executive compensation

Life as a CEO seems to get even more comfortable with executive compensation rising dramatically over the last three decades; here we take a look at some of the top earning Executive's earners for 2009.

Not many stories this year have touched a nerve with readers as much as executive compensation.

The Obama administration says executive compensation must be better managed to prevent the sort of risk-taking that jeopardizes the economy.

Running big public companies is hard work, so many execs get a little help to keep their noses to the grindstone.

Here are some of the most egregious perks from the golden era of executive compensation, according to corporate governance experts.

In an April 28 corrective of an April 1 story about executive compensation at IntercontinentalExchange Inc., The Associated Press reported erroneously the percentage change of the chief executive's total compensation for 2008 and the value of the stock options he was granted in 2007.

The compensation received by IntercontinentalExchange's CEO, Jeffrey Sprecher, fell almost 4 percent, not rose 89 percent.

In 2007, Sprecher was granted a total of $4.5 million in stock and options, not $1.4 million as reported.