A record 23 private college and university presidents received more than $1 million in total compensation in fiscal 2008, according to an analysis of the most recently available data published Monday by the Chronicle of Higher Education. A record one in four in the study of 419 colleges' mandatory IRS filings made at least $500,000. ...more

November 3, 2009

Before he resigned as director of the Tampa Sports Authority this month, Henry Saavedra was pulling down a salary of more than $209,000 a year including benefits, a car allowance and other perks. ...more

March 31, 2009

Henry Saavedra didn't wait for the Tampa Sports Authority to fire him. Instead, the longtime executive director offered his resignation to the sports authority's 11-member board of directors, which was expected to vote on a motion from Chair Vincent Marchetti to terminate his contract. His last day as director will be April 1. ...more

March 17, 2009

Henry Saavedra has resigned as director of the Tampa Sports Authority. ...more

March 16, 2009

Ivan Seidenberg, the chief executive of Verizon Communications Inc., received $20.2 million in compensation in 2008, essentially the same as in the past two years, according to a regulatory filing. ...more

February 28, 2009

Oracle Corp. founder Larry Ellison, a longtime fixture on the list of the world's richest people, now is ensconced atop The Associated Press' rankings of the top-paid chief executives in the United States. ...more

August 22, 2008

County commissioners on Tuesday unanimously approved a two-year contract with Jeffrey Steinsnyder, the next county attorney. ...more

December 5, 2007

DADE CITY - County commissioners unanimously approved a two-year contract this morning with Jeffrey Steinsnyder to be Pasco's next county attorney. ...more

December 4, 2007

I sit in wonderment at the story of W. Lance Anderson, the president of NovaStar Financial in Kansas City who, while handing out subprime mortgages to any applicant wearing shoes and a shirt, managed to sink the company's stock from $40 in June to $1.72. ...more

November 24, 2007

I sit in wonderment at the story of W. Lance Anderson, the president of NovaStar Financial in Kansas City, who while handing out subprime mortgages to any applicant wearing shoes and a shirt managed to sink the company's stock from $40 in June to $1.72. This is a man who earned $1.7 million in salary and bonuses last year, plus $711,386 in deferred compensation, plus more dough in various arrangements that dopes like me can't quite grasp. Meanwhile, all the little investors in NovaStar are cutting back on Christmas gifts and canceling their winter vacations in Daytona Beach. ...more

November 23, 2007