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CEO Pay Increases Vary Widely The rates of increase in CEO pay at large S&P index firms were up to four times higher than those at small S&P index firms, according to a recently released report. AIG Freezes Former CEO's Compensation Troubled insurance giant American International Group will freeze compensation payments to former CEO Martin Sullivan. Top CEOs of French bank Caisse d'Epargne resign Groupe Caisse d'Epargne, third largest French consumer banking network has ousted its chairman and CEO after suffering a nearly €695 million ($931 million) trading loss on Oct 6. Bailed out AIG Executives blow $442,000 in California retreat After a $85 billion federal bailout, you might be tempted to hold a retreat in an exclusive California resort, and that’s what American International Group executives did. Dexia’s CEO, Axel Miller, will not seek golden parachute Axel Miller, the leaving CEO of Dexia, the Franco-Belgian bank rescued from final collapse earlier this month, guaranteed he will not ask for a pay-off when he quits the company. Steve Ballmer and Microsoft bet on Paris to reinforce Research Department Software Giant is to open three Internet search technology centers, in Paris, London and Munich. Dexia CEO’s golden parachute is sparking off fierce debate The debate did not take more than twenty-four hours before hitting the fan. According to his contract, the Franco-Belgian Bank Dexia’s CEO, Axel Miller, who resigned while the bank was being bailed out by French and Belgian’s government, is said to be leaving the company with a €3.7 million ($5.2 million) golden handshake. $3 billion shared in between five Wall Street bosses Between 2003 and 2007, five high profile US fund banks' CEOs (Goldman Sachs' Lloyd Blankfein, Morgan Stanley's John Mack, Lehman Brothers' Richard Fudd, Merrill Lynch's Stanley O'Neal, Bear Stearns' James Cayne) received record breaking pays that are sparking off fierce debate. Paulson Accepts Limits on C.E.O. Pay: Report Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson agreed to accept executive pay limits for the C.E.O.s of Wall Street firms slated to benefit from the $700 billion bailout initiative winding through Congress. David Moffett, New Freddie Mac CEO, to be paid $900,000 salary The bailed out lender's new CEO, David Moffett, is to receive base pay that is 25% lower than his predecessor.

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