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CEOs Start to Place Big Bets as Pandemic Grinds On

Plenty of CEOs remain stuck working from home and boards may still be meeting virtually, but companies are shifting their…

4 years ago

Shareholders Feel Muted as Companies Switch to Virtual Annual Meetings

Companies are finding virtual shareholder meetings to be cheaper and less time-consuming, but shareholders complain they don’t get as much…

4 years ago

Finance Chiefs Are on the Move as Pandemic Adds Strain

Finance chiefs are changing jobs again after a slowdown in exits and recruitment in thespring, as the pandemic is forcing…

4 years ago

What Sets Some Companies Apart in the Current Crisis

As the downturn has affected a growing number of companies, it has become plain that “no one is immune” from…

4 years ago

Companies Choose Furloughs Over Layoffs to Manage Coronavirus Slowdown

When meat orders from restaurants, hotels and other food-service clients dried up at two of Hormel Foods Corp.’s plants in April, finance chief…

4 years ago

Coronavirus Crisis Dents Salaries, Not Stock Awards, for Many CEOs

Hundreds of U.S. companies reduced salaries for their chief executives as the coronavirus pandemic swept across American business, a reversal…

4 years ago

Coronavirus Crimps Some CEO Salaries but Not All

Cheesecake Factory Inc. furloughed about 41,000 hourly restaurant workers to conserve cash in the coronavirus pandemic. It also cut pay for other…

5 years ago

How Coronavirus Spread Through Corporate America

With the first quarter in the books, big companies are preparing to disclose to investors early indications of the economic…

5 years ago

Coronavirus Caps Years of Rich Pay for Many CEOs

Chief executives of large U.S. companies rode a more than decadelong bull market to a string of record pay days.…

5 years ago

Bank of America Keeps CEO’s Pay at $26.5 Million

Bank of America Corp. greenlighted a $26.5 million pay package for its top executive in 2019 after the bank’s shares marked their…

5 years ago