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Corporate

Mar. 5, 2010

Executive Compensation Under Attack

With greater disclosure now required for employee compensation, Dave Howard of Hoge Fenton Jones & Appel provides some food for thought.

By Dave Howard

A wave of executive compensation earthquakes has created a tsunami that now is flooding the board rooms and executive suites of public corporations. Shareholders and the general public are expressing outrage at what has been termed excessive compensation of top executives.

An early warning tremor came during President George Bush, Sr.'s trip to Japan in January 1992. While the trip unfortunately is best known for the embarrassing incident in which P...

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