CPI: Core Inflation remained subdued in March, despite a 0.5% rise in headline rate = Energy Drives Prices Higher In March

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Core Inflation remained subdued in March
despite a 0.5% rise in headline rate
http://www.finfacts.ie/irishfinancenews/article_1022104.shtml
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Energy Drives Prices Higher In March
But Core Inflation Contained
http://www.rttnews.com/Content/AllEconomicNews.aspx?Node=B2&Id=1598977
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Consumer Price Index rises again in March
http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=184974
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CPI Inflation Report And A 25-Year Perspective
http://www.dailymarkets.com/economy/2011/04/15/cpi-inflation-report-and-a-25-year-perspective/
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PPI: March wholesale price increases ease, but no long-term reprieve in sight + Rise Less Than Expected Amid Lower Food Costs

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U.S. Producer Prices Rise Less Than Expected Amid Lower Food Costs
http://www.rttnews.com/Content/USEconomicNews.aspx?Id=1598138&SM=1
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March wholesale price increases ease, but no long-term reprieve in sight
http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=184895
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Conspicuous Correlation: Retail Sales March 2011

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assume that what they tell U.S. you see is what you should see...
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In the post below, you will see the usual "retail sales" type of reports, amplified by some of the better analyses. What Sold on Top provided U.S. this month is a stunning new, very different view.
And, Sold's exceptional explanations.
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Discretionary retail sales including home furnishings, home garden and building materials, consumer electronics and department store sales increased a notable 1.51% from February climbing 1.98% above the level seen in March 2010 while, adjusting for inflation, “real” discretionary retail sales actually declined 0.71% over the same period.

On a “nominal” basis, there had appeared to be “rough correlation” between strong home value appreciation and strong retail spending preceding the housing bust and an even stronger correlation when home values started to decline.
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The following chart shows the year-over-year change to nominal discretionary retail sales and the year-over-year change to nominal the S&P/Case-Shiller Composite home price index since 1993 and since 2000.

As you can see there is, at the very least, a coincidental change to home values and consumer spending during the boom and then the bust, but as home values have continued to decline, retail spending has remained low but has not continued to consistently contract.

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the “rough correlation” between the year-over-year change to the “discretionary” retail sales series and the year-over-year S&P/Case-Shiller Composite series seems now even more significant.

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Conspicuous Correlation: Retail Sales March 2011
http://paper-money.blogspot.com/2011/04/conspicuous-correlation-retail-sales.html
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Retail Sales in Mar - Gasoline and Food Drive Up + Conspicuous Correlation: Retail Sales March 2011

[mEDITate-OR:
confuse apples with oranges...
and all retail sales with some retail sales...
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What almost all media reports do not do is separate fuel from other retail sales. However, as you will see below both Danial@Atlantic and Bill@CR do that for U.S.
What Daniel and oddly FinnFacts also do is provide U.S. with sector data.
This is important.
Notice the HUGE change in "auto sales" in the chart and the 4th chart.
Not only are auto sales up, a lot, since last year...
but they dropped like a rock last month.
Due to the price of gas, do you think?
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In the post below, you will also see that most of the increase in consumer credit use is based upon "auto and truck sales".
So, while it WAS driving the economy - no pun intended...
it might have just stopped, @ the light behind the sign for your gas prices.
Where are we really heading..., and how are we going to get there
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Retail Sales in Mar - Gasoline and Food Drive Up
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/04/gasoline-and-food-drive-up-retail-sales-in-march/237242/
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US retail sales increased of 0.4% in March
http://www.finfacts.ie/irishfinancenews/article_1022077.shtml
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Retail Sales increased 0.4% in March
http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2011/04/retail-sales-increased-04-in-march.html
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RealtyTrac: Foreclosure Activity Decreases 15 Percent in Q1 2011 + Processing Delays Drop Foreclosure Activity to Lowest Total Since Q1 2008

