Paul Hodgson
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Chipotle Shareholders Want to Know Why The Grill’s Board Is So Stale
Shareholders seem to feel Chipotle's stale, pale, and mostly male board is causing its problems. → Read More
Good luck finding out how much a company spends on lobbying
The top five lobby spenders in 2014 in order were Comcast, Google, Boeing, United Technologies, and General Electric, each spending $15 million and more, according to figures compiled from Senate a... → Read More
Do you know which candidates your company is funding?
If you don't, you're certainly not alone. Corporations will open their checkbooks to candidates across the political spectrum for the 2016 elections. And shareholders are not thrilled. → Read More
The best performing rookie CEOs of the Fortune 500
You don’t need Warren Buffet’s years of experience to deliver great results. Sometimes it can get done in a year or so, as evidenced by the new CEOs of Microsoft, Omnicare, Kroger, HCA Hold... → Read More
Get hired, get sold, get fired, get rich
Three of the newest CEOs in the Fortune 500 are selling off their companies, and each one stands to be richly rewarded after less than two years on the job. That sounds great for them, but it also ... → Read More
Surprise surprise: Say on Pay appears to be working
A new study shows that shareholder opinion is making companies work harder to tie CEO pay with performance. → Read More
Top CEOs make more than 300 times the average worker
The CEOs of the largest companies in the U.S. earn three times more than they did 20 years ago and at least 10 times more than 30 years ago, according to a new report. → Read More
For American women, it’s been a very slow, tough road to the boardroom
While there has been progress appointing women directors to U.S. corporate boardrooms, the pace of change is incredibly slow, especially compared to other developed Western economies. The European ... → Read More
The 5 most overrated CEOs
These chief execs have been collecting hefty paychecks while their companies' profits plunge and share prices go into free-fall. → Read More
The 5 most underrated CEOs
These model chief executives have steered their companies through impressive growth, all while receiving modest pay gains. → Read More
Sex, lies, and CEOs: The hefty price of executive indiscretions
Trust in public figures is as important in television newsrooms as it is in company boardrooms. And when that trust is betrayed, shareholders lose money. A lot of money. CEOs guilty of sexual misad... → Read More
When CEOs get a pay raise: Is there any rhyme or reason?
If you want to understand what’s really happening to CEO pay, you need to dig deeper than the headline figures. But even that doesn’t always explain the vagaries of executive compensation. → Read More
At Whole Foods, Chipotle, and others, shareholders prepare for battle
Companies typically nominate their own director candidates for the board. Proxy access proposals allow long-term shareholders to add their own candidates to the official list. Sounds democratic, but corporate America wants none of it. → Read More
Come fly with them: These CEOs spend the most on the corporate jet
Many chief executives take advantage of their rights to the company jet. Who wouldn’t want their very own airborne steed at the ready? But should shareholders be footing the bill? Since 2008,... → Read More
Come fly with them: These CEOs spend the most on the corporate jet
Many chief executives take advantage of their rights to the company jet. Who wouldn’t want their very own airborne steed at the ready? But should shareholders be footing the bill? Since 2008,... → Read More
Why activist investors are getting even more...active
The influence of activist hedge funds, from Icahn Enterprises to Pershing Square to Third Point, appears to be growing. And not among smaller companies where buying a significant stake means fewer ... → Read More
J.C. Penney: CEOs may change, but the losses endure
When a company can’t keep or won’t keep its CEO, it signals either lack of strength in the C-suite, a floundering board, or both. Which is it with J.C. Penney? It looks like both. After Ron Joh... → Read More
Chairman-CEO: The job title that just won't die
It’s fairly clear that, at most companies, splitting the chairman and CEO roles saves money, improves performance, and can even potentially keep activist investors at bay. So why isn’t Corp... → Read More
Oracle: The latest target of shareholder ire
A group of major investors has sounded the alarm bells on Oracle. Their message: the tech giant must make serious changes to its board and pay practices, or things will get very ugly very fast. In ... → Read More
Rupert Murdoch took a pay cut… Or did he?
The News Corp demerger was supposed to unlock value for shareholders. But the changes seem to have also unlocked a good deal of cash for Rupert Murdoch. → Read More