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At least 99 companies in the Standard & Poors 500 Index paid their CEOs at or below what pay expert Graef Crystal calls their going rate last year.

Democrats are trying to avoid a repeat of the 2010 midterms, in which Republicans capitalized on sentiment against President Obama and the health-care law passed that year to win control of the House and additional seats in the Senate.

Intel Corp.s Brian Krzanich, a 32-year veteran of the chipmaker who was elevated to chief executive officer last May, saw his compensation last year drop 40 percent from 2012, when he received a large stock award.

Morgan Stanley Chief Financial Officer Ruth Porat called the low number of women running U.S. companies an embarrassment that shows the need for new laws.

The constant inflow of millennials into the workforce poses new challenges to employers hoping to find the best ways to keep their employees from moving on.

TriNet went public last week, selling off 15 million shares at $16 a pop. By the end of the first days trading, the company and its investors were $240 million richer. By Monday afