Why CEO pay fed the mortgage mess

Courtesy MSN Money Latest Articles  Tue, 05/06/2008 - 23:01

How did the nation's biggest banks stumble into the subprime crisis? Consider this: Lax boards dangled huge rewards for short-term performance with little incentive to limit risk.


 

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