Showing posts with label CEO's. Show all posts
Showing posts with label CEO's. Show all posts

Thursday, May 2, 2013

'Deficit Hawk' CEOs Pocket Hundreds of Millions with Tax Loopholes | Common Dreams

'Deficit Hawk' CEOs Pocket Hundreds of Millions with Tax Loopholes | Common Dreams
"The study, Fix The Debt CEOs Enjoy Taxpayer Subsidized Pay—by the Institute for Policy Studies and the Campaign for America's Future—reveals that thanks to a tax loophole which allows corporations to deduct unlimited amounts off their income taxes for the expense of executive stock options and other so-called “performance-based” pay, Fix the Debt member firms have raked in over a billion dollars of taxpayer-funded bonuses."

Thursday, March 21, 2013

Starbucks CEO Comes Out In Favor Of A Minimum Wage Increase

Starbucks CEO Comes Out In Favor Of A Minimum Wage Increase: Howard Schultz, the Chief Executive Officer of Starbucks, has added another pro-worker notch to his belt: support for increasing the minimum wage. Schultz already has a relatively good reputation on workers’ issues; his company offers health care to all of its employees, and doesn’t mind spending more on health care than on coffee. Starbucks also [...]/p

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

CEOs To Begin Lobbying Campaign For Corporate Tax Cuts, Reforms To Make It Easier To Offshore Profits

CEOs To Begin Lobbying Campaign For Corporate Tax Cuts, Reforms To Make It Easier To Offshore Profits: A top lobbying group for major chief executives is set to begin a campaign calling on Congress to achieve corporate tax reform that lowers tax rates, shields offshore profits from taxation, and does not raise any new revenue. Business Roundtable, a collection of CEOs from top business groups, will spend at least hundreds of thousands [...]/p