Sunday, February 26, 2012

TARP pay czar pressured on executive pay: report

Special Master for TARP Executive Compensation, Kenneth Feinberg, speaks at the Reuters Global Financial Regulation Summit in WashingtonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pressure from financial institutions and Treasury officials undermined an effort to limit executive pay at seven companies rescued with taxpayer money, a new government audit showed on Tuesday. The official overseeing executive pay for bailout firms limited cash compensation and made some reductions in pay, but still approved compensation packages in the millions, the TARP (Troubled Asset Relief Program) inspector general said in the report. Former U.S. ...


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