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Seattle Fans Crow About Troubles in OKC

By Tom ZillerNov 20th 2008 – 2:10PM

Things aren't terrific in Oklahoma City. The Thunder had trouble selling out the Ford Center early this season, though the sales team managed to fill the building for Wednesday's epic matchup with the similarly terrible Clippers. (Mad daps; that's the upset of the year so far.) But more fans in the house meant there was a...

The Oklahoma City Sonic Boomers? Ugh

By Tom ZillerJun 4th 2008 – 5:00PM

Don't worry, that awful suggestion has not stuck or anything. But it was a suggestion Sonics minority owner Aubrey McClendon sent to a friend back in July 2006, according to a list of evidence buried in pre-trial documents published by the Tacoma News-Tribune in advance of the team's court date with the city of Seattle and...

How To Tell If Sonics Ownership is Lying ...

By Tom ZillerMay 25th 2008 – 7:00AM

Via Deadspin, the Sonics ownership got caught with its jubjub in a grinder again. The Seattle Times published quotes from another set of incriminating emails again Saturday, these ones hosting Aubrey McClendon as the star. McClendon, you'll remember, last summer told an Oklahoma publication that the OKC-based ownership...

More Emails Haunt the Sonics Owners

By Matt WatsonApr 25th 2008 – 1:30AM

From now on, I'm guessing Clay Bennett and the rest of the Sonics ownership group will stick to telegraph and messenger pigeon, or at the very least conference calls. Even more emails have emerged that put the group in bad light, suggesting they never intended to keep the Sonics in Seattle (shocking!), and that the NBA...

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On top of big salaries, companies pile on perks

May 25th 2012 - 06:08AM

-In the small world of big CEOs, the perks can be spectacular.

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Typical CEO made $9.6M last year, AP study finds

May 25th 2012 - 06:04AM

NEW YORK -Profits at big U.S. companies broke records last year, and so did pay for CEOs. The head of a typical public company made $9.6 million in 2011, according to an analysis by The Associated Press using data from Equilar, an executive pay research firm.

THE HUFFINGTON POST - BUSINESS

Struggling Energy Company Gets Big Loan

May 14th 2012 - 03:09PM

Chesapeake Energy Corp. has received a $3 billion loan from Goldman Sachs and Jefferies Group, giving the company more time to sell assets and lower its debt.

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Chesapeake Energy receives $3 billion loan

By Helle Chapman May 12th 2012 - 01:32PM

NEW YORK -Chesapeake Energy Corp. has received a $3 billion loan from Goldman Sachs and Jefferies Group, giving the company more time to sell assets and lower its debt.

THE HUFFINGTON POST - BUSINESS

Chesapeake Story Now Even Wilder

May 09th 2012 - 08:47AM

In the weeks before Chesapeake Energy CEO Aubrey McClendon was stripped of his chairmanship over his personal financial dealings, he arranged an additional $450 million loan from a longtime backer, according to a person familiar with the transaction.

AubreyMcclendon News From the Web

  • 05/26/12 Median compensation for top CEOs hits $9.6 million Source: The Eagle Citizen Profits at big U.S. companies broke records last year, and so did pay for CEOs. The head of a typical public company made $9.6 million in 2011, according to an analysis by The Associated Press using data from Equilar, an executive pay research firm.
  • 05/26/12 Icahn spends $785M on Chesapeake Energy stake -... Source: Stockwatch - Cyprus Activist investor Carl Icahn has taken a sizable stake in Chesapeake Energy Corp. and is calling for at least four of company's directors to be replaced.
  • 05/25/12 Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP Encourages Investors Who Suffered... Source: PR Newswire NEW YORK , May 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP, a leading national securities law firm, is investigating potential securities fraud at Chesapeake Energy Corporation ("Chesapeake" or the "Company") (NYSE: CHK).    (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120119/MM38856LOGO ) Chesapeake CEO Aubrey K. McClendon ("McClendon") currently owns roughly 1.35 million shares of Chesapeake stock (presently worth approximately $24 million ).
  • 05/25/12 Volatility 'Has Pushed Nearly All North American Shale... Source: The Business Insider While record-low prices have been a boon for consumers, producers have been devastated, according to a Dutch industry expert.
  • 05/25/12 American CEOs hauled in record pay in 2011 Source: NBC - KULR-8 - Billings MT 73 percent of the votes cast for or against were against.

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