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U.S. securities regulators proposed Wednesday giving investors a greater say on executive pay at companies that have received taxpayer funds, as requested by Congress.
The Securities and Exchange Commission voted unanimously to give shareholders an advisory vote on executive pay at more than 500 companies that received funds under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP).
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The $700 billion bailout program was enacted in 2008 to prop up the banking system, including large, systemically important banks like Bank of America[BAC
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However, a number of other industries had begged for government assistance.
Now insurers such as Hartford Financial Services Group[HIG
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