Showing posts with label Ken Lewis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ken Lewis. Show all posts
Monday, October 8, 2018

Bank of America Exploited State Tax-Rate Differentials in the E.U.: Systemic Risk and Federalism Blindsided

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In 2012, the corporate income tax rate was reduced from 26% to 24 percent. With the comparable rate in Germany at 29% and France at 33 pe...
Tuesday, June 12, 2018

Bank of America: Downsizing From Smallness

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Three years after the near-meltdown of Wall Street in September 2008, Bank of America announced that 30,000 jobs would be eliminated. Tha...
Thursday, January 11, 2018

Executive Compensation (Part II): Paying Failure

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In late September 2011, Léo Apotheker was fired after 11 months as CEO at Hewlett-Packard. As a reward, he walked with $13.2 million in cas...
Monday, October 23, 2017

On the Unfairness of the Bonus System on Wall Street

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Craig A. Dubow, Gannett’s former chief executive, had a short six-year tenure that was, by most accounts according to The New York Times , ...
Thursday, October 25, 2012

The U.S. Sues Bank of America: A Spanking or Slap-on-the-Wrist?

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In late October 2012, federal prosecutors in New York formally accused Bank of America of “carrying out a scheme, started by its Countryw...
Thursday, February 24, 2011

Executive Stature: Glimpses of the Man Behind the Curtain

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One of the perks of corporate office is the presumption of stature and legitimacy.  In other words, the general public typically brings all...