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Venture capitalists’ huge pay is tempting fate

  In recent days, prominent venture capital funds have come out with survival tips for their portfolio companies. While asking startup founders to tighten their belt is sound advice, it’s worth wondering when venture capital titans might be urged by their investors to scale back their own pay, too. Their compensation has been rising fast. Last year, median cash pay ...

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ECB needs to reset EU’s monetary policy

  Inflation in the euro area surged to 8.1% in the year to May, yet again higher than expected. Up to now, despite signs that inflation was getting entrenched, the European Central Bank (ECB) had chosen to stand pat. It had its reasons, but they’re no longer persuasive. The ECB’s task is difficult, to put it mildly — and only ...

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Frontier’s Spirit bid buoyed by new fee, Glass Lewis backing

Bloomberg Frontier Group Holdings Inc sweetened the terms of its takeover offer for Spirit Airlines Inc and won support from a key proxy advisory firm, giving the ultra-discount carrier new momentum as it tries to fend off a rival bid by JetBlue Airways Corp. Frontier agreed to pay $250 million, or $2.23 a share, to Spirit if the deal collapses ...

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