HP CEO Whitman Earned One Dollar Plus $16 Million in 2011

CEO Meg Whitman may have taken only a one-dollar salary upon taking the job. But her stock-based compensation totaled more than $16 million last year.
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Steve Jobs’s Paycheck: $1. Tim Cook’s Paycheck: $378 Million.

Well, Tim Cook sure made a lot of money last year.
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HP Wins Dubious “Worst Footnote” Award for 2011

After running HP for 11 months, former CEO Léo Apotheker got several million dollars in severance benefits. Exactly how much is hard to determine. For that, HP has won a unique and dubious award.
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James Murdoch Turns Down $6 Million Bonus, Citing PhoneGate

Rupert’s son will keep another $11 million-plus, though.
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ISS Calls for Apple CEO Succession Plan

Apple doesn’t want to divulge its executive succession plan, but it may soon have to. With CEO Steve Jobs on indefinite medical leave for an undisclosed condition and the company’s annual meeting scheduled for Feb. 23, support is growing for a shareholder proposal that would require Apple to explain what it plans to do should Jobs step down.

Yahoo CEO's "Over" Pay Puts Spotlight on Performance

Yahoo’s CEO Carol Bartz has been under pressure of late, due to everything from executive turmoil to flat revenue to a flaccid stock price. And, as of yesterday, you can add excessive pay to the pile.

Apple vs. Google: Game On

Is Apple’s lawsuit against HTC a proxy through which to strike at Google and its increasingly popular Android OS? It certainly looks that way. While not directly named in the lawsuit, Google figures prominently in it simply because of the sheer number of times “Android products” are called out in the complaint.

Tim Armstrong Makes One Last Pitch for AOL: “No More Hail Marys”

AOL is about to cut ties to Time Warner, and CEO Tim Armstrong has been making his case to current and potential investors. Here’s one last pitch, delivered to the crowd at the annual UBS Media and Communications Conference in New York.
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On2 to Shareholders: Take the Google Stock, You Morons

On2 shareholders outraged over the company’s pending acquisition by Google will soon have a chance to sack the deal. At a special meeting on Dec. 18, the 60-cents-per-share offer will be put to a vote that’s likely to prove quite contentious, thanks to a cadre of On2 shareholders who believe it doesn’t reflect fair market value.
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Not With a Bang, but a Whimper: Icahn Leaves Yahoo Board (Plus His Entire Letter)

Carl Icahn, the activist billionaire investor who made such a noisy fuss in his quest to force management and other changes at Yahoo, is taking a much quieter leave from the Internet giant’s board. He said “there was not a need at this time for an activist investor” on Yahoo’s board. That’s true, of course, but here’s BoomTown’s quickie analysis: Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz completely ignores him.
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