Thoughts while sitting here, when I try to piece together all the non-sensical bologny going on with IBM. It appears to me that, as Gerstner put it, "This is...
My biggest frustration in life is when I see such massive abuse of power; Big Business and legislators alike. Legislation allowing the power of the privileged...
... If you are/were in the ESPP you got 'options'. That discount was technically an option. I wonder how much of that 16% was from the ESPP ? Now that there...
... by ... and ... Mike, you are correct as usual that execution is the key. IMHO it's unclear whether IBM will become the next - Polaroid, Kodak, or Xerox....
... be taken over by Gerstner and the Carlyle group. Heaven forbid. Putting all of the financials together, looks to me as there is a plan in place, somewhere...
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... IBM ... I do not profess to be an expert on executive compensation. However, it appears that you can trace the 'Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $0 per...
My Big Fat C.E.O. Paycheck, By CLAUDIA H. DEUTSCH THE spectacle of once-respected corporate titans doing perp walks - Martha Stewart, Bernard J. Ebbers,...
The New Executive Bonanza: Retirement, By ERIC DASH WHEN Vance D. Coffman retired as chief executive of Lockheed Martin last August, the company wanted to show...
An Early Advocate of Stock Options Debunks Himself, By CLAUDIA H. DEUTSCH FIFTEEN years ago, Michael C. Jensen, a professor at the Harvard Business School,...
How the Pay Figures Were Calculated To measure executive compensation, Sunday Business studied 200 large public companies that had filed proxies by Tuesday for...
A Bad Year for the Chief (but Not for the Bonus), By ERIC DASH IT'S hard to find three chief executives who had a tougher year than Carleton S. Fiorina,...
http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/289803p-247960c.html ****************************************************************** Did his duty - then lost his job...
... Carlyle group. Heaven forbid.< WOw, come out of retirement (can't make ends meet), and SAVE IBM again! How to stay active in retirement. :) Bingo, Bingo A...
... =============================================== Yep! And virtually all of Lockheed Martin's business comes from the US Government, which is supposed to...
Hello, excuse me if this has been covered before, but I just joined the group and my dialup is too slow to search the archives. Does anyone know if the...
"because I planned to stay 35 or 40 years" Are you serious?? You need to be thinking and preparing for being fired, not thinking how long you will stay....
... were ... the ... because ... compensation ... changes ... down. ... the ... One wonders what the final settlement will really look like given today's...
... Details on exactly what was included as part of the settlement won't be avaliable until the settlement notices for subclass 1 and 2 are finalized. The...
http://www.nj.com/columns/ledger/braun/index.ssf?/ base/columns-0/1112590383265881.xml ... John didn't simply lose his job, he lost access to the medical ...
http://www.careerjournal.com/salaryhiring/industri es/engineers/20050331-grimes.html ... Vinod Dham is among a growing number of technology executives warning ...
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050405/56015.html ... IBM today announced that the company will begin to expense equity compensation when it reports its first quarter...
Quick reminder: The discussion of whether/when SS should be privatized, and about what is or is not included in various social security reform proposals, is no...
Bill Sweetnam, once of the staunchest advocates in Washington for legalizing hybrid pension plans, has left the Treasury. See the following item from Plan...