Marc Benioff's right-hand man could make another $200,000 after Salesforce finally lets its top execs get raises again (CRM)

A year after Salesforce cut CEO Marc Benioff's total pay and froze other top executives' pay to appease shareholder complaints, the company has decided to loosen its purse strings. While Benioff isn't getting a salary bump, several of his top officers are getting raises which impact their salaries and their bonuses. A year ago, Salesforce made headlines when it gave its flamboyant founder, CEO Marc Benioff, a 60% pay cut and froze his salary and cash bonus in response to investor concerns that its executive pay and perks were excessive.

Welch vs Bezos

General Electric is a great example. Former CEO Jack Welch went into the corporate history books as the best American CEO ever. In his book, Welch raved that from the early 2000s GE always beat Wall Street estimates.

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U.S. Supreme Court liberals sceptical of American Express merchant fees

Liberal U.S. Supreme Court justices on Monday sharply questioned American Express Co (AXP.N) over its policy of forbidding merchants from encouraging customers to use rival credit cards with lower fees, a practice that some states and the Trump administration have concluded violates federal antitrust law. The high court heard about an hour of arguments in an appeal by the states, led by Ohio, of a 2016 ruling by a lower court in New York that cleared American Express of unlawfully stifling competition through its so-called anti-steering provisions in contracts with merchants. While liberal Justices Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor and Stephen Breyer signaled hostility toward the company's policy, conservative Justice Neil Gorsuch indicated support for American Express.

Trudell Holdings Joins the Vipar Heavy Duty Network

Wisconsin-based Trudell Holding, known locally as Trudell Trailers, has joined the Vipar Heavy Duty network of distributors as a stockholder.

Trudell offers a broad selection of heavy duty aftermarket parts for trucks and trailers, along with tools and equipment and shop supplies. The company has several locations in the Midwest serving fleets, independent service facilities, municipalities, and owner-operators.

Trudell also recently acquired Northeast Great Dane with locations in New Jersey, New York, and Massachusetts.

“The management team at Trudell is focused on honest, open and trustworthy customer relationships,” said Jim Pennig, vice president of business development, Vipar Heavy Duty. “Their entire team is committed to treating each customer with respect while providing them superior quality products and services. We look forward to helping Trudell expand their business with the industry leading brands we represent and are pleased to welcome them to the Vipar Heavy Duty family.”

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AT&T Integrates Geotab Tracking Platform into Fleet Management Solution

AT&T's Fleet Managment solutions have integrated Geotab's fleet tracking platform. Photo: AT&T

AT&T has integrated Geotab's fleet tracking platform with the company's fleet software solutions portfolio to create a comprehensive fleet management platform for enterprise and government.

AT&T Fleet Management for Enterprise and AT&T Fleet Management for Government are designed to increase productivity, control costs, improve safety, and manage compliance for fleet customers.

The new full-service solution is aimed at the needs of small business, enterprise and government fleet customers.

AT&T's Fleet Management solution features include:

• Streamlined dispatch with real-time GPS routing
• Improved fuel and maintenance cost management by monitoring driver behavior
• Faster and more accurate customer service
• Location and status monitoring for equipment
• The ability to manage tasks of workers in the field

“Geotab's award-winning telematics solution with our IoT platforms and nationwide data network is a winning combination for fleets of all sizes. We use it for our own fleet of company vehicles,” said Chris Penrose, president, Internet of Things Solutions, AT&T. “Now we can help businesses and government customers look holistically at vehicles, assets and mobile workers from a single analytics-based platform.”

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Trump Org. donates foreign profits but won’t say how much

The Trump Organization said Monday it has made good on the president's promise to donate profits from foreign government spending at its hotels to the U.S. Treasury, but neither the company nor the government ...