CEO Pay Takes A Dive In 2015

3:00pm April 08, 2016

A new Wall Street Journal analysis of chief executive pay at 300 public companies showed its worst decline since the 2008 financial crisis. In this Sept. 15, 2008, file photo tourists take pictures in New York's Times Square as the days financial news ab

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CEOs of major American companies took a hit last year.

A new Wall Street Journal analysis of chief executive pay at 300 public companies showed its worst decline since the 2008 financial crisis.

The slowdown is related to weak performance and accounting rules that put a crimp in pensions.

Here & Now‘s Jeremy Hobson talks with Jill Schlesinger, business analyst at CBS News.

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Jill Schlesinger, business analyst with CBS News and host of “Jill on Money.” She tweets @jillonmoney.

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