2-14-08 by dugan (and thanks to Mark Reback for the tip) I can’t believe Investors Business Daily would do so little checking of an editorial on Tuesday slamming the critics of ExxonMobil, from…
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Archive | Tag: ceo compensation
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Chevron’s Titan-ic Bungle
10-15-07 by dugan "It’s not what you say but what you do that matters." Oops, Chevron must not have heard its mother say that. Check out this savage AdWeek column by Joan Voight on…
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BP Launches Alaskan PR Blitz
07-10-07 by Simpson Oil Giant BP is fighting back from its damaged image in Alaska last year resulting from a major oil spill caused by a lack of proper maintenance. The massive statewide PR campaign…
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Let This Be A Lesson
By Simpson 05-04-07 Lord John Browne, widely perceived as a business titan, crashed and burned this week resigning as BP chief executive amidst messy, tabloid headlines exposing his gay lifestyle. But as Businessweek columnist Jeffrey…
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BP Chief Quits; Admits Lies
By Simpson5-01-07 Lord John Browne, the once high-flying executive who seemingly could do no wrong, resigned abruptly after admitting he lied to a court about how he had met his former gay companion. Browne had…
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Humbled? Don’t take the money
By Simpson4-12-2007 It’s not just consumers who are outraged by Big Oil CEO compensation. Disgruntled BP shareholders said a planned payment of an estimated £72 million — $124.5 million — to outgoing chief executive John…
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Whose Is Biggest?
04/11/07 by dugan It’s a strange world when yearly CEO pay of $18.4 million looks humble. That’s what Exxon reports paying CEO Rex Tillerson in a filing today. Compared to the $460 million awarded to…
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I could fill up 10 million times with Oxy CEO’s salary
It was the mathematical symmetry of the number that got to me. It costs me about $46 to fill up my Honda at a California gas station these days ($3.28 for unleaded according to AAA). …