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S&P 500 hits 6,000 as Tesla rebounds amid Trump-Musk feud cooldown

A high-profile feud between President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk reached a fever pitch on Thursday, triggering a $150 billion-plus wipeout in Tesla (TSLA) shares. The selloff came after Musk slammed Trump’s GOP-backed spending bill, prompting fiery responses from the president and raising concerns over the political risk now tied to one of the world’s most valuable companies. "This is a disaster of epic proportion for Tesla and SpaceX," Ross Gerber, CEO of Gerber Kawasaki Wealth & Investment Management CEO, told Yahoo Finance in reaction to the developments. "And...
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CEO pay rose nearly 10% in 2024 as stock prices and profits soared

Mae Anderson and Paul Harloff  |  Associated PressNew York — The typical compensation package for chief executives who run companies in the S&P 500 jumped nearly 10% in 2024 as the stock market enjoyed another banner year and corporate profits rose sharply.Many companies have heeded calls from shareholders to tie CEO compensation more closely to performance. As a result, a large proportion of pay packages consist of stock awards, which the CEO often can’t cash in for years, if at all, unless the company meets certain targets, typically a higher...
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