The 5 highest-paid female CEOs of 2014 | ||
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Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer was the highest-paid female executive last year, taking home $42.1 million, according to a new list from The New York Times. However, Mayer's haul still puts her at just 14th overall for highest-paid CEOs. Thirteen male CEOs made more than she did. In fact, of the 200 chief executives on The Times' list, only 13 were women. Additionally, The Times reports, "their average pay, $20 million, is 9.4% less than $22.6 million overall average." The highest-paid CEO overall in 2014 was David Zaslav, who made $156.1 million for leading Discovery Communications. Here's what the top 5 female CEOs made, and how they ranked overall:
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Boca barred from Copa Libertadores for 'toxic liquid' attack | ||
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Asuncion (AFP) - Historic Argentinian side Boca Juniors will play no further role this season in South America's top continental club competition the Copa Libertadores after being barred by the South American Confederation following last Thursday's attack on River Plate players. Boca must also pay a US$200,000 fine and play their next four matches behind closed doors as punishment for the incident which saw the players from arch-rivals River Plate -- who will progress to the quarter-finals as a result of the decision -- subjected to an attack by a toxic liquid substance. The match was called off after 45 minutes with the score 0-0 -- played at Boca's stadium in front of 60,000 fans with them trailing 1-0 after the first leg. "CONMEBOL's disciplinary commission has decided to exclude Boca Juniors from the 2015 Copa Libertadores," read the statement from the governing body. River Plate players were returning for the second half when a fan or fans apparently released a chemical irritant into the inflatable tunnel leading from the dressing rooms to the pitch. The attack left several players rubbing their eyes in agony as teammates desperately threw water in their faces to try to relieve the pain. Doctors said four players suffered first-degree burns. Media reports initially said the substance was pepper spray, but Boca club president Daniel Angelici said that was incorrect. "It wasn't pepper spray, it was a toxic liquid," he said. Television images showed a Boca fan with his face covered, apparently introducing something into the inflatable tunnel from the seating area behind it. Prosecutors investigated the incident on the basis of that footage. They also analysed the jerseys of the burned players to determine exactly what the substance was, and impounded the tunnel for analysis. Boca's iconic stadium, the Bombonera, was closed Friday morning after the previous night's mayhem, which outraged commentators said marked a new low for Argentina's violence-plagued football matches. "If there was any dignity left in Argentine football, it was torn to shreds last night at the Bombonera," said an editorial in newspaper Pagina/12. "Football and its leadership have hit bottom." Join the conversation about this story »  | ||
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Dozens dead in fighting for ancient Syrian city of Palmyra | ||
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Beirut (AFP) - Syrian government troops and militia put up fierce resistance on Sunday to an Islamic State group assault on one of the jewels of the country's heritage, ancient Palmyra. At least 23 regime loyalists and 29 jihadists were killed as IS overran northern neighbourhoods of the adjacent modern town of Tadmur late on Saturday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The Britain-based watchdog reported heavy artillery exchanges in the west of the town, close to the UNESCO-listed world heritage site. But Syrian antiquities chief Mamoun Abdulkarim said clashes had subsided by mid-morning as troops pushed IS out of the northern part of the adjacent modern town of Tadmur. "We have good news today, we feel much better," he told AFP by phone, saying he was in contact with staff in Palmyra every half an hour. "There was no damage to the ruins, but this does not mean we should not be afraid," Abdulkarim added. IS had brought up reinforcements from its stronghold in the Euphrates Valley to the east after sustaining heavy losses in its advance on the oasis town northeast of Damascus, provincial governor Talal Barazi told AFP. The town's peacetime population of 70,000 has been swamped by an influx of civilians fleeing the IS advance. "We are taking all necessary precautions, and we are working on securing humanitarian aid quickly in fear of mass fleeing from the city," Barazi said. Abdulkarim voiced extreme concern for the ancient site and its adjacent museum, in light of the destruction wreaked by IS on pre-Islamic sites like Nimrud and Hatra in neighbouring Iraq. The antiquities chief said he had been "living in a state of terror" that IS would destroy Palmyra's well-preserved architecture, regarded as one of the jewels of the ancient Middle East. Join the conversation about this story »  | ||
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Egypt hangs six convicted Islamist militants | ||
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Cairo (AFP) - Egyptian authorities hanged six men convicted of carrying out attacks in the name of the country's leading jihadist movement which has pledged loyalty to the Islamic State group, police said. It was not immediately clear when they were executed. The six men had been sentenced to death by a military tribunal. Join the conversation about this story »  | ||
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