Rick Wagoner’s compensation nearly doubled even though he voluntarily reduced his salary to aid the automaker’s restructuring effort.

The world’s largest retailer paid its chief executive $29.7 million last year after sales grew at the slowest pace in more than two decades.

Executives are reaping the benefits of an industry turnaround, angering airline workers.

Grouped north of Equator, they’re dominated by Europe, Canada and the U.S.

Shareholders are paying for performance, almost any kind of performance.

Love hurts. But in Hollywood, it’s divorce that really stings.

Love hurts, but in Hollywood it’s divorce that really stings.

Some of the major consulting firms are debating whether to separate or spin off their compensation consulting businesses to avoid perceptions that they conflict with other services that the firms provide.

The richest paydays are supposed to be reserved for Wall Street titans, oil barons and banking moguls. So what is a handbag maker doing atop the list?

In the world of executive compensation, fact often outstrips fiction, and even farce.

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