CEO Update Live: Talent demand fueling pay rises
Performance-based compensation increasingly common Association CEO salary growth is accelerating as competition for gifted executives heats up and expectations continue to rise, according to panelists at the CEO Update Live: Executive Compensation Forum held Nov. 18 at the SunTrust Building in Washington, D.C.
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Cruise lines association moving to D.C. The Cruise Lines International Association announced Wednesday it would merge its offices in Arlington, Va., and Fort Lauderdale, Fla., into a single headquarters in Washington, D.C., by mid-January of next year.
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ACS taps DuPont executive as its next CEO
Thomas Connelly will succeed Madeleine Jacobs early next year at the American Chemical Society Connelly
Read MoreCEO DATELINE - Associations in the news - Dec. 3, 2014
Obama meets with Business Roundtable CEOs President Barack Obama will meet with CEOs taking part in Business Roundtable's quarterly meeting Wednesday as part of an effort to focus on job creation during his last two years of office, CNBC reported. The White House told the news channel the president will use the meeting to promote bipartisan opportunities to grow the economy and the middle class, such as tax reform, infrastructure spending and trade agreements.
Read MoreCEO DATELINE - Associations in the news - Dec. 2, 2014
Associations blast proposed greenhouse gas regulations The Edison Electric Institute came out swinging Monday against proposed Environmental Protection Agency rules that would limit greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. In a statement, EEI CEO Tom Kuhn said the agency's plan doesn't give states enough time to comply with the stricter standards. The result could be higher prices for customers.
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Arguments heat up in GMO lawsuit A lawsuit challenging a Vermont law requiring labels for genetically modified foods will soon make its court debut, but already the suit's supporters and opponents are trying to win in the court of public opinion, according to Burlington (Vt.) Free Press. The Grocery Manufacturers Association and several other associations are suing the state to block implementation of the law, set to go into effect July 1, 2016. Oral arguments are scheduled to begin in January of next year.
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