Thursday, March 06, 2008
Corporate Accountability

Committee Releases Memorandum on CEO Pay and the Mortgage Crisis

In advance of the Committee’s March 7 hearing, Chairman Waxman releases a staff memorandum examining the apparent breakdown between shareholder interests and the compensation and retirement benefits awarded to Countrywide CEO Angelo Mozilo, former Merrill Lynch CEO Stanley O’Neal, and former Citigroup CEO Charles Prince.