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think that "location" is where you are..., not where you are going
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This month RealtyTrac has provided U.S. with a very interesting view of the dynamics of the foreclosure problem. While it is true that foreclosures are down, what RT tells U.S. is that is only due to the robo-signing problems delaying the "incoming" properties.
What we are also seeing is that the problem is spreading out, in the West to Idaho, Utah, Colorado and to a slightly less extend to Washington and Oregon.
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Below are the interesting maps of AZ, WA and OR.
Note that Penal County includes huge subdivisions South East of Phoenix AND Tucson.
Note also that "The problem with foreclosures" is much worse where there are more people.
But, the most central part of the metro areas are also not as bad as the surrounding suburbs.
That may be bcuz central condo numbers are NOT included in these stats n maps - maybe!
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Go to the RealtyTrac news release and look at the national state and city tables.
You will see that the West Coast and the Rocky Mountain states are MUCH worse off than most of the rest of U.S.
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With one in every 48 housing units with a foreclosure filing, the Phoenix metro area ranked No. 4 and was one of two Arizona metro areas in the top 20.
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RealtyTrac: Foreclosure Activity Decreases 15 Percent in Q1 2011
Processing Delays Drop Foreclosure Activity to Lowest Total Since Q1 2008
http://www.realtytrac.com/content/press-releases/foreclosure-activity-decreases-15-percent-in-q1-2011-6521
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Expert: U.S. should 'give up on the dollar'

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pretend that since the DOW is way up...
we are all much more wealthy than we were..., once upon a time.
and ignore the price of gasoline and food
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If you read the CNN article, you will notice that while the EURO has been attacked from within by problems of  the PIIGS, not only this year, but for the past 12 months, the EURO has increased in value against U.S.
What is also shown below is that both the Canadian and Australian dollars have also risen, substantially, against U.S.
What you will also see below is that ALL of the gains you made in the DOW and the SnP500, were matched by the decline in the worth of the U.S. dollar.
What SHOULD surprise you is that Germany, Canada, Australia have ALL maintained surpluses in their balance of trade AND increased their exports - in spite of the increased value of their dollars.
THEY are competitive. We are not. Ask yourself Why?
Bcuz of the Japanese nuclear power problems, Germany and China are reducing their plans for further expansion; and they have announced they will need to increase their use of crude oil.
Bcuz of the miss-handling of the Libyan crisis, the price of gas has, and WILL, continue to increase.
Not only did the last tax cut given to you by the Federal Govt get eaten up by increased fuel cost, but as those costs continue to increase, you will have to shift your money around to cover it, without tax refunds.
It could get a lot uglier. Soon.
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Expert: U.S. should 'give up on the dollar'

http://money.cnn.com/2011/04/15/markets/dollar/index.htm

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How Bleak Does the U.S. Job Market Look?

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be wowed by the announced huge increase in job openings...
OR
read Daniel@Atlantic's thoughts, look at his chart
and read his article.
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The yellow line represents the number of Americans "officially" unemployed, according to BLS. But the red line shows those jobless Americans plus number of people who BLS says want a job, but don't technically qualified as being unemployed, due to reasons such as discouragement. While the gap between the yellow line and green line (openings) looks bad, if you consider the red line, it looks much worse. In February, 6.5 people wanted a job for every opening.
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How Bleak Does the U.S. Job Market Look?
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/04/how-bleak-does-the-us-job-market-look/237252/
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US jobs market improves moderately VS 36% of workers in new jobs took pay cut of 20% or more + Downturn's Ugly Trademark: Steep, Lasting Drop in Wages

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think that we are almost back to normal...
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This is from FinFacts...
Notice the difference between W and WJClinton
Average job creation under W = 208K
Average job creation under WJC = 321K
merely 50% higher.
However, note the difference getting out of the hole we are in:
If we grow like under W, it will not be until 2023
If we grow like under  WJC, it will be only 2016.
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However, IF we really put our minds and hearts into it...
and grew by our best month = 472K jobs
we could get back to normal in less than three years.
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If you voted for change...
you did not get it.
And, neither does he.
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Then there is this from the WSJ
see the next three charts.
we are NOT better off, and not getting there, either.
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US jobs market improves moderately
36% of workers in new jobs took pay cut of 20% or more
http://www.finfacts.ie/irishfinancenews/article_1021990.shtml
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Downturn's Ugly Trademark: Steep, Lasting Drop in Wages
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304248704575574213897770830.html#project%3DUNEMP_BY_OCCUPATION_IPAD_1101%26articleTabs%3Darticle
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The Good News: Worker Productivity and Profits Per Workers Are At Record Highs = The Bad News: That Probably Means A Record Jobless Recovery + Corporate profits are no sure sign of economic strength

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wonder if we have been skewered (sp?)...

