Compensation for the highest-paid chief executives at public companies fell in 2008, largely dragged down by smaller bonuses, including the executive who earned the most—Motorola's Sanjay K. Jha.

Walt Disney has cut an undisclosed number of workers at its domestic parks this month in a previously announced plan to consolidate behind-the-scenes operations for Walt Disney World in Florida and Disneyland in California, a spokesman said.