THE WEEK’S WINNERS AND LOSERS
WINNERS
LEON BLACK
While his Linens ‘n Things chain is ailing, the Apollo Management founder is one of three partners to split $1 billion in compensation.
CARL ICAHN
After winning battle with Motorola to spin off mobile phone business, he gets to quarterback process as well.
MARK MAYS
CEO of Clear Channel sitting pretty after he is allowed to continue his lawsuit versus balky banks involved in his
$19.5B buyout.
LOSERS
GERARD ARPEY
CEO of American Airlines, which grounded over 3,000 flights this week, made thousands of enemies. Enough said.
ALAN GREENSPAN
Former Fed chief forced to go on offensive to defend record as volume of critics gets louder.
JEFF IMMELT
GE top dog misses Wall Street estimates for Q4 profits sending his shares down nearly 13 percent, and markets
around the world into a dive.