Hauling in Large Paychecks

Windfall profits and hoarding the company’s cash were responsible for median base salaries and bonuses increasing by 17 percent in 2010.
Hauling in Large Paychecks
FOCUSING ON THE BIG PAYCHECK: Committee Chairman Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.) speaks during a hearing before the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Sept. 30, 2010, on Capitol Hill. The hearing was to focus on the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Alex Wong/ Getty Images
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FOCUSING ON THE BIG PAYCHECK: Committee Chairman Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.) speaks during a hearing before the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Sept. 30, 2010, on Capitol Hill. The hearing was to focus on the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. (Alex Wong/ Getty Images)
Heide B. Malhotra
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