In contrast, the CEO's total pay tends to increase in the years after a publicly disclosed cyber attack, finds a new study.
If oil prices remain at current levels, at some point bond investors may no longer be willing to support the shrinking enterprise.
To drive shareholder returns in health care, CFOs should stress financial policies that build financial flexibility rather than leverage.
The auction house is eliminating its dividend and repatriating foreign earnings as it increases its share repurchase program by $200 million.
Supermarket chain's CEO says its investor-friendly moves reflect a "blockbuster" 2014 and confidence in its long-term performance.
Repurchases or dividends were listed as among the use of proceeds in $58 billion of recent bond issues.
The numbers are still being totaled, but S&P 500 companies are estimated to have handed back almost $900 billion in cash to shareholders last year.
The amount of profits dedicated to shareholder payouts is up 10 percentage points from the long-term average.
