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 Crazy Paula Paid Crazy Less 

American Idol pays Cowell $36 million a year

Oct 14, 08 11:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Turns out Paula is paid pennies to pounds. Fellow American Idol judge Simon Cowell rakes in $36 million a year from the show—that's $22,000 per minute—while her take is in the $5 million to $8 million range, MSNBC reports. A former executive producer explains that Cowell "... More »

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entertainment • American Idol • Simon Cowell • celebrity • salary • Paula Abdul


NY Lehman Crew Gets $2.5B
Bonus Pool

European workers, unsure of salaries, furious at payout

Sep 23, 08 9:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Some 10,000 New York Lehman Brothers employees will share bonus pay of $2.5 billion, sparking anger among the investment bank’s European workers and critics of unfair compensation in the imploding finance arena, the Independent reports. The money was arranged before Lehman declared bankruptcy. Lehman’s British staff,... More »

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London • Europe • New York • Barclays • bankruptcy • salary • Lehman Brothers • bonuses • financial crisis

 The 10 Best-Paid Actors 

From the Fresh Prince to Captain Jack Sparrow, stars aren't sweating the small notes

Jul 23, 08 11:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hancock isn't the "have you seen it" superhero movie of the season, but star Will Smith isn't crying in his beer: The ex-Fresh Prince raked in $80 million in the year that ended June 1. The rest of the Forbes top 10:
  1. Johnny Depp ($72 million)
  2. Eddie
... More »

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Hollywood • Leonardo DiCaprio • Johnny Depp • list • celebrity • salary • Adam Sandler • Ben Stiller • Forbes • Eddie Murphy • Will Smith • Nicolas Cage • Will Ferrell • Bruce Willis • movies • Mike Myers

College Grads Learn the Fourth 'R': Recession

Job growth crawls to 5-year low as students prep their résumés

May 4, 08 7:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - If college grads are looking glum this year, it's likely because they face a tighter job market once they turn their tassels. More than one million grads will look harder to find work, the Christian Science Monitor reports, and job growth has hit a 5-year low. Companies "are... More »

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construction • finance • salary • job market • college graduates

Italy Puts All Salaries Online

Critics hammer 24-hour privacy breach as residents check up on neighbors, celebs

May 1, 08 4:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - The outgoing Italian government posted all citizens’ earnings and tax information, briefly, on the Internet yesterday, sparking outrage over lost privacy, the BBC reports. The site was quickly clogged by Italians checking up on neighbors’ and celebrities’ financial status. The information went offline after about 24 hours in response to... More »

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Internet • taxes • Italy • earnings reports • income • salary

Under 35's Break Salary Talk Taboo 

Gab helps them navigate workplace
and plan nights out

Apr 26, 08 3:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Unlike mom and dad, young Americans are likely to gab about salary with friends, the New York Times reports. To older generations, "it’s very hush-hush," one 22-year-old said. "You don’t talk about money, politics, or religion with friends. But in this generation, it’s... More »

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social networking • personal finance • work • money • salary

Cuba Loosens Limits on Home Ownership, Salaries

State workers can
now own houses; salary cap is gone

Apr 12, 08 7:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Raul Castro continues to lighten up on some of Cuba's least popular restrictions, ending salary caps and allowing retiring state workers to take title to the homes they live in. Government employees, including members of the military, sugar and construction workers, doctors, and teachers, will now be able keep their... More »

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Cuba • wages • housing • salary • Raul Castro • consumer electronics

NYC Charter School To Pay Teachers $125K

Only public funds and grants to be used in test of teacher quality

Mar 7, 08 6:16 PM CST
(Newser) - A New York City charter school plans to employ a radical new setup meant to test the value of teacher quality over extras in the educational experience, the New York Times reports. Though the Equity Project, set to open in 2009, will have large classes and fewer classroom resources, teachers... More »

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education • New York City • salary • classroom • teacher pay • charter school • classroom size • Washington Heights • Zeke Vanderhoek

Apple Shareholders Demand Say on Executive Pay

Union proposal OK'd at annual meeting

Mar 5, 08 4:03 AM CST
(Newser) - Apple shareholders have approved a motion giving them some input into executive pay levels, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. "I hope it will help me with my $1 a year salary," quipped CEO Steve Jobs after the vote at the company's annual meeting—though Jobs bags millions of... More »

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Steve Jobs • executive compensation • shareholders • Apple • salary • AFL CIO • stock options

Phillies' Howard Wins $10M
in Arbitration

First baseman gets record amount after rejecting smaller deal

Feb 21, 08 7:45 PM CST
(Newser) - Philadelphia Phillies’ Ryan Howard won big in his salary arbitration case today, getting $10 million instead of the $7 million his team had offered, the AP reports. The figure is the highest salary a player has scooped in an arbitration victory. “We negotiated right up to the courthouse steps,... More »

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MLB • Philadelphia Phillies • Ryan Howard • salary • contract negotiations • arbitration • sports salaries

