Kenneth Feinberg, the Treasury official leading the pay review, says the executives' salaries will be cut by as much as 90 percent, and their average total compensation will drop by about half, starting in November.

VOA: standard.2009.10.22

Mister Obama placed limits on pay for top executives at banks that receive new aid money from the government.

VOA: special.2009.02.06

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

It sent markets across the planet tumbling, last week, when executives asked creditors for a six-month extension on repaying its debts.

VOA: standard.2009.12.02

"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

So these are well-paying jobs. This is a full range that goes from research scientists and managers and executives at the higher end;

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

Some AIG executives have returned the bonuses they received, while Congress ponders legislation that would tax the bonuses at an exceptionally high rate.

VOA: standard.2009.03.24

Meanwhile,on Capitol Hill, top executives of other major oil companies told lawmakers their companies would not have drilled the well the way BP did.

VOA: standard.2010.06.15

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

The Nigerian accommodations and facilities are generally not of the level that FIFA executives, journalists and traveling international soccer teams from around the world expect.

VOA: standard.2009.11.05

In the packed chamber, the GM and Chrysler executives sat side by side with dealers.

VOA: standard.2009.06.04

They didn't violate any regulation at the time." But many Americans say they are outraged that executives were getting big bonuses while taxpayer dollars were keeping the firms alive.

VOA: standard.2010.07.23

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

"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

The GM and Chrysler executives defended their decisions.

VOA: standard.2009.06.04

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

In advance of President Obama's meeting this week with BP executives, the government is in discussions with the company on a multi-billion-dollar fund that would pay out on claims filed by individuals and businesses.

VOA: standard.2010.06.14

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

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

Admiral Mullen told a gathering of civilian government executives now that President Karzai's re-election has been made official by the cancellation of the runoff, he must exercise his leadership to convince Afghans his government has their best interests at heart.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04