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- Nov. 11, 1991: Business Notes:Wall Street
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1991
- Nov. 11, 1991 Somebody's Watching
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- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
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- BUSINESS, Page 73
- Business Notes
- WALL STREET
- End of the Free Ride
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- <p> In an unusual advertisement-cum-apologia, Salomon Inc.,
- parent of Wall Street's beleaguered Salomon Brothers, ran spreads
- in major newspapers last week that both touted its relatively
- reassuring third-quarter report and warned shareholders and
- employees alike of the struggle that remains. While the company
- set aside $200 million for expenses tied to the recent scandal
- and other suits, it helped pay for that reserve by eliminating
- $110 million that had been earmarked for employee bonuses in
- 1991.
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- <p> "The fine performance of some people subsidized truly
- outsized rewards for others," read the ad, which was signed by
- interim chairman Warren Buffett. From now on, Salomon will have
- a "rational incentive plan" under which managers will get much
- of their compensation in stock, motivating them "to think like
- owners." In an industry seen as long past due for a correction
- of overgrown compensation, some other firms have taken a similar
- approach. Should the new tack at Salomon Inc. cause a wave of
- defections, Buffett (the Omaha investor whose Berkshire Hathaway
- holds 14% of Salomon) claims he will be undeterred. "We must
- have people to match our principles, not the reverse."
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