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On AlterNet: ceo

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "ceo"

Whole Foods CEO's Dumb, Hypocritical Conservative Talking Points

Whole Foods CEO's Dumb, Hypocritical Conservative Talking Points

Mark Harris, CounterPunch. September 7, 2009.
Why Mackey's libertarian blast against health reform has touched a sensitive nerve with many health-conscious, reform-minded Americans.

The Whole Foods Boycott

The Whole Foods Boycott

tristero, Hullabaloo AlterNet: PEEK. August 31, 2009.
I, for one, plan on immediately shopping again at Whole Foods, assuming, of course, that they've cut all corporate ties with John Mackey.

I'm Boycotting Whole Foods Until CEO John Mackey Retracts His Extremist Statements

I'm Boycotting Whole Foods Until CEO John Mackey Retracts His Extremist Statements

DarkSyde, AlterNet: PEEK. August 13, 2009.
Mr. Mackey, you just shat all over your best customers.

Sick for Profit: Robert Greenwald on MSNBC

Sick for Profit: Robert Greenwald on MSNBC

Robert Greenwald, Brave New Films AlterNet: Video. August 13, 2009.
Robert Greenwald appears on the Ed Show to talk about Sick For Profit, a new campaign to expose the greed of big health insurance companies.

Executives Receive One-Third of All Pay in the U.S.

Executives Receive One-Third of All Pay in the U.S.

Pat Garofalo, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. July 22, 2009.
Between 1979 and 2006, the inflation-adjusted after-tax income of the richest 1 percent of households increased by 256 percent.

The Ideology of Unfettered Capitalism Is Crumbling -- It's a Huge Opportunity for Alternative Economics

The Ideology of Unfettered Capitalism Is Crumbling -- It's a Huge Opportunity for Alternative Economics

Les Leopold, AlterNet. June 16, 2009.
Unfettered globalization, and trickle down economics are dead. This is the best teaching moment in 65 years.

Fire Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis

Fire Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis

Robert Greenwald, Brave New Films AlterNet: Video. April 27, 2009.
Join SEIU in demonstrations across the country tomorrow to protest the poster boy of corporate greed.

Grayson Digs His Claws into Citigroup CEO

Grayson Digs His Claws into Citigroup CEO

Harry Hanbury, Lagan Sebert, American News Project AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. February 17, 2009.
CEOs of the biggest bailed-out banks finally appeared before Congress last week.

The Suits Aren't Happy: Congress Reins In Wall Street Bonuses

The Suits Aren't Happy: Congress Reins In Wall Street Bonuses

Nick Sabloff, Huffington Post AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. February 14, 2009.
While the stimulus bill didn't end up containing any caps on CEO salaries, it did set new limits on Wall Street bonuses.

Wall Streeters Want Our Pity -- Gimme a Break

Wall Streeters Want Our Pity -- Gimme a Break

Jim Hightower, Creators Syndicate. February 13, 2009.
Those poor, unappreciated Wall Street execs keep whining about the prospect of pay caps. Someone pass a hankie.

The Great New Surge in CEO Self-Sacrifice: Is It For Real?

The Great New Surge in CEO Self-Sacrifice: Is It For Real?

Sam Pizzigati, Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality. January 16, 2009.
Some CEOs are taking pay cuts. But here's why it's really faux sympathy for truly struggling workers.

Disgusting: Bought Out Merrill CEO Wants $10 Million Bonus

Disgusting: Bought Out Merrill CEO Wants $10 Million Bonus

Staff, Huffington Post AlterNet: PEEK. December 8, 2008.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has released a statement regarding Thain's "chutzpah" in asking for the money.

Home Depot Founder to CEOs: You 'Should Be Shot'

Home Depot Founder to CEOs: You 'Should Be Shot'

Michael Whitney, SEIU AlterNet: Video. November 19, 2008.
More crazy hyperbole from greedy CEOs who oppose Employee Free Choice.

Let's Make Wall Street Execs Pay for Cleaning Up the Mess They Made

Let's Make Wall Street Execs Pay for Cleaning Up the Mess They Made

Sam Pizzigati, Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality. October 16, 2008.
The "polluter pays" principle works in the environmental realm -- we can apply it to the financial meltdown too.

Does Greed Fuel Stupidity in Corporate America?

Does Greed Fuel Stupidity in Corporate America?

Sam Pizzigati, Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality. July 10, 2008.
It's good to reward the best and the brightest, but when those rewards are too great they become incentives for bad, and dumb, behavior.

America's Top Executives Can't Lose -- Even When Everyone Else Loses Big

America's Top Executives Can't Lose -- Even When Everyone Else Loses Big

Sam Pizzigati, Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality. May 22, 2008.
Contemporary CEOs can't lose, mainly because they take the bulk of their pay in stock.

John McCain’s New Economic Advisor Is an 'Innovator' at Hurting Workers

John McCain’s New Economic Advisor Is an 'Innovator' at Hurting Workers

Sam Pizzigati, Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality. April 10, 2008.
She pushed down wages, and left town with a fat severance package.

Meeting of Global Titans Tainted by Tanking Economy

Meeting of Global Titans Tainted by Tanking Economy

Pratap Chatterjee, CorpWatch. February 7, 2008.
Bill Gates, anti-Capitalist? Concerns about economic downturn dampen festivities in Davos, Switzerland.

Winning the Class War

Winning the Class War

Sean Gonsalves, AlterNet. August 31, 2007.
This year's Executive Excess 2007 report found that "top executives averaged $10.8 million in total compensation, which is 364 times the pay of the average American worker."

CEOs vs. Slaves

CEOs vs. Slaves

Barbara Ehrenreich, AlterNet. May 31, 2007.
Recent findings shed new light on the increasingly unequal terrain of American society. The new "top" involves pay in the hundreds of millions, a private jet and a few acres of Nantucket. The new bottom is slavery.

A $210 Million Tip? Nice Work If You Can Get It

A $210 Million Tip? Nice Work If You Can Get It

Barbara Ehrenreich, The Progressive. March 23, 2007.
Home Depot salesclerks get about $8-$10 an hour for lifting heavy objects and running around the floor all day with no tips while its departed CEO got $210 million bonus for sinking the value of the company's stock.