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This week's post show U.S. that the price of gas for our cars is MUCH higher under W than it was under WJClinton.

Also, that the value of the USDollar has collapse under W.

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That corporate salaries have exploded under W, and ex-Pres Obama either cannot see or does not care.

While both W and BO cut their share of our tax burdens.

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Today, we learn that under W we were put out of work...

BUTT, of the joke, of course, business profits are now at an all time high - per worker.

While, not only are those with jobs working harder and producing more...

but we are being paid less.

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Wasn't this once a Great Country...

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The Good News:
Worker Productivity and Profits Per Workers Are At Record Highs
The Bad News:
That Probably Means A Record Jobless Recovery
http://www.benzinga.com/11/04/991728/the-good-news-worker-productivity-and-profits-per-workers-are-at-record-highs-the-bad-n
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Corporate profits are no sure sign of economic strength
http://www.statesman.com/business/corporate-profits-are-no-sure-sign-of-economic-1359645.html
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CEO pay soars while workers' pay stalls = 2010 CEO pay chart, sorted by total + Stock options swell CEO pay + Compensation for corporate directors rises sharply + Salary analysis: NCAA tournament coaches cashing in

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wonder why there are those all cash buyers for million plus priced home

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Janis oft told U.S.

that "freedom" means nothing left to loose.

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There was an economically stunning series of reports in USAToday

on: Executive pay VS the rest of U.S.

on how stock options up that even more

on how Boards of Directors are being "blackmailled" and liking it.

and

on how you need to be a Good Sports fan...

bcuz, The Coach is robbing U.S. blind.

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We are now A Banana Republic...