Comcast to
Pay Founder
After Death

Heirs will receive paychecks for 5 years; wife gets benefits for life

Dec 29, 07 12:17 PM CST
(Newser) - Death won't stop Comcast's founder from being paid: A deal signed last week ensures that his heirs will receive checks for five years after Ralph J. Roberts, 87, dies, the AP reports. They will also get unpaid funds from his annual performance-based bonus, and his wife will receive health and... More »

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Comcast • finance • Philadelphia • death • CFO • salary • benefits

Witherspoon Rises to Top of Salary List

America's latest sweetheart commands up to $20M per movie

Nov 30, 07 3:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Rendition was a dud, but Reese Witherspoon's peachy $15 million to $20 million fee per movie puts her atop this year’s highest-paid actress list. But she and other leading ladies—such as runner-up Angeline Jolie—often accept lower payoffs to keep their schedules packed, the Hollywood Reporter observes. More »

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Angelina Jolie • Hollywood • Nicole Kidman • list • Halle Berry • Julia Roberts • celebrity • salary • Jodie Foster • Katherine Heigl • Reese Witherspoon • Cameron Diaz • Renee Zellweger • Drew Barrymore • Rachel McAdams • Jennifer Garner • movies

Job Market Shrinks for Lawyers

Lots of new grads,
but big salaries are
hard to come by

Sep 24, 07 1:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Lawyers are entering the work force in record numbers, but demand—and salaries—aren't keeping up. Law schools advertise six-figure starting salaries for grads, but these wages materialize only for those from elite schools or at the top of their class, the Wall Street Journal reports. For the rest, $20-an-hour... More »

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education • student loans • salary • law school • lawyer • salary gap

For Palestinian Hamas Faction, Surprise Payday

Fatah accidentally bankrolls rival's
security forces

Aug 9, 07 2:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - To victors in Palestinian factional fighting went the spoils, if temporarily, the BBC reports. Officers of Hamas' security force, which wrested control of the Gaza Strip from rival Fatah in June, were notified yesterday that Fatah had paid their salaries. The West Bank-based, Fatah-controlled Palestinian Authority rushed to correct its... More »

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Palestinian Authority • Gaza • Palestine • Hamas • Fatah • West Bank • salary • civil service

Don't Get Mad, Get Even (Financially)

Showing anger in
the office boosts
men, hurts women

Aug 4, 07 6:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Women who show anger in the workplace undercut their professional standing, but their male counterparts may well be admired for their office rage, says a new study. And public temper tantrums affect more than just co-workers' respect, Reuters reports—test subjects assigned far higher salaries to angry men than to... More »

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gender • work • women • men • workplace discrimination • salary • office rage

Wal-Mart Mexico Pays Teen Baggers Nada

Retail giant calls
young, uncompensated workers 'volunteers'

Aug 1, 07 4:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Wal-Mart has 4,300 teenagers bagging merchandise for free in its Mexican stores, Newsweek reports. The retail giant isn't doing anything illegal, since the kids aren't technically workers but "volunteers" who donate their time in exchange for gratuities from customers. But labor activists say the notoriously bottom-line-minded company is... More »

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Mexico • wages • employment • salary • foreign labor • volunteer • Wal-Mart • teenager

In Workplace, Haggling Widens Gender Gap

Study shows women's smoother elbows may be holding them back

Jul 30, 07 5:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Women are less likely to initiate negotiations for promotions and raises, which may help explain salary and career gaps between the genders, according to new research. "There is an economic rationale to negotiate, but you have to weigh that against social risks of negotiating,"' one researcher says.... More »

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gender • women • men • sexism • workplace discrimination • discrimination • gender politics • salary • salary gap • career

Polamalu Now Best-Paid Steeler

Versatile, soft-spoken safety inks five-year, $33M contract

Jul 24, 07 6:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Troy Polamalu became the highest-paid Steeler and the top-earning safety in the league yesterday, signing a five-year extension on the first day of Steelers training camp. The mild-mannered Samoan-American's ability to line up at multiple positions, knack for reading defenses, and wacky free-wheeling mentality have made him the lynchpin of... More »

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NFL • Pittsburgh Steelers • salary • Troy Polamalu

World's 10 Best-Paid
Stick Figures

Supermodels rake it in, manicured hand over pedicured foot

Jul 19, 07 7:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Models are no longer glorified clotheshangers but celebs in their own right, with movie deals, famous beaux, and even their own product lines. These 10 mannequins, listed with their earnings over the past year, have turned looking pretty into a multimillion-dollar business:
  1. Gisele Bundchen, $33 million
  2. Kate Moss, $9
... More »

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fashion • list • model • salary • Gisele Bundchen • Kate Moss • Heidi Klum

Former Exec Rails on Paydays

May 17, 07 2:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Former Goldman Sachs chairman John Whitehead is appalled by Wall Street's salary binge, and he wants his ex-employer to snap out of it. In an ornery interview with Bloomberg News, Whitehead, who ran the company from 1976 to 1984, says hedge funds sparked the rush toward obscene paydays but Goldman... More »

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Wall Street • Goldman Sachs • John Whitehead • hedge fund • salary

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