Page 26 - Stock Value News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

The third straight month, continuing what has been the biggest jump in manufacturing since the economy began to turn around. new analysis out this week further supported the positive signs that corporate america is on the mend. the s&p 500, that's the index that tracks the stock value of the country's 500 leading companies, is up more than 120% since march of 2009. heck, the dollar gained strength this week, and all just in time for wall street bankers to get the most out of their bonuses which on average increased nearly 10% this year. did your pay? yes, it is good to be a corporation these d...

Succeeded, neither, shep, has it failed. shep? >> shepard: jonathan hunt at the united nations for us. well, it was a huge day on wall street. as stocks soared to the best trading session since the presidential election since nearly two weeks ago. if you have been afraid to peek at your 401(k) it might not be a bad idea now. the dow up 207 points. nasdaq up 63. s&p up to 27. apple had biggest single day gain since way back in april. a jump in stock value of more than 7%. the fox business network anchor gerri willis is with us now from her studio. what else was behind today's big jump. >> i thi...

>> and we aanother golden parac for a job that was not so well done. citigroup's former ceo. >> just to give people perspective, the head of goldman sachs pre the financial crisis made $68 million. pandit left some $24 million on the table if he accepts this deal. he basically got fired for this job. the bank's stock value has plummeted. but he isn't necessarily getting all the money that he was necessarily owed. depending on where you live, you can decide, i'm not putting a judgment on it. but it almost got $7 million for a job that the board thinks was not very good. >> cnbc's brian shactman...

A new study disproves a popular belief that spending money on lobbyists and political contribution yields big benefits for businesses. researchers from rice university in texas and long island university in new york found the opposite to be true. according to their work, companies that spend more money on political interests typically performed worse financially. i'm joined by the assistant professor of management at long island university and co-author of that study. good to have you here. as we talk about this, it analyzed the stock value of more than 940 companies in the s & p -- >> 1500. >...

>> mr. diamond is going to have to explain to his shareholders what went wrong. you've heard him use language like an egregious mistake. he said this was a self-inflicted wound but there's a lot of oether issues on the table. not only the $2 billion loss in their hedging strategy but the fact that some shareholders want to split his role as chairman and c.e.o. they want to split that to you two separate roles and there's the discussion of the compensation package. you guys were joking about that but there's going to be a nonbinding vote. does jamie diamond deserve the compensation he's owed? w...