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Shifting fortunes: Which CEOs got the biggest pay cuts and the biggest raises

Here's a look at the CEOs that received the biggest raises and the biggest pay cuts in 2012 compared with 2011, as calculated by the executive pay research firm Equilar and The Associated Press. Whose pay rose the most: 1. Ronald Havner Jr., Public Storage, $15.4 million, up 456 per cent 2. Dara Khosrowshahi, Expedia, $14.4 million, up 309 per cent 3. Ralph Izzo, Public Service Enterprise Group (parent of PSE 4. Michael White, DirecTV, $17.9 million, up 212 per cent

How The AP and Equilar calculate CEO pay

For its annual survey of CEO pay, The Associated Press uses data provided by Equilar, an executive pay research firm. This year, Equilar examined the regulatory filings detailing the pay of 323 CEOs. Equilar looked at S To calculate CEO pay, Equilar adds salary, bonus, perks, stock awards, stock option awards and other pay components.

5 of top 10 highest-paid CEOs of 2012 hail from television and entertainment industry

It pays to be in TV. On the list of 10-best paid CEOs of 2012 — the exclusive club inside an already-exclusive club — half are in the entertainment and media industry, according to executive pay research firm Equilar. The median pay for all CEOs in 2012 was $9.7 million. Top 10 of 2012: 1.Leslie Moonves, CBS, $60.3 million, down 12 per cent 2.David Zaslav, Discovery Communications, $49.9 million, down 5 per cent 3.Bob Iger, Disney, $37.1 million, up 18 per cent 4.Philippe Dauman, Viacom, $33.4 million, down 22 per cent

Strong quake registered off coast of Chile

Santiago, May 20 (EFE).- A magnitude-6.8 earthquake was registered Monday off the coast of Chile's southern Aysen region in the Pacific Ocean, but no injuries were reported and no tsunami resulted, authorities said. The temblor occurred at 5:49 a.m. (0949 GMT) and its epicenter was located some 620 kilometers (384 miles) west of Puerto Aysen and some 1,535 kilometers (952 miles) south-southwest of Santiago, or far out in the Pacific Ocean, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

Magnitude 6.8 quake strikes off Chile; no tsunami seen

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck off the coast of Chile on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, but Chilean emergency authorities said they saw no prospect that the tremor would generate a tsunami. The quake struck 400 miles west of Puerto Aisen at a depth of 6.2 miles, the USGS said. It said the quake had occurred at 5:49 a.m. Chile time (0943 GMT)

Glass Lewis: Goldman shareholders should vote no on compensation

By Lauren Tara LaCapra NEW YORK (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc <GS.N> shareholders should vote against the Wall Street bank's executive compensation proposal because the board has "failed to link pay with performance," proxy advisory firm Glass Lewis said in a report on Monday. Shareholders should also vote against director James Johnson, Glass Lewis said, because of his position as chair of the compensation committee and prior roles at public companies that suffered financial issues and scandals.

Pay Bangladesh garment workers a living wage

Nobel laureate and micro-loan pioneer Professor Muhammad Yunus Monday urged manufacturers and retailers to ensure living wages for Bangladesh's millions of garment workers so that they don't live like slaves. The 2006 Nobel peace prize winner said he was in talks with Berlin-based watchdog Transparency International to fix an index for minimum wages in the countries which make apparel for Western retailers.

German government plans to follow Switzerland in giving shareholders more say on managers' pay

BERLIN - The German government plans to give companies' shareholders a greater say in setting managers' pay. The proposal follows a similar decision by voters in neighbouring Switzerland this year and comes as Germany prepares for national elections. The plan, approved Wednesday by Chancellor Angela Merkel's Cabinet, foresees obligatory, binding votes at publicly listed companies' annual general meetings on the pay system and levels for managers.

Occidental shareholders vote out long-time chairman Irani

By Braden Reddall SANTA MONICA, California (Reuters) - Occidental Petroleum Corp <OXY.N> shareholders voted to oust Executive Chairman Ray Irani after more than two decades of leading the fourth-largest U.S. oil company, in a jarring corporate end ahead of his planned retirement next year. The company had been forced to deny there was a fight at the top after the Wall Street Journal reported pressure from Irani for Chief Executive Steve Chazen to leave, even though Chazen had the support of several big investors.
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