March 14, 2008 | CEO Pay, Headlines, UP
(The Associated Press circulated the following on March 13.) OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific Corp. President and CEO Jim Young received 25 percent less compensation during his second year in the railroad’s top job, even though he received a bigger bonus and the...
March 29, 2007 | CEO Pay, Headlines, UP
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on March 29.) OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific President and Chief Executive Jim Young received compensation the company valued at $13,043,583 in 2006 while the nation’s largest railroad continued to reap robust...
March 23, 2007 | CEO Pay, CN, Headlines
(The following article by Brent Jang was posted on the Globe and Mail website on March 23.) TORONTO — Canadian National Railway Co.’s top five executives had multimillion-dollar pay packets last year, when the company posted a record $2.1-billion profit. Hunter...
March 23, 2007 | CEO Pay, Headlines, NS
(The following article by Gregory Richards was posted on the Virginian-Pilot website on March 23.) NORFOLK, Va. — David R. Goode, who retired as Norfolk Southern Corp.’s chairman in January 2006, received total compensation of $24.4 million from the railroad...
May 5, 2005 | CEO Pay, Headlines
(The following story by Bertrand Marotte appeared on the Globe and Mail website on May 5.) MONTREAL — The $5.84-million separation package given to ousted Bombardier Inc. chief executive Paul Tellier is a “scandalous” development that merits being...
April 12, 2005 | AFL-CIO, CEO Pay, Headlines
(Reuters circulated the following article by Emily Chasan on April 11.) NEW YORK — The AFL-CIO, a federation of U.S. labor unions, on Monday called on the shareholders of several U.S. corporations to reform chief executive pay packages so executives focus more...
March 23, 2005 | CEO Pay, CN, Headlines
(The Canadian Press circulated the following story on March 22.) MONTREAL — Hunter Harrison, chief executive of Canadian National Railway Co., picked up a bonus of $3.5 million US for his part in helping the railway achieve record earnings in 2004. Harrison, who...
April 23, 2004 | CEO Pay, CN, Headlines
(CN issued the following news release on April 22.) MONTREAL — David G. A. McLean, chairman of the board of directors of CN, announced that the company and E. Hunter Harrison, president and chief executive officer, have agreed on the extension of...
March 31, 2004 | CEO Pay, CSX, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on March 30.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Treasury Secretary John Snow, a former railroad executive, was paid a base salary of $129,404 by CSX Corp. in 2003, according to a company filing with the Securities and...
March 31, 2004 | CEO Pay, CSX, Headlines
(The following story by Mark Basch appeared on The Florida Times-Union website on March 31.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Michael Ward made considerably less money in his first year as chairman and chief executive officer of CSX Corp. than his predecessor, current U.S....
