Income Annuity. He was short, stocky, substantial--bullish, you might say. After much computer analysis, he recommended that I spend a not insignificant sum on a five-year annuity and prescribed a "wealth-replacement" plan. But I didn't like the idea of replacing wealth. I preferred the idea of holding on to wealth...
...Abandoning his cultural kung fu roots may have proved to be a wise business move for Chan?Arclight, a U.S. film distributor based in Australia, has already bought the movie's international and U.S. distribution and licensing rights for a seven-figure sum. (Chan's 1998 Jackie Chan vehicle Who Am I? and Gen-X Cops were both distributed overseas by Columbia TriStar.) Like his previous action flicks, Heroic Duo goes for the mainstream jugular, but this time Benny Chan devotes enough screen time to character development so that you care (slightly) about these characters before they're blown...