The last word in Hollywood executive perks rests with the judge.

Executive perks were also a stumbling block in the talks, he said.

At Brooks, executive perks are few and far between.

It also sharpened "focus on disclosure of executive perks", according to its press release.

Compensation managers, therefore, must decide whether to curtail executive perks, or give them to more employees.

When it comes to executive perks, country club memberships and corporate jets are relatively routine.

But another executive close to the talks said, "I've never heard of a deal that collapsed because of executive perks."

Several experts said such memberships could prove attractive, especially to Japanese companies that could use them as executive perks.

G.E. did not have to pay a penalty in the matter but agreed to disclose all such executive perks in the future.

Banking analysts have long criticized Riggs for its executive perks as the bank's profitability dwindled.

To cut costs further, the bank reduced interest rates on deposits and ended executive perks like country club memberships and company cars.

Much has been written about lofty executive salaries, but executive perks, not pay, are the primary cause of employee resentment.

In most firms, top management incentives are thinly disguised executive perks: not in Hanson.

By declining the usual executive perks he stood as a model for future generations of Intel CEOs.

Clarifying the Purpose The purpose in limiting deductions for club dues, she argued, is not to go after executive perks.

A closer look at the tense negotiations between American Airlines and its unions shows how the revelation of executive perks almost drove American into bankruptcy.

In the article, Mr. Kozlowski bragged about his disdain for fancy headquarters offices and executive perks like country club memberships.

Facing greater scrutiny, at least a dozen boards, including those at Lockheed Martin and Washington Mutual, eliminated all or some executive perks last year.

Yet the 90's are ushering in some shifts in car consciousness - decidedly downscale, as budgets, star salaries and executive perks have dropped from their 80's peaks.

Condé Nast Publications, a unit of Advance Publications that is known for its executive perks and salaries, is also in the bonus game.

The amounts of money spent on executive perks - as tallied in the catch-all category labeled "other compensation" - vary widely, and they rise and fall inexplicably.

That change speaks volumes about the difference between the decades, of course, but what may be equally revealing are the kinds of executive perks that have not gone under the knife.

The store also began taking tough financial measures, including cutting payroll costs, trimming executive perks and bringing in more concessions - individual retailers who sell their own products, using their own staff, in the store.

Getting the scuttlebutt about salary discrepancies, executive perks, kickbacks, nepotism, conflicts of interest and the like "benefits those excluded from power more than it helps those who exercise power since the former have less to hide."

By lowering the disclosure limit for executive perks to $10,000, from $50,000, as the current draft of the proposal contemplates, companies would be required to provide more information about a wide range of benefits that often go undetected or are imprecisely described.