and we don't even have to grow bananas

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Company	Executive	Salary	Bonus	Stock & options	Total	Chg from '09	Stock return
Viacom	P. Dauman(3)	$2,625,000	$11,250,000	$70,453,309	$84,469,515	148.6%	30.3%
Occidental Petroleum	Ray Irani	$1,191,667	$32,975,000	$40,250,000	$76,107,010	142.4%	22.7%
Directv	Michael White	$1,448,077	$4,000,000	$27,187,592	$32,932,618	N.A.	19.7%
Stanley Black & Decker	John Lundgren	$1,208,433	$4,342,800	$26,603,225	$32,570,596	253.1%	32.7%
Walt Disney	Robert Iger	$2,000,000	$13,460,000	$11,759,051	$28,017,484	29.8%	21.8%
IBM	Samuel Palmisano	$1,800,000	$9,000,000	$13,319,450	$25,180,681	19.0%	14.3%
Starbucks	Howard Schultz	$1,280,804	$3,500,000	$16,720,545	$21,733,013	45.2%	24.9%
Johnson & Johnson	William Weldon	$1,851,154	$12,043,200	$7,487,028	$21,635,818	-5.2%	-0.5%
AT&T	Randall Stephenson	$1,533,333	$5,050,000	$13,244,708	$20,245,451	0.0%	11.6%
Abbott Laboratories	Miles White	$1,893,371	$3,700,000	$13,622,800	$20,023,899	-8.7%	-8.2%
3M	George Buckley	$1,720,000	$5,590,000	$11,795,654	$19,738,327	41.1%	7.1%
United Technologies	Louis Chenevert	$1,589,583	$5,321,680	$12,180,270	$19,499,509	9.0%	16.2%
Bank of New York Mellon	Robert Kelly	$1,000,000	$5,610,000	$12,412,762	$19,379,257	72.5%	9.4%
Coca-Cola	Muhtar Kent	$1,200,000	$6,500,000	$10,807,101	$19,244,949	30.1%	19.0%
Lockheed Martin	Robert Stevens	$1,800,000	$8,650,000	$7,067,200	$19,118,612	-6.6%	-3.8%
Coca-Cola Enterprises	John Brock (1)	$1,192,308	$3,500,000	$14,098,578	$19,114,318	33.7%	69.7%
Verizon Communications	Ivan Seidenberg	$2,100,000	$3,937,500	$11,156,252	$17,901,396	5.2%	22.0%
QUALCOMM	Paul Jacobs	$1,146,644	$3,377,500	$12,375,102	$17,626,939	1.1%	2.2%
Wells Fargo	John Stumpf	$3,239,847	$3,300,000	$11,000,009	$17,568,387	-6.3%	15.7%
Ameriprise Financial	James Cracchiolo	$950,000	$9,428,000	$5,700,000	$16,792,686	-7.6%	50.7%
Prudential Financial	John Strangfeld	$1,000,000	$6,575,722	$8,531,869	$16,186,247	4.0%	20.7%
U.S. Bancorp	Richard Davis	$975,037	$3,115,125	$12,000,000	$16,104,276	143.0%	20.8%
Tyco International	Edward Breen	$1,625,000	$4,062,500	$8,935,022	$16,021,873	20.9%	9.1%
Aflac	Daniel Amos	$1,378,400	$4,048,361	$10,232,393	$15,872,272	20.4%	24.9%
CIGNA	David Cordani	$1,000,000	$7,356,375	$6,673,012	$15,121,370	N.A.	4.1%
General Electric	Jeffrey Immelt	$3,300,000	$4,000,000	$7,400,000	$15,089,809	175.0%	24.3%
Allegheny Technologies	L. Patrick Hassey	$937,300	$5,571,540	$7,810,313	$14,978,587	48.5%	25.0%
Dominion Resources	Thomas Farrell	$1,224,000	$5,838,000	$7,731,000	$14,953,536	44.0%	14.8%
Honeywell International	David Cote	$1,800,000	$4,300,000	$8,483,500	$14,812,429	15.4%	39.5%
Schlumberger	Andrew Gould	$2,500,000	$2,800,000	$8,938,900	$14,453,275	10.2%	30.1%
Gilead Sciences	John Martin	$1,341,679	$2,325,375	$10,572,334	$14,244,388	-2.9%	-16.2%
Colgate-Palmolive	Ian Cook	$1,150,000	$3,381,000	$9,388,100	$14,177,997	-1.6%	0.3%
Analog Devices	Jerald Fishman	$930,935	$3,587,396	$4,264,000	$13,929,455	374.2%	35.2%
Chubb	John Finnegan	$1,312,500	$3,600,000	$8,613,856	$13,831,409	1.3%	24.6%
Boeing	W. James McNerney	$1,930,000	$4,439,000	$6,600,627	$13,768,019	0.5%	23.8%
