Explaining the ‘wow’ numbers
When Wrigley filed its 2007 proxy statement in February, it included one of the first examples of the new summary compensation...
Read more
Regulation Archive
Greed not so good
The top three executives at Goldman Sachs have just collected over $50 mn each in compensation, while the firm’s former CEO, Hank...
Read more
Out of the shadows
Mention the words ‘tax accounting change’ and you’re guaranteed a lukewarm response. Tax is one of the most complex and least...
Read more
Pig in the spotlight
The year of the pig, which started on February 18, is meant to bring great fortune. This is especially so this year, because it’s...
Read more
In other words...
Legalese is out at the SEC. If reformers have their way, so is jargon’s derivative: bifurcated communication. That is what can...
Read more
By the numbers
Q: I handle IR and corporate communications at a mid-cap company. Lately I’ve been hearing a lot about the SEC’s new compensation...
Read more
First the good news...and now the bad
In the first week of the New Year, before the US markets even opened for the first trading session, a wellknown company tendered...
Read more
Pension plan redux
In August 2006, a deeply divided Congress found one issue it could tackle with united enthusiasm: pension reform. The result was...
Read more
Executive compensation: opening the kimono
The sweeping changes to the rules on executive compensation disclosure adopted by the SEC on July 26 have stirred up a spirited...
Read more
Comment: Enronitis
It’s been nearly five years since Enron collapsed, nearly three years since the publication of the definitive Enron book, The...
Read more
