C-Suite

Top executives at three companies bailed out by U.S. taxpayers during the 2008 financial crisis were ordered to take pay cuts by the federal government.

An Associated Press analysis shows Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman was paid compensation worth $13 million in 2011, a 15 percent drop from the previous year.

Coal producer Alpha Natural Resources Inc. CEO Kevin Crutchfield received a pay package valued at more than $6.7 million in 2011, down 21 percent from 2010, according to an Associated Press analysis of a regulatory filing.

Forty percent of workers say they have not met their CEOs, according to a new CareerBuilder survey of more than 7,000 full-time workers.

A growing number of chief executives at large U.S. companies say they are more optimistic about the economy and plan to step up hiring. The brighter view from the boardroom comes after the best three months of job growth in two years.

Companies that provide their CEOs with high pay opportunities typically receive lower levels of shareholder support for their say-on-pay votes than those with smaller pay opportunities, according to a new study by Towers Watson.

New research from Prudential Financial shows employers are going to be relying heavily on improved technology to tackle cost burdens and to streamline the benefits process.

Removing confidential files from the workplace tops the list of what workers dread most in work situations, a new survey from Harris Interactive shows. Yet, 90 percent of Americans admit they believe it's being done.