General Dynamics	Jay Johnson	$1,400,000	$3,100,000	$8,992,874	$13,751,115	N.A.	6.7%
L-3 Communications Holdings	Michael Strianese	$1,287,885	$2,600,000	$9,711,763	$13,744,065	0.5%	-17.2%
Motorola	Gregory Brown (2)	$900,000	$5,927,500	$6,667,383	$13,732,802	62.1%	16.9%
Motorola	Sanjay Jha (2)	$900,000	$1,704,000	$10,023,503	$13,016,126	243.5%	16.9%
Covidien	Richard Meelia	$1,286,538	$2,366,000	$8,463,671	$12,847,501	27.5%	-5.2%
Eli Lilly	John Lechleiter	$1,500,000	$2,982,000	$8,175,000	$12,747,000	-22.2%	4.0%
EMC	Joseph Tucci	$1,000,000	$2,592,000	$8,692,978	$12,436,162	37.5%	31.1%
eBay	John Donahoe	$920,673	$1,895,113	$9,321,045	$12,382,486	22.2%	18.3%
Alcoa	Klaus Kleinfeld	$1,400,000	$2,604,000	$8,139,372	$12,348,720	10.1%	-3.6%
Deere	Samuel Allen	$1,200,000	$5,258,102	$5,644,533	$12,290,576	N.A.	71.9%
Adobe Systems	Shantanu Narayen	$909,583	$2,160,259	$9,150,686	$12,228,214	143.0%	-20.8%
Texas Instruments	Richard Templeton	$987,840	$3,171,094	$7,715,066	$12,114,521	23.4%	27.1%
PNC Financial Services Group	James Rohr	$1,557,692	$2,170,000	$7,745,850	$11,632,010	-21.4%	15.8%
Newmont Mining	Richard O'Brien	$1,065,000	$1,767,285	$8,703,249	$11,600,212	83.5%	30.9%
Eaton	Alexander Cutler	$1,175,100	$6,665,063	$3,595,263	$11,572,577	70.1%	64.2%
Sunoco	Lynn Laverty Elsenhans	$1,240,000	$3,452,625	$6,641,189	$11,526,041	672.0%	57.4%
Life Technologies	Gregory Lucier	$1,129,808	$2,874,713	$7,265,910	$11,498,009	155.0%	6.3%
E.I. du Pont de Nemours	Ellen Kullman	$1,300,000	$2,846,000	$6,867,802	$11,321,316	35.7%	54.5%
MeadWestvaco	John Luke	$1,007,105	$2,332,242	$7,695,929	$11,254,265	140.9%	-5.0%
Allergan	David Pyott	$1,300,000	$1,690,000	$8,103,676	$11,143,747	0.5%	9.3%
Whirlpool	Jeff Fettig	$1,325,000	$1,802,250	$7,676,247	$11,016,033	2.0%	12.5%
XL Group	Michael McGavick	$1,000,000	$2,933,333	$5,926,468	$10,481,557	68.7%	21.5%
Agilent Technologies	William Sullivan	$990,000	$2,535,586	$6,886,937	$10,442,447	44.8%	40.7%
Express Scripts	George Paz	$1,066,308	$2,016,950	$7,000,000	$10,311,196	-3.0%	25.1%
Praxair	Stephen Angel	$1,083,750	$3,105,000	$5,655,232	$10,006,642	29.9%	21.4%
Ball	R. David Hoover	$1,155,000	$4,554,658	$4,158,525	$9,931,343	13.0%	32.6%
Cameron International	Jack Moore	$987,654	$1,317,530	$7,356,822	$9,929,532	23.6%	21.4%
PPG Industries	Charles Bunch	$1,075,000	$2,800,000	$5,904,500	$9,896,521	55.5%	48.4%
Illinois Tool Works	David Speer	$1,132,492	$2,200,000	$6,470,767	$9,886,879	0.3%	14.4%
Valero Energy	William Klesse	$1,500,000	$2,492,000	$5,627,702	$9,830,331	-9.9%	39.6%
FMC	Pierre Brondeau	$900,000	$2,238,556	$6,443,589	$9,762,101	N.A.	44.4%
Applied Materials	Michael Splinter	$972,462	$3,400,000	$5,363,500	$9,748,295	214.8%	3.5%
C.R. Bard	Timothy Ring	$1,050,000	$1,320,375	$6,584,145	$9,738,861	5.1%	18.8%
Baxter International	Robert Parkinson	$1,369,923	$1,039,360	$7,111,191	$9,668,072	-18.4%	-11.6%
Lennar	Stuart Miller	$1,000,000	$1,000,000	$7,595,000	$9,663,230	31.2%	21.1%
Progressive	Glenn Renwick	$750,000	$1,265,625	$7,500,004	$9,605,558	5.2%	17.1%
Peabody Energy	Gregory Boyce	$1,110,250	$2,359,306	$5,957,181	$9,591,003	-15.8%	42.4%
Fortune Brands	Bruce Carbonari	$1,127,500	$2,387,571	$5,776,187	$9,582,998	-22.1%	41.7%
