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Here’s Yahoo’s Official Parting With Thompson Over ResuMess — No Severance, But Make-Whole Millions

Kara Swisher in News on May 14 at 1:59 pm PT

And don’t let the door hit you on the way out.

AT&T CEO Pays $2 Million for T-Mobile Deal Debacle

John Paczkowski in News on February 22 at 5:00 am PT

AT&T’s board takes the scalpel to Randall Stephenson’s bonus pay.

Add Another Log to the Fire: HP Employees Grumble About Loss of Stock Grants

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on January 24 at 5:00 am PT

Executives at Hewlett-Packard are upset that a key stock-based benefit has evaporated before their very eyes. Even the man many blame, fired CEO Léo Apotheker, got hit.

New Yahoo CEO’s $27M Pay Package for 2012 = Lotsa Lettuce

Kara Swisher in News on January 6 at 2:43 pm PT

Newly installed Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson has got to be hoping that the world is not ending in 2012!

Casual Game Maker Big Fish Cuts Checks to Shareholders on Way to IPO

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on October 31, 2011 at 3:00 am PT

Seattle-based Big Fish doles out a hefty dividend to nearly all of its employees, as renewed rumors hint that an IPO could come as soon as next year.

What Will Léo Apotheker Walk Away With if He’s Fired?

Arik Hesseldahl in News on September 21, 2011 at 10:44 am PT

Now that his job appears to be in jeopardy, it’s time to take a closer look at Léo Apotheker’s contract with Hewlett-Packard. How’s an easy $28 million sound?

James Murdoch Turns Down $6 Million Bonus, Citing PhoneGate

Peter Kafka in News on September 2, 2011 at 11:49 am PT

Rupert’s son will keep another $11 million-plus, though.

Apple Opposes Proposal on CEO Succession Planning

John Paczkowski in News on January 7, 2011 at 9:45 am PT

A few noteworthy nuggets from Apple’s 2011 Proxy Statement, filed today with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The most interesting, a strongly worded rebuttal to a shareholder proposal calling on the company to adopt a written CEO-succession-planning policy.

Help! I'm Addicted to CityVille

Liz Gannes in Social on December 22, 2010 at 5:00 am PT

Among the early adopter types I know in the tech industry, there’s a sense that casual gaming on Facebook serves an entirely different demographic from their own. The thinking is that games from Zynga and the like replace relatively mindless activities like soap opera watching. But as someone who has just reorganized her virtual retail shops to be surrounded by virtual trees so as to accumulate more virtual bonus points, I see how social gaming–especially as it gets more social–might appeal to the desire for mindless diversions in all of us.

Susan Wojcicki, Google SVP and Advertising Chief, Live at Dive Into Mobile

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on December 7, 2010 at 8:25 am PT

You’d have to search a long time to find someone who’s been closer to the evolution of Google than Susan Wojcicki. It was in her rented garage that Sergey Brin and Larry Page launched the company, which she joined in 1999. Now, as one of only eight senior vice presidents, she runs Google’s most important businesses units.