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<title>Oracle&apos;s Ellison Grabs Top Spot on Best-Paid List</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=185660413</link>
<pubDate>29 Aug 2008 23:09 GMT</pubDate>
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...  of CEO pay. With a pay package valued at $83.1 million, Merrill Lynch CEO John Thain held that distinction in June when the AP released its 2008 analysis of executive  ...
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<title>Bear-faced bluff</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=185590807</link>
<pubDate>29 Aug 2008 13:27 GMT</pubDate>
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...  this week found itself in the position of actually having to express confidence in John Thain, the head of Merrill Lynch. This follows a disastrous multi-billion dollar investment in Merrill  ...
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<title>CEO</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=185575377</link>
<pubDate>29 Aug 2008 10:32 GMT</pubDate>
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...  were granted last year. Here are the 10 best-paid chief executives for 2007: 1) John Thain of Merrill Lynch - $83+ million. 2) Leslie Moonves of CBS - $67+ million.  ...
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<title>Tech company CEOs</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=185571086</link>
<pubDate>29 Aug 2008 09:55 GMT</pubDate>
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...  company CEO, and the second-best paid CEO in the U.S. after Merrill Lynch boss John Thain. Here&apos;s hoping he&apos;ll be able to make do with the new package. ...
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<title>Oracle shareholders criticize CEO Larry Ellison&apos;s $72-million pay package</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=185569518</link>
<pubDate>29 Aug 2008 09:14 GMT</pubDate>
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...  the U.S. He received about $1.7 million less than Merrill Lynch &amp; Co. chief John Thain did in 2007. Oracle&apos;s market value is almost three times Merrill&apos;s. Shareholders are pressing  ...
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<title>Tax breaks help companies hand ever-bigger paycheques to CEOs</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=185555403</link>
<pubDate>29 Aug 2008 05:17 GMT</pubDate>
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...  million, according to a tally by The Associated Press. * Merrill Lynch (MER.N) chief John Thain. He was the highest-paid CEO in 2007, at $83 million. * CBS (CBS.N) chief  ...
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<title>Oracle CEO salary bumped to $72m, Shareholders complain</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=185552785</link>
<pubDate>29 Aug 2008 05:10 GMT</pubDate>
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...  public company. He received about $1.7 million less than Merrill Lynch &amp; Co. CEO John Thain in 2007. Oracle&apos;s market value is three times Merrill&apos;s. Shareholders are pressing for a  ...
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<title>Days of rage in streets threatening to derail Asia</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=185525738</link>
<pubDate>29 Aug 2008 01:09 GMT</pubDate>
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...  US securities firm. Dee said he has &apos;&apos;great confidence&apos;&apos; in Merrill&apos;s chief executive officer John Thain. Last year, Thain replaced the ousted Stan O&apos;Neal, who oversaw the firm&apos;s largest quarterly  ...
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<title>Merrill losses wipe away longtime profits</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=185515359</link>
<pubDate>28 Aug 2008 23:33 GMT</pubDate>
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...  retail brokers  declined to comment. Since taking over from Stan ONeal in November, John Thain, Merrills chief executive, has sought to shed toxic assets and replenish its balance sheet  ...
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<title>Merrill losses total one-quarter of 36-year profits</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=185513709</link>
<pubDate>28 Aug 2008 23:25 GMT</pubDate>
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...  retail brokers  declined to comment. Since taking over from Stan ONeal in November, John Thain, Merrills chief executive, has sought to shed toxic assets and replenish its balance sheet  ...
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<title>Ellison&apos;s large pay draws scrutiny</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=185502788</link>
<pubDate>28 Aug 2008 21:54 GMT</pubDate>
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...  public company. He received about $1.7 million less than Merrill Lynch &amp; Co. CEO John Thain in 2007. Oracle&apos;s market value is three times Merrill&apos;s. Shareholders are pressing for a  ...
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<title>Days of rage in streets derailing Asia</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=185491073</link>
<pubDate>28 Aug 2008 20:51 GMT</pubDate>
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...  largest US securities firm. Dee said he has great confidence in Merrill chief executive John Thain. Last year, Thain replaced Stan ONeal, who oversaw the firms largest quarterly loss in  ...
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<title>Larry Ellison gets huge pay rise</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=185457931</link>
<pubDate>28 Aug 2008 16:36 GMT</pubDate>
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...  paid CEO of a US public company, coming in $1.7 mill behind Merrill Lynch&apos;s John Thain. Ellison, who co-founded Oracle in 1977 and regularly tops Forbes&apos; ranking of top-paid technology  ...
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<title>Malcolm Berko: Good reason to prefer Merrill Lynch</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=185449363</link>
<pubDate>28 Aug 2008 15:35 GMT</pubDate>
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...  will continue to pay all the interest due on its 8.625 percent preferred. When John Thain and his Goldman Sachs toadies began to infest Merrill Lynch &amp; Co., they had  ...
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<title>Once bitten, twice shy for wealth funds</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=185424125</link>
<pubDate>28 Aug 2008 13:13 GMT</pubDate>
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...  things could only get better for the Wall Street bank under new chief executive John Thain. Since then, Merrill has unveiled a further two quarters of successive losses and last  ...
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