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide	Frits van Paasschen	$1,208,333	$3,000,000	$5,166,657	$9,546,616	7.7%	67.0%
United Parcel Service	D. Scott Davis	$1,000,000	$232,000	$8,236,487	$9,498,584	73.0%	30.3%
Northern Trust	Frederick Waddell	$900,000	$2,000,000	$6,477,652	$9,453,179	-10.5%	8.1%
Baker Hughes	Chad Deaton	$1,283,461	$3,126,755	$4,682,837	$9,431,309	7.6%	43.2%
Corning	Wendell Weeks	$1,069,423	$6,724,681	$1,130,269	$9,353,487	19.7%	1.2%
Fluor	Alan Boeckmann	$1,248,042	$704,760	$7,100,092	$9,345,833	-1.0%	48.6%
Noble	David Williams	$983,750	$1,250,000	$5,444,520	$9,252,664	12.4%	-9.7%
Robert Half International	Harold Messmer	$525,000	$1,515,762	$6,553,002	$9,158,083	49.7%	16.8%
Kimberly-Clark	Thomas Falk	$1,281,249	$1,307,280	$6,133,479	$9,028,180	0.3%	3.2%
Broadcom	Scott McGregor	$764,596	$1,472,500	$6,775,600	$9,017,879	-11.9%	39.7%
Goodrich	Marshall Larsen	$1,100,000	$1,987,036	$5,673,010	$8,977,624	47.5%	39.2%
Zimmer Holdings	David Dvorak	$833,654	$1,039,475	$7,059,454	$8,972,910	32.6%	-9.2%
F5 Networks	John McAdam	$626,916	$733,576	$7,523,870	$8,884,962	78.8%	161.9%
Noble Energy	Charles Davidson	$1,012,644	$1,855,000	$5,900,316	$8,838,499	19.0%	22.1%
Marathon Oil	Clarence Cazalot	$1,400,000	$2,500,000	$4,656,517	$8,812,911	34.1%	22.5%
American Electric Power	Michael Morris	$1,270,442	$1,579,785	$5,321,150	$8,684,346	22.4%	8.7%
Eastman Chemical	James Rogers	$995,615	$2,000,000	$5,582,904	$8,678,300	N.A.	43.3%
Discover Financial Services	David Nelms	$4,550,000	$1,700,000	$2,274,996	$8,542,146	96.7%	18.9%
Cummins	Theodore Solso	$1,285,000	$4,094,800	$2,999,634	$8,491,649	22.3%	142.7%
Duke Energy	James Rogers	$-	$-	$8,040,180	$8,462,892	30.2%	9.6%
McGraw-Hill	Harold McGraw	$1,390,500	$1,735,000	$4,686,946	$8,429,674	42.7%	12.0%
Textron	Scott Donnelly	$1,000,000	$1,767,600	$5,577,352	$8,416,283	N.A.	26.2%
BB&T	Kelly King	$937,500	$1,138,594	$6,068,610	$8,287,147	114.1%	6.0%
Entergy	J. Wayne Leonard	$1,291,500	$2,665,656	$4,218,726	$8,280,067	-44.4%	-9.7%
United States Steel	John Surma	$1,130,004	$458,640	$6,499,959	$8,277,207	449.2%	6.4%
Norfolk Southern	Charles Moorman	$950,000	$1,181,800	$6,000,279	$8,256,897	-9.1%	22.9%
Avery Dennison	Dean Scarborough	$965,000	$2,150,000	$4,832,377	$8,092,450	52.0%	18.7%
NRG Energy	David Crane	$1,206,192	$1,988,769	$4,838,459	$8,087,848	3.5%	-17.2%
Equifax	Richard Smith	$1,450,000	$2,213,015	$4,153,751	$7,979,327	7.8%	16.2%
HCP	James Flaherty	$600,000	$1,462,500	$5,900,029	$7,973,819	0.0%	27.6%
Gannett	Craig Dubow	$980,769	$1,750,000	$5,036,900	$7,927,134	79.9%	2.8%
AES	Paul Hanrahan	$1,115,400	$3,950,000	$2,567,011	$7,868,720	-10.7%	-8.5%
Hudson City Bancorp	Ronald Hermance	$1,621,538	$2,000,000	$3,587,500	$7,861,460	-26.1%	-2.6%
VF	Eric Wiseman	$1,025,000	$2,142,250	$4,615,386	$7,860,636	22.6%	21.3%
Public Service Enterprise Group	Ralph Izzo	$946,450	$1,113,900	$5,726,042	$7,849,814	10.1%	-0.1%
Altera	John Daane	$741,695	$3,000,000	$4,084,500	$7,826,195	65.2%	58.5%
Sherwin-Williams	Christopher Connor	$1,221,987	$2,085,000	$4,060,401	$7,735,200	3.2%	38.6%
Dover	Robert Livingston	$900,000	$2,100,000	$4,603,787	$7,702,838	133.5%	43.7%
