Highest Paid CEOs For 2008 From S&P 500

The following is a list of the 10 highest-paid CEOs for 2008 (Standard & Poor's 500 companies). Yes there are bankers in the list. The total pay figures are rounded and are based upon:

• Bonuses
• Perks
• Preferential interest rates on pay set aside for later
• Salary
• Value (estimates) of stock options & stock awards

The list:

• 1. Aubrey McClendon, Chesapeake Energy Corp., $112.5 million
• 2. Sanjay Jha, Motorola Inc., $104.4 million
• 3. Robert Iger, Walt Disney Co., $51.1 million
• 4. Lloyd Blankfein, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., $42.9 million
• 5. Kenneth Chenault, American Express Co., $42.9 million
• 6. Vikram Pandit, Citigroup Inc., $38.2 million
• 7. Steven Farris, Apache Corp., $37.2 million
• 8. Louis Camilleri, Philip Morris International Inc., $36.9 million
• 9. Kevin Johnson, Juniper Networks Inc., $36.1 million
• 10. Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan Chase & Co., $35.7 million

It's Been A Good Week For The Apprentice 2008 Winner Lee McQueen

Lee McQueen:

It's been a good week for Lee McQueen, winner of BBC's The Apprentice 2008, as he clinches his first deal, a five-year contract with BP for Alan Sugar's company Amscreen. Lee has been working for Amscreen, an out-of-home digital-signage division of Amshold, since winning The Apprentice last year. A good running time in the London Marathon tomorrow will top the week off for Lee.

The Independent Newspaper article - My Week: Lee McQueen - is here.

Andrew Johnston - Britain's Got Talent 2008

The bullied choir boy from Scotland, Andrew Johnston, singing Pie Jesu on Britain's Got Talent 2008.