Showing posts with label Fair. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fair. Show all posts

Friday, June 17, 2016

Fair Game: How to Gauge a C.E.O.’s Value? Hint: It’s Not the Share Price

Fair Game: How to Gauge a C.E.O.’s Value? Hint: It’s Not the Share Price


A company’s stock can rocket even as its operations are being run into the ground. But how else to link a chief’s pay to performance?


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Friday, June 10, 2016

Fair Game: Woes for ITT, a For-Profit School, Bode Worse for Its Students

Fair Game: Woes for ITT, a For-Profit School, Bode Worse for Its Students


How bad will it be for students if ITT Educational Services, the troubled for-profit school, fails? Ask the former students of a company called Wilfred.


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Friday, May 27, 2016

Fair Game: Where More Women Are on Boards, Executive Pay Is Higher

Fair Game: Where More Women Are on Boards, Executive Pay Is Higher


An analysis by Equilar last year found that among 100 large companies, those with greater gender diversity on their boards paid their chief executives about 15 percent more.


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Friday, May 20, 2016

Fair Game: How Freddie and Fannie Are Held Captive

Fair Game: How Freddie and Fannie Are Held Captive


Newly unsealed documents cast doubt on the Treasury’s justification for sweeping the mortgage giants’ profits, exposing the perils of letting the government act in secret.


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Thursday, April 14, 2016

Robots, apps and chickens: The 2016 White House science fair

Robots, apps and chickens: The 2016 White House science fair



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Monday, March 21, 2016

Prizes Awarded at Contemporary Jewelry Fair

Prizes Awarded at Contemporary Jewelry Fair


Designers from Sweden, Italy and New Zealand are selected during the annual Schmuck fair in Munich.


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Monday, December 7, 2015

White Collar Watch: Spoofing Case Shows Fine Line Between Fair and Fraud

White Collar Watch: Spoofing Case Shows Fine Line Between Fair and Fraud


A recent S.E.C. case shows how difficult it can be to separate those who use the loopholes in the system to their advantage from those engaging in fraud.


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Thursday, November 12, 2015

Airbnb Pledges to Work With Cities and Pay ‘Fair Share’ of Taxes

Airbnb Pledges to Work With Cities and Pay ‘Fair Share’ of Taxes


After helping defeat Proposition F in San Francisco, which would have limited the home-sharing service, the company has pledged to cooperate with local governments.










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Wednesday, November 11, 2015

SalonQP: Highlights from London"s leading boutique watch fair

SalonQP: Highlights from London’s leading boutique watch fair













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Saturday, October 24, 2015

Fair Game: Earnings Misstatements Come in Bunches, Study Says

Fair Game: Earnings Misstatements Come in Bunches, Study Says


The study also found that when companies playing accounting charades run into trouble, their corporate peers are deterred from mimicking their conduct.










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Friday, October 2, 2015

Fair Game: Valeant’s High-Price Drug Strategy

Fair Game: Valeant’s High-Price Drug Strategy


Valeant, which has grown by acquiring rivals and slashing their staffs, has drawn the ire of a House panel, which is now considering a subpoena on the company’s price increases.










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Friday, September 18, 2015

Fair Game: Vote Will Test Accountability of Bank of America’s Board

Fair Game: Vote Will Test Accountability of Bank of America’s Board


A decision on separating top roles at the bank is less about who is chairman and more about how shareholders’ decisions are valued.


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Friday, September 11, 2015

Fair Game: Safety Suffers as Stock Options Propel Executive Pay Packages

Fair Game: Safety Suffers as Stock Options Propel Executive Pay Packages


A study finds a correlation between awarding executives generous stock options and the incidence of product recalls that could affect consumers’ health.










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