NEW YORK (AP) — Profits at big U.S. companies broke records lastyear, and so did pay for CEOs.

The head of a typical public company made $9.6 million in 2011,according to an analysis by The Associated Press using data fromEquilar, an executive pay research firm.

That was up more than 6 percent from the previous year, and isthe second year in a row of increases. The figure is also thehighest since the AP began tracking executive compensation in2006.

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