Effect of share buybacks on executive compensation – Bloomberg Businessweek

Link: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-03-08/ibm-snips-potential-share-buyback-benefits-for-ceo-compensation

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The IBM example:

Bloomberg BusinessWeek:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-03-08/ibm-snips-potential-share-buyback-benefits-for-ceo-compensation

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Erik Gordon
Ross School of Business
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan

on Valeant Parmaceuticals’ troubles and the return to duty of it CEO

Link: http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20160229/NEWS/160229885

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via the Associated Press

at Modern Healthcare:
http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20160229/NEWS/160229885

at abc News;
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/valeant-shares-slide-ceos-return-long-illness-37280128

at CBS News:
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/wall-st-welcomes-back-valeant-ceo-with-stock-dump/

and over in the UK:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-3469436/Valeant-shares-slide-despite-CEOs-return-long-illness.html
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Erik Gordon
Ross School of Business
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan

on NPR’s All Things Considered today, regarding the effect on business cases of the death of US Supreme Court Justice Scalia

Link: http://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=468402303&m=468402304&live=1

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I have a cold today, and you can hear it.

http://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=468402303&m=468402304&live=1
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Erik Gordon
Ross School of Business
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan

on Apple’s Tim Cook’s stance on privacy – on NPR’s All Things Considered this evening

Link: http://pd.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/atc/2016/02/20160225_atc_how_tim_cooks_stand_over_digital_privacy_could_define_apples_future.mp3?dl=1

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I got in a sentence or two.

http://pd.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/atc/2016/02/20160225_atc_how_tim_cooks_stand_over_digital_privacy_could_define_apples_future.mp3?dl=1

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Erik Gordon
Ross School of Business
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Quoted in NYTimes: A.I.G. Will Give Board Seats to 2 Activists Who Want a Breakup

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/12/business/dealbook/aig-will-give-board-seats-to-2-activists-who-want-a-breakup.html?smid=nytcore-iphone-share&smprod=nytcore-iphone

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Quoted in this morning’s New York Times in the story on the battle between activist investors, Carl Icahn and John Paulson, and A.I.G., the giant insurance company of some financial crisis renown.

“Icahn and Paulson don’t want just board seats,” said Erik Gordon, a clinical assistant professor at University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business. “ They want a breakup.”

Erik Gordon
Ross School of Business
University of Michigan

Talking about Pandora on Marketplace in NPR’s All Things Considered.

Link: http://167.88.156.219/podcast/marketplace/segments/2016/02/12/mp_20160212_seg_18_64.mp3?srcid=api-2.0.1&listeningSessionID=56a6b7def03b0ab1_1565529_QHTZ79u2_0000000EIHe

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http://167.88.156.219/podcast/marketplace/segments/2016/02/12/mp_20160212_seg_18_64.mp3?srcid=api-2.0.1&listeningSessionID=56a6b7def03b0ab1_1565529_QHTZ79u2_0000000EIHe

Erik Gordon
Ross School of Business
University of Michigan