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Squinting to find the silver lining at Sears…

Monday, March 19th, 2012

Sometimes you can get eyestrain trying to find the silver lining in a cloudy situation. We’re talking about Sears Holdings Corporation (SHLD) again, which has been in the headlines a lot lately. Besides Theo’s post last Thursday (about Sears’ efforts to stem executive losses), there have been reports like this one (the hope that a technology-driven loyalty [...]

Silly season at Manpower, McDermott & more…

Wednesday, March 7th, 2012

The 10-Ks have slowed to a trickle, and the proxies are flowing in earnest. In them are plenty of revelations about the perks and little luxuries that companies shower on their top brass. If you need no other sign that the tepid economic recovery so far has been good news for executives, the prevalence of [...]

Sweating the small stuff at United Continental…

Thursday, February 23rd, 2012

One of the ad campaigns from airline giant United Continental Holdings (UAL) boasts that there may be industry standards, but, “Thankfully, we have our own.” When it comes to executive perks, that’s clearly the case. In fact, a couple of executive benefits laid out in the 10-K that UAL filed on Wednesday strike us as [...]

And discount American Eagle clothing, too…

Tuesday, January 24th, 2012

Your teeth: A goldmine for Sirona Dental execs…

Thursday, January 19th, 2012