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.
Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on September 29, 2011 at 3:01 pm PT
HP’s former CEO walks away with about $13 million now and maybe $10 million more later.
Nathan Koppel, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on September 12, 2011 at 12:20 pm PT
Last week, Yahoo’s former CEO, Carol Bartz, suffered one of the more high-profile firings in recent memory. As you may have heard, Bartz did not take kindly to the fact that she was fired by telephone.
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Kara Swisher in News on September 11, 2011 at 9:16 pm PT
Ousted CEO Carol Bartz has also left her seat on Yahoo’s board, the company said: “On September 9, 2011, Carol Bartz resigned from the Board of Directors of Yahoo! Inc. effective immediately.” Now, despite a nondisparagement clause and disparaging statements about the board — including calling them “doofuses” — she is in line to get more than $10 million in severance payments.
Kara Swisher in Media on September 11, 2011 at 12:52 pm PT
Sources said that seems more likely than not, but who knows with this crazy crew!
Kara Swisher in News on September 7, 2011 at 9:36 am PT
As a day of meetings begin for Yahoos over the sudden firing of CEO Carol Bartz, I’ll be the one in the back taking notes. Co-founder Jerry Yang says “no sale,” which means the sale is definitely in progress!
Kara Swisher in News on March 10, 2011 at 10:21 am PT
Here’s the skinny on the AOL layoffs for those employees impacted, most especially its editorial staff in the wake of the $315 million acquisition of the Huffington Post.
Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on January 24, 2011 at 1:20 pm PT
A shareholder lawsuit seeking to get Hurd’s severance money back is on hold until the latest probe is complete.
Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on January 19, 2011 at 5:10 pm PT
A new set of independent lawyers may be tapped to revisit the circumstances of how Mark Hurd came to resign as the CEO of Hewlett-Packard, court filings show.
