I’ve just explored two interesting lists. The first is a list of layoffs in 2008. The second is a list of CEO compensation in 2007. The two lists are related because for many of the companies on the first list which laid off employees in 2008, the second list details the companies’ CEO c...

Filed under: Management Reading the sports section, I'm marveling at how the Oakland Athletics have managed to stay in contention year after year in spite of a low payroll and the fact that every future star that they develop ends up leaving for a bigger contract with a competitor. And then it dawne...