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O'Neal's $160 million parachute: Merrill Lynch's reward for failure
in Sox First, on October 31, 2007
...nd if he was a poor performer, he doesn't deserve a cent extra,'' says Bloomberg's Graef Crystal . Come off it!! This guy got $160 million-plus for producing a financial disaster and...
Executive pay democracy distorts the market
in Sox First, on April 6, 2007
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Disturbing revelations from Bloomberg's Graef Crystal on the new pay democracy among the Wall Street Five. His piece on pay being set in smoke-filled rooms goes pretty close to suggesting o...
Super-sized pay rises, super-sized options
in Sox First, on March 5, 2007
...oader public. The other question is whether it will go down that well with investors. Maybe not if Graef Crystal's piece in Bloomberg is anything to go by. According to Crystal's analysis,...
Rome, September, Lancia and a Concours Worthy of the Trip
in Classical Drives, on February 8, 2007
...ancia D50 Formula 1 car (see photo). Among those that became famous for other reasons is the 1910 Graef & Stift in which Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife Sofia, were assassinated, sparking ...
Graef DMCA Abuse Update
in Digital Music - The Future, on January 29, 2007
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We reported previously on the Guntram Graef lawsuit as an example of DMCA abuse. Mr Graef responded to us as below. Allegations of ID theft and Sexual abuse are important. We do not prete...
Graef DMCA Abuse Update
in P2P File Sharing, on January 29, 2007
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We reported previously on the Guntram Graef lawsuit as an example of DMCA abuse. Mr Graef responded to us as below. Allegations of ID theft and Sexual abuse are important. We do not prete...
More DMCA Abuse
in Digital Music - The Future, on January 22, 2007
... speech and prevent competition.
What is remarkable is a public admission of such misuse. Guntram Graef said "I would like to make it clear that I regret filing DMCA claims in this case, becaus...
More DMCA Abuse
in P2P File Sharing, on January 22, 2007
... speech and prevent competition.
What is remarkable is a public admission of such misuse. Guntram Graef said "I would like to make it clear that I regret filing DMCA claims in this case, becaus...
Grasso takes aim
in Sox First, on October 27, 2006
...;s lawyers said the judge "ignored the law and the facts". This comes as Bloomberg's Graef Crystal notes that despite getting shot in the guts, Grasso may yet come out victorious. In h...
Questions continue about Apple's options
in Sox First, on October 17, 2006
So Apple was held up last week as a model of crisis management, with some even claiming Steve Jobs ' statement on its problems with options, and the resignation of Jobs' adviser Fred Anderson, showed that everything was above board. But the questions are continuing. Laurie Fly...
New SEC rules: they're getting paid how much?
in Sox First, on July 27, 2006
In response to investor demands for more disclosure, the Securities and Exchange Commission has finally brought in rules that require US companies to come clean on the mega-sums of money they are paying out to senior executives, according to reports .
Still, the new rules have been watered do...
Execs charged in stock options probe - just a start
in Sox First, on July 21, 2006
The first executives have been charged with fraud in the stock options probe and there are more to come. The former chief executive of Brocade Communications Systems Inc , Gregory Reyes, and another executive Stephanie Jensen are the first to be charged. The pair also face civil charges and if...
Stock Options and the 9/11 factor
in Sox First, on July 19, 2006
Many companies exploited the 9/11 market decline to issue more stock options to their executives than they had during comparable periods in years past, according to a good piece of reporting in The Wall Street Journal . You can read the full report, Executive Pay: The 9/11 Factor, here . Acc...
Spring loading and insider trading
in Sox First, on July 13, 2006
Paul Atkins, a commissioner at the Securities and Exchange Commission, has copped a fair pasting over his comments that spring loading - where companies grant stock options ahead of good news - are not guilty of insider trading. Talking to a corporate governance forum last week, Atkins said p...
Oil executive gushers
in Sox First, on May 3, 2006
... can follow the link to it here . But Raymond is no Robinson Crusoe. According to Bloomberg's Graef Crystal, no-one is striking bigger gushers than oil indsutry executives. In Crystal's an...
Exxon payout: nice work if you can get it
in Sox First, on April 18, 2006
...the golden farewell as an appropriate reward for "a very long and distinguished career". Graef Crystal, Bloomberg's commentator on executive compensation and probably the best in the b...