The European Union's Internet czar on Friday added her voice to resistance to the Stop Online Piracy Act, in an unusually open comment on pending U.S. legislation.
Germany's chancellor has dampened her own country's controversial call to have a powerful European debt regulator who would have direct control over Greece's spending.Angela Merkel said Monday "I ...
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Bank-bailout pay czar Kenneth Feinberg allowed compensation to executives to rise too high, a deputy special inspector general reported Tuesday. But Feinberg says he was under conflicting pressures and ambiguous guidelines and had to make the call on top bankers' salaries.
A watchdog says private executives and Treasury officials pressured a top government official to allow seven banks and businesses to bypass pay restrictions established in the $700 billion bailout.
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Feinberg allowed five executives to earn salaries that exceeded the $500,000 limit, the report from Deputy Special IG Christy Romero said, according to the AP. Feinberg also approved compensation packages worth $5 million or more, including stock and other perks, for 49 executives. read more