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How Companies Justify Big Pay Raises for CEOs
2015-06-05 10:23:38| Appliances - Topix.net
When deciding how much to pay their senior executives, the directors at Jarden Corp. - the owner of brands including Yankee Candle, Rawlings sports equipment, and Bicycle playing cards - use what might seem to be an unlikely measuring stick: the top managers at Oracle Corp., the world's largest data-base maker. Oracle is one of 14 companies Jarden identified in 2011 as a "peer"to help it gauge the going rate for executive pay - a common practice among boards when setting compensation for top managers.
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Warm and sunny with a big slice of ozone on the menu Friday in the Baton Rouge area
2015-06-05 01:45:52| Waste Management - Topix.net
Advocate staff file photo by PATRICK DENNIS -- Jesus Espajo, with Green Seasons, works around crape myrtles while mowing the median along Bluebonnet Boulevard near Jefferson Highway. Because of an ozone day alert in the Baton Rouge area on Friday, officials are asking residents to restrict activities like mowing the lawn during the daytime.
PepsiCo looks to launch 'craft' fountain sodas as Americans keep turning away from big soda
2015-06-04 21:19:19| Beverages - Topix.net
PepsiCo is looking to launch a line of "craft" fountain sodas made with sugar in hopes of appealing to people who may shun big soda brands. The company, based in Purchase, N.Y., says Stubborn Soda will be made with sugar, rather than the high fructose corn syrup used to sweeten many other sodas like Coke and Pepsi.
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Time Warner Cable CFO, a veteran of big deals, heads to WeWork
2015-06-04 16:53:50| Telecom - Topix.net
Arthur Minson Jr. , the chief financial officer of Time Warner Cable Inc., is leaving to take a job as president and chief operating officer of WeWork , a startup that rents shared office space. The news, which was announced earlier this week , comes on the heels of the agreement by Time Warner Cable to be acquired by Charter Communications Corp. , making the combined company the second-largest cable operator in the United States.
Ikea in big climate change plan
2015-06-04 15:18:48| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Furniture giant Ikea says it will spend 1bn over the next five years to tackle climate change.
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