But groups say they have to compete with the business world for top executives.

VOA: special.2009.11.02

He also touted his more popular effort to reform the nation's financial industry and hold bank executives more accountable.

VOA: standard.2010.01.22

"You had executives of BP and Transocean and Halliburton falling over each other to point the finger of blame at somebody else.

VOA: standard.2010.05.14

He is encouraging banks to adopt new rules to limit payments to top executives in future crises.

VOA: standard.2010.07.23

President Barack Obama says the lavish bonuses to bank executives show the need for the financial reforms he signed into law earlier this week.

VOA: standard.2010.07.23

The government is telling the seven companies that have received the most federal aid to drastically cut the pay of their 25 highest-paid executives.

VOA: standard.2009.10.22

At an annual conference for such people this week, Gates' deputy,William Lynn, made this almost triumphant statement to several hundred government workers and industry executives.

VOA: standard.2010.03.26

(Speaking) Some British banks are posting record profits and giving large bonuses to executives.

VOA: standard.2010.02.18

President Obama says he is angry and frustrated by oil executives' response to the catastrophic spill, after a BP oil rig blew up last month off the Louisiana coast.

VOA: standard.2010.05.14

But it does offend our values when executives of big financial firms-firms that are struggling-pay themselves huge bonuses, even as they continue to rely on taxpayer assistance to stay afloat."

VOA: standard.2009.10.22

"More work needs to be done, which is why I urge the Senate to pass legislation that will give company shareholders a voice on the pay packages awarded to their executives,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.22

Mr.Obama is making the change amid outrage over record payouts to financial executives, some of whom work at companies that needed Washington to bail them out with billions of taxpayer dollars last year.

VOA: standard.2009.10.21

Kenneth Feinberg, charged with reviewing the pay practices of large U.S.financial institutions, found that 17 banks made a total of $1.6 billion in payments to their top executives after receiving emergency loans from the government.

VOA: standard.2010.07.23

As the president was preparing to make his remarks at the White House, outrage was building over word a major American insurance company,AIG, was going ahead with millions of dollars in bonus payments to its executives.

VOA: standard.2009.03.16

He says the public has a right to be angry about the latest tale of abuse: the decision by insurance giant AIG to hand out big bonuses to executives, even though taxpayer dollars are keeping the company afloat.

VOA: standard.2009.03.19

Orders for commercial airplanes are expected to be lower this year, as airlines cope with an expected America's Boeing executives in Dubai put on a brave face, saying that fulfilling back orders will keep their production lines busy.

VOA: standard.2009.11.15