• Feds blast lavish bonuses for bankrupt Neiman Marcus’ execs

    Feds blast lavish bonuses for bankrupt Neiman Marcus’ execs

    The federal government is cracking down on fat bonuses for top executives of Neiman Marcus after The Post reported on the bankrupt chain’s controversial efforts to enrich its CEO. Henry Hobbs, the acting US Trustee overseeing Neiman’s Dallas, Tex., bankruptcy, blasted $10 million in bonuses Neiman has set aside for its senior staff, including CEO Geoffroy …
  • Post Malone delivered on bizarre bet after Patrick Mahomes destroyed him in beer pong

    Post Malone delivered on bizarre bet after Patrick Mahomes destroyed him in beer pong

    A Chiefs Super Bowl victory left a mark on Kansas City — and rapper Post Malone. After the team paraded the streets with the trophy on Feb. 5 to celebrate its Super Bowl LIV title, Malone extended an invitation to visit the Sprint Center before he was scheduled to perform at the Kansas City venue …
  • Kansas State athletes threaten boycott over student’s George Floyd tweet

    Kansas State athletes threaten boycott over student’s George Floyd tweet

    Athletes at Kansas State are threatening to boycott playing and other athletic department events if the school does not take action after a student’s George Floyd-related tweet. Jaden McNeil, the leader of the school’s American First Student organization on Thursday congratulated Floyd in a tweet “on being drug free for an entire month!” Floyd, a …
  • Hundreds Test Positive for Coronavirus at Tyson Foods Plant in Arkansas, Most Asymptomatic

    Hundreds Test Positive for Coronavirus at Tyson Foods Plant in Arkansas, Most Asymptomatic

    Hundreds of workers at Tyson Foods poultry plant in Arkansas have tested positive for coronavirus, though most of the workers who tested positive are asymptomatic. Out of 3,748 Tyson employees tested in Benton and Washington Counties, 481 were found to have coronavirus, with 455 of those patients reporting no symptoms. The outbreak was centered at …
  • Elon Musk earns performance-based Tesla payout worth $775M

    Elon Musk earns performance-based Tesla payout worth $775M

    Elon Musk is officially in the money. The Tesla CEO on Thursday became eligible to cash in on a controversial payday which could see him pocket more than $700 million. The electric automaker said in a filing that its board had certified the operational milestone needed to unlock the first award in Musk’s eye-popping $50 …
  • SoftBank Vision Fund head Rajeev Misra’s pay doubled in 2019 amid company losses

    SoftBank Vision Fund head Rajeev Misra’s pay doubled in 2019 amid company losses

    SoftBank Vision Fund’s head, Rajeev Misra, saw his total pay for the past business year more than double to 1.6 billion yen ($14.8 million), even as the fund’s underperformance pushed SoftBank to a record $13 billion operating loss. The figure was second only to remuneration for SoftBank Group Chief Operating Officer Marcelo Claure, which rose …
  • Companies protect CEO compensation as workers suffer furloughs, layoffs

    Companies protect CEO compensation as workers suffer furloughs, layoffs

    Sonic Automotive, which operates 95 US car dealerships, started laying off and furloughing about a third of its workforce as the coronavirus pandemic crushed its sales. Then, it changed its executives’ pay packages — handing them a multimillion-dollar windfall. On April 10, Sonic’s board gave its top executives stock options to replace performance-based share awards, …
  • Pizzeria owner makes money placing orders for own store on DoorDash app

    Pizzeria owner makes money placing orders for own store on DoorDash app

    A Kansas restauranteur was able to make some dough placing orders at his own pizzeria through the food delivery app DoorDash, according to a report. The owner of AJ’s NY Pizzeria said he only learned that his business was on the delivery app after receiving complaints about orders, according to strategist Ranjan Roy, a friend …
  • Coronavirus to shrink Wall Street bonuses as much as 30 percent

    Coronavirus to shrink Wall Street bonuses as much as 30 percent

    Wall Street bonuses for 2020 could fall by as much as 25 percent to 30 percent due to the deep cuts to revenues recorded by banks and hedge funds earlier this year as a result of the novel coronavirus, according to a report published Wednesday by compensation consulting firm Johnson Associates. While most compensation is …
  • Sammy Watkins reveals his alcohol, depression ‘war’ in NFL

    Sammy Watkins reveals his alcohol, depression ‘war’ in NFL

    The Bills needed a difference-maker. It had been 15 years since they’d made the playoffs. So, they gave up three draft picks — including a pair of first-rounders — to move up and land the most impactful talent available with the fourth pick in the 2014 NFL Draft. Aaron Donald and Khalil Mack were on …