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Gates Gives Away $3bn Bonus
News Microsoft chairman Bill Gates plans to give himself a $3bn (£1.6bn) bonus. But unlike the majority of executives in corporate America, the world's richest man doesn't plan to keep a penny of it. As part of a plan announced Tuesday to distribute...
[July 21, 2004, 8:50]
MmO2 Boss Earns Bonus As Firm Makes £10bn Loss
News Erskine took a salary of £540,000, up from £450,000 last year; a bonus of £390,000 for hitting financial targets, £50,000 from an old BT incentive plan and £40,000 in benefits. But mmO2 says Erskine deserves the rise and bonus for bringing in...
[June 17, 2003, 14:53]
Bonus Day For O2 Staff
Blog Things must be going well at the British subsidiary of Telefonica - "each eligible O2 employee" (i.e.full-time workers, although part-timers get something too though) has just received a thousand squids bonus for adding an additional million...
[January 26, 2007, 15:19]
Google Reveals $3m Bonus Plan
News Search giant Google launched a new bonus programme that could pay its senior executives as much as $3m each this year if the company meets its financial goals. In a document filed Friday with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Google...
[February 23, 2005, 10:35]
Unions Attack C&W Bonus Plan
News The senior management team, having failed to deliver a turnaround in the company's fortunes, is now asking for extra bonus payments to achieve what they should have achieved in the first place," she said in a statement on Monday.
[May 15, 2006, 17:15]
No End Of Choice: Media Center's Hidden Bonus
Talkback Media Centre PCs? Naw, I am not falling for it: They still use that flaky Windows XP that has more patches than the quilt on my bed. It also promises much, but you can't even edit inside MY VIDEO. I have a PC running Win98 because that's the only...
[November 24, 2003, 18:36]
Gates Gives Away $3bn Bonus
Talkback Bill Gates' charitable activities and his ultra aggressive business philosophy are ill matched bedfellows! As always, I am reminded of the Jonas Cord in the novel 'The Carpet Baggers'
[July 21, 2004, 10:59]
Gates Gives Away $3bn Bonus
Talkback Isn’t it obvious that the reason for Microsoft’s consistently massive profits is because they abuse their monopoly to overcharge everyone? Who these days can live/work without a computer? Therefore everyone must pay a hefty tax to Microsoft...
[July 21, 2004, 9:38]
No End Of Choice: Media Center's Hidden Bonus
Talkback The only bonus on offer is to Microsoft's already deep pockets, the only real choice is the increased choices for a declared monopoly. One is getting quite tired of extraordinarily similar products packaged under different names in order to split a...
[October 1, 2003, 19:33]
Budget Gives Bonus To FT.com
News FT.com, which publishes unique content created by a team of 10 journalists, was inundated by page requests for its budget special coverage. Number of users was up 60 per cent on a standard day and up 70 per cent on November's budget day.
[July 3, 1997, 14:10]
Gates Gives Away $3bn Bonus
Talkback Mr. Anonymous from UK (of the 2nd comment to this article fame), how many pennies have you given away in life that you talk negatively about Bill Gates charitable activities ? I guess thats the difference between you and him.you talk and crib.
[January 4, 2005, 18:32]
No End Of Choice: Media Center's Hidden Bonus
Talkback The diversity and fluctuations of blackjack information players this month! Only at blackjack information http://groups.google.com/group/Online-Blackjack blackjack information you can find the best.blackjack information http://groups.google.com...
[December 20, 2005, 22:52]
Hamleys Reneges On Christmas E-bonus
News London's iconic toy shop, Hamleys, has gone from Father Christmas to Mr Scrooge in just one day. On Tuesday, news emerged that happy shoppers had been able to claim massive discounts of up to 60 percent on toys and other gifts.
[December 20, 2006, 13:12]
UE Errors And Some Bonus Quality Issues
Member Review There are number of UE changes that seems to make life harder than before e.g. Contacts listing and ringtones. Also still no way to amend an existing contact. Plus the addition of a few bugs e.g.when pasting or typing in telephone numbers, when a...
[January 18, 2006, 15:10]
Apple Misses Targets But Rewards Staff
News In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday, Apple said last year it awarded employees in its incentive bonus programme a "special recognition bonus" amounting to between 3 percent and 5 percent of their base salary, despite...
[March 25, 2003, 10:00]
UK Tech Industry Faces Recruitment Crisis
News Resignations are on the increase in the UK tech sector as bonus payments fall and pay rises drop below the national average. The average bonus payment in the IT industry was £5,189. The 2007 National Management Salary Survey by the Chartered...
[June 27, 2007, 8:17]
Dell: Show Me The Stock Options
News When given the choice between discounted stock options or a cash bonus, Dell chief executive Michael Dell took the stock. In a Securities and Exchange Commission filing, the company said its chief executive got a raise, but that his bonus fell...
[May 30, 2002, 7:31]
HP's New CEO Gets $5m For Signing Up
News Incoming HP CEO Mark Hurd will get a $2m (£1.1m) signing bonus and a $1.4m salary for taking the helm at HP, but he stands to make far more if he can successfully boost the company's flagging share price.
[March 30, 2005, 13:25]
Gates And Ballmer Gain Small Raises
News Microsoft's top executives all saw slight increases in salary and bonus last year, according to the company's annual proxy statement, filed on Thursday with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Chief executive Steve Ballmer and chairman Bill...
[September 19, 2003, 9:10]
Oracle Gives Ellison A Pay Hike
News Oracle chief Larry Ellison received a salary hike and bonus, along with a hefty options award for fiscal 2005, in part due to the company's closure of its protracted and controversial PeopleSoft acquisition.
[September 1, 2005, 11:05]
