3 posts and columns on incentive

Proposed Spectrum Auction Could Net $36 Billion, Study Finds

in Enterprise on February 15, 2011 at 4:45 am PT

President Obama’s proposal to auction wireless spectrum currently held by TV broadcasters could bring in much more than the $28 billion he said it would, a study by the wireless industry has found.

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New HP CEO’s Salary: $1.2 million, Plus Bonuses

in News on October 1, 2010 at 7:00 am PT

What did it cost Hewlett-Packard to sign Léo Apotheker as its new CEO? Quite a bit, as you might expect. According to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing, Apotheker will receive an annual salary of $1.2 million for the next two years, a $4 million signing bonus and an additional $4.6 million for relocation assistance (!?). For fiscal 2011, his incentive bonus will be 200 percent of his base salary, with a ceiling of 500 percent. In other words, Apotheker will make $3.6 million in salary next year–at the very least.

Palm Pay Developers to Write Apps for webOS? “Rubbish.”

in News on September 17, 2009 at 9:46 am PT

Lots of jawing yesterday over reports that Palm is paying developers to bring their mobile apps to the webOS platform. An interesting claim–were it true. But according to multiple sources, it’s not.
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