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whitehouse.gov - 2/5/2009

New rules

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Today, President Obama and Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner issued imposing new restrictions on executive compensation at firms taking money from the government.

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fiverulesforlife.blogspot.com - 2/5/2009

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Insuring Bankers’ Bonuses
The Baseline Scenario — ... As announced yesterday, the government will set restrictions on the pay of executives in banks that participate.  But note that, under these rules, bonuses are not restricted.  Instead, they are just deferred and paid in shares.  In other words, if there is cheap recapitalization through government-provided insurance, these executives are getting an incredibly good deal. ...

Time to stop the chest-thumping…
footnoted.org — ... While most of my attention was focused on the remarkable Harry Markopolos hearing yesterday, it was hard to ignore the other big story of the day: President Obama’s new rules on executive compensation that put caps on both compensation and many of the perks that have become de rigeuer in C-suites across the country, including, as the NY Times ...