CSX	Michael Ward	$1,100,000	$2,112,000	$4,287,570	$7,658,212	9.1%	35.8%
W.W. Grainger	James Ryan	$887,500	$1,980,000	$4,445,060	$7,648,407	52.8%	45.4%
Hershey	David West	$1,030,000	$2,225,049	$4,001,747	$7,436,937	16.4%	35.6%
Edison International	Theodore Craver	$1,096,346	$1,633,500	$4,537,533	$7,435,907	34.5%	15.1%
PerkinElmer	Robert Friel	$896,154	$1,772,400	$4,557,576	$7,334,796	66.7%	27.0%
Teradata	Michael Koehler	$700,000	$1,305,304	$5,313,809	$7,334,099	108.1%	31.0%
T. Rowe Price Group	James Kennedy	$350,000	$5,000,000	$1,716,037	$7,136,137	50.9%	23.7%
NYSE Euronext	Duncan Niederauer	$1,000,000	$2,375,000	$3,625,001	$7,058,040	-3.0%	23.5%
Carnival	Micky Arison	$880,000	$2,461,168	$3,501,091	$6,969,396	-3.2%	30.4%
Mead Johnson Nutrition	Stephen Golsby	$973,104	$1,500,000	$4,053,418	$6,835,891	-23.2%	44.8%
Windstream	Jeffrey Gardner	$991,000	$2,242,347	$3,517,827	$6,829,960	25.7%	38.0%
Ecolab	Douglas Baker	$1,000,000	$2,020,000	$3,582,379	$6,802,579	-2.8%	14.6%
Nucor	Daniel DiMicco	$800,000	$540,000	$5,429,982	$6,770,807	134.8%	-2.7%
AutoNation	Michael Jackson	$1,150,000	$2,863,039	$2,577,655	$6,765,622	31.0%	47.3%
Comerica	Ralph Babb	$2,727,452	$1,986,350	$1,991,220	$6,737,202	98.2%	43.8%
Franklin Resources	Gregory Johnson	$760,629	$2,650,000	$2,600,000	$6,728,758	50.4%	10.5%
Kohl's	Kevin Mansell	$1,300,000	$2,600,000	$2,530,476	$6,653,669	-26.4%	0.8%
AmerisourceBergen	R. David Yost	$1,255,514	$3,518,510	$1,661,449	$6,590,937	18.9%	38.6%
Expeditors International of Washington	Peter Rose	$110,000	$6,443,691	$-	$6,555,191	37.1%	58.5%
Exelon	John Rowe	$1,475,000	$2,474,313	$2,185,250	$6,540,084	-45.7%	-10.3%
Spectra Energy	Gregory Ebel	$975,000	$1,628,669	$3,542,592	$6,298,184	45.2%	27.6%
Bemis Company	Henry Theisen	$900,000	$2,106,320	$3,140,168	$6,166,475	26.4%	13.6%
Humana	Michael McCallister	$1,026,182	$2,052,364	$2,500,097	$6,147,917	-5.6%	24.7%
Snap-On	Nicholas Pinchuk	$812,500	$984,343	$4,271,350	$6,111,816	46.7%	37.6%
Kellogg	A. D. David Mackay	$1,171,766	$-	$4,542,746	$6,049,436	-22.5%	-1.0%
Moody's	Raymond McDaniel	$936,000	$2,643,600	$2,300,003	$5,890,403	50.9%	0.8%
PACCAR	Mark Pigott	$1,350,000	$2,700,000	$1,774,097	$5,831,447	-3.3%	60.4%
SunTrust Banks	James Wells	$1,077,300	$-	$4,616,920	$5,816,671	-0.2%	45.7%
Total System Services	Philip Tomlinson	$840,000	$760,800	$4,115,412	$5,774,168	43.0%	-9.3%
Torchmark	Mark McAndrew	$955,080	$1,900,000	$2,698,380	$5,595,116	115.7%	37.6%
Advanced Micro Devices	Derrick Meyer	$925,381	$-	$4,614,128	$5,549,838	22.0%	-15.5%
International Game Technology	Patti Hart	$800,000	$480,000	$4,200,008	$5,482,431	N.A.	-31.8%
McCormick & Company	Alan Wilson	$910,308	$2,896,541	$1,612,672	$5,475,321	34.8%	26.6%
Weyerhaeuser	Daniel Fulton	$800,000	$600,000	$3,814,948	$5,215,855	51.4%	16.1%
Newfield Exploration	Lee Boothby	$626,923	$1,700,000	$2,794,038	$5,150,500	N.A.	49.5%
Intuitive Surgical	Gary Guthart	$504,167	$361,463	$4,184,963	$5,050,593	N.A.	-15.1%
Rowan Companies	W. Matt Ralls	$800,000	$842,400	$3,390,743	$5,047,843	4.0%	54.2%
Joy Global	Michael Sutherlin	$890,833	$1,861,667	$2,181,220	$5,045,073	2.6%	42.5%
