On eve of bankruptcy, U.S. firms shower execs with bonuses
Just because you’re no longer the COO of a Fortune 500 company doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t get that Ferrari you’ve had your eye on.
(From Reuters)
Under a 2005 bankruptcy law, companies are banned, with few exceptions, from paying executives retention bonuses while in bankruptcy. But the firms seized on a loophole by granting payouts before filing.
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