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The court dismissed appeals by the Commissioner of Taxation against an earlier federal court decision over a dispute concerning the claw-back of capital-allowance deductions the Melbourne-based mining company claimed for its former Hot Briquetted Iron plant.
Court Rules in Favor of BHP in Tax Dispute Robb M. Stewart 2011
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The retail tranche, originally accounting for 10% of the total offering, was 42 times oversubscribed and triggered a claw-back that increased the portion to 20%.
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The board could have informed Michael Dell that if he wanted to stay on as CEO he needed to claw-back his stock option gains attributable to the allegedly fraudulent accounting, but it did not.
Stark Lessons From The Dell Fraud Case Edward D. Hess 2010
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Critics of HRAs contend the claw-back feature creates an incentive for employers to discourage workers from filing for reimbursement.
Menu Surcharge Can Be Misleading Ben Worthen 2011
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Mr. Picower's widow recently handed over $7.2 billion to the Madoff trustee to settle claw-back claims.
Bloomberg to Rank the Rich Robert Frank 2011
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Mr. Cable said the government would be pressing for all listed firms to have a claw-back mechanism in place to ensure executives' rewards are more closely linked to the performance of the firm.
U.K. Announces Proposals to Curb Executive Pay Nicholas Winning 2012
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Mr. Kengeter's 2010 pay includes 8.3 million francs in various cash and stock bonuses, some of which is blocked and subject to claw-back provisions based on the bank's performance.
Credit Suisse CEO's Bonus Blues Katharina Bart 2011
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The second is to further tinker with banker pay—to defer more of it, and/or have stronger claw-back provisions and the like.
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Still better would be to cut off the subsidies, claw-back the bonuses earned over the past two years, and break the bank up into smaller institutions that the Fed would not feel compelled to step in and save.
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The goal is to make the terms of a new deal retroactive, which means a huge claw-back of player salaries.
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