O'Reilly Automotive	Greg Henslee	$842,308	$3,429,089	$577,500	$4,896,696	38.3%	58.5%
Ryder System	Gregory Swienton	$900,000	$1,585,914	$2,308,934	$4,862,399	31.0%	31.2%
Fifth Third Bancorp	Kevin Kabat	$3,144,823	$-	$1,572,411	$4,758,013	-8.0%	51.0%
CenterPoint Energy	David McClanahan	$1,090,000	$1,166,300	$2,120,558	$4,755,552	3.5%	14.4%
Huntington Bancshares	Stephen Steinour	$3,000,000	$-	$1,499,996	$4,718,352	N.A.	89.5%
Stryker	Stephen MacMillan	$1,200,000	$1,375,734	$1,905,600	$4,706,532	20.3%	7.9%
SCANA	William Timmerman	$1,099,000	$934,150	$2,472,753	$4,622,091	-0.9%	13.2%
FLIR Systems	Earl Lewis	$825,000	$1,031,250	$2,717,891	$4,614,919	6.1%	-9.1%
C.H. Robinson Worldwide	John Wiehoff	$400,000	$1,390,345	$2,637,251	$4,458,435	34.2%	38.8%
Ameren	Thomas Voss	$784,027	$1,093,325	$2,458,739	$4,417,008	N.A.	6.9%
Apartment Investment and Management	Terry Considine	$600,000	$1,349,460	$2,160,003	$4,109,463	24.1%	64.6%
Genuine Parts	Thomas Gallagher	$950,000	$1,849,750	$998,945	$3,922,997	116.4%	40.4%
Helmerich & Payne	Hans Helmerich	$629,519	$935,000	$2,171,500	$3,862,549	130.1%	2.9%
First Horizon National	D. Bryan Jordan	$2,266,667	$-	$1,133,333	$3,436,582	-31.1%	-6.5%
Tellabs	Robert Pullen	$600,000	$718,200	$1,901,989	$3,289,032	26.5%	20.7%
Dun & Bradstreet	Sara Mathew	$750,000	$926,250	$1,577,025	$3,268,040	N.A.	-0.8%
Fastenal	Willard Oberton	$482,500	$2,661,199	$-	$3,146,199	548.7%	47.7%
Kimco Realty	David Henry	$750,000	$876,818	$704,418	$2,381,272	N.A.	38.9%
M&T Bank	Robert Wilmers	$1,750,000	$-	$350,018	$2,304,040	-19.1%	34.8%
MEMC Electronic Materials	Ahmad Chatila	$750,000	$558,000	$-	$1,312,900	N.A.	-17.3%
Cincinnati Financial	Kenneth Stecher	$935,576	$-	$329,807	$1,274,209	20.1%	27.6%
Berkshire Hathaway	Warren Buffett	$100,000	$-	$-	$524,946	1.1%	21.1%
Washington Post	Donald Graham	$400,000	$-	$-	$412,740	0.0%	2.0%
Whole Foods Market	John Mackey	$1	$45,968	$-	$45,969	N.A.	21.7%
Apple	Steven Jobs	$1	$-	$-	$1	0.0%	53.1%
Citigroup	Vikram Pandit	$1	$-	$-	$1	-100.0%	42.9%

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DATABASE: Salaries for the NCAA tourney coaches
BONUS TIME: Coaches' academic bonuses vary
WHAT SCHOOLS SPEND: College athletics finance database
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CEO pay soars while workers' pay stalls
http://www.usatoday.com/money/companies/management/2011-03-31-ceo-pay-2010.htm
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Stock options swell CEO pay
http://www.usatoday.com/money/companies/management/2011-04-04-1Aoptions04_ST_N.htm#
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2010 CEO pay chart, sorted by total
http://www.usatoday.com/money/companies/management/2011-03-31-ceo-pay-chart-total.htm
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Compensation for corporate directors rises sharply
http://www.usatoday.com/money/companies/management/2011-03-04-1Adirectorpay04_ST_N.htm
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Salary analysis: NCAA tournament coaches cashing in
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/mensbasketball/2011-03-30-ncaa-coaches-salary-analysis_N.htm
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