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    Typical CEO made $9.6 million last year, AP study finds
    By Christina Rexrode, Associated Press

    NEW YORK – Profits at big U.S. companies broke records last year, and so did pay for CEOs

    The head of a typical public company made $9.6 million in 2011, according to an analysis by The Associated Press using data from Equilar, an executive pay research firm.
    That was up more than 6% from the previous year. The figure is also the highest since the AP began tracking executive compensation in 2006.

    Companies trimmed cash bonuses but handed out more in stock awards. For shareholder activists who have long criticized CEO pay as exorbitant, that was a victory of sorts. That's because the stock awards are being tied more often to company performance. CEOs can't cash in the shares right away. They have to meet goals first, like boosting profit to a certain level.

    The idea is to motivate CEOs to make sure a company does well and to tie their fortunes to the company's for the long term. For too long, activists say, CEOs have been richly rewarded no matter how a company has fared.
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