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Steve Jobs’s Paycheck: $1. Tim Cook’s Paycheck: $378 Million.

John Paczkowski in News on January 9 at 2:45 pm PT

Well, Tim Cook sure made a lot of money last year.

HP’s New CEO Takes $1 Annual Salary and Lots of Stock Options

Arik Hesseldahl in News on September 29, 2011 at 3:18 pm PT

Meg Whitman’s annual paycheck to run Hewlett-Packard: $1. Her potential stock-based compensation: A lot more than that.

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?

What Was Behind the Timing of Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz’s Abrupt Ouster?

Kara Swisher in News on September 16, 2011 at 2:31 pm PT

So why was the ousted CEO of Yahoo shown the door so abruptly? Because it is Yahoo, which never met a crisis situation it could not hopelessly complexify.

Indie Game Developers Say Industry Is "More Fertile" Than Ever

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on May 4, 2011 at 12:37 pm PT

The role of the independent game developer is alive and well today, with more opportunities than ever to get games in front of consumers. A survey found that although independent developers make far less money than salaried employees, they felt the industry was more innovative than ever, calling 2010 “the year of the indie.”

A $1.25 Million Raise For Google's Schmidt

John Paczkowski in News on April 20, 2011 at 7:20 am PT

Looks like Eric Schmidt’s new role as executive chairman of Google comes with a proper salary.

Nokia Pays Elop More Than $6 Million to Join

Ian Edmondson, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on March 11, 2011 at 12:17 pm PT

Nokia Corp. will pay its new chief executive, Stephen Elop, a more than $6 million signing bonus for joining the world’s largest handset maker, according to documents filed Friday.

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.

HP Reverses Hurd-Era Pay Cuts, Unveils Benefits

Benjamin Pimentel, Reporter, MarketWatch in News on November 23, 2010 at 1:14 pm PT

After a rocky start, new Hewlett-Packard Co. Chief Executive Officer Leo Apotheker is trying to settle into his role with a Thanksgiving gift for his employees. During HP’s earnings call on Monday, Apotheker announced that the company was reversing pay cuts for a majority of the employees affected by a February 2009 salary-reduction plan under former CEO Mark Hurd.