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Executive Pay Statisics: 49 Percent Pay Increase In Britain This Year

We had spotted some stats on CEO Pay stats before - we spotted this today:

"The annual average pay of executives, including chief executives and finance chiefs, at Britain’s 100 largest publicly listed companies rose to £2.7 million, or $4.3 million, according to research by Incomes Data Services published Friday. Chief executives received an average 43.5 percent pay increase, to £3.9 million, the report said. The FTSE 100 share index rose 15.8 percent in the period from February last year to April 2011."

Statistics Source: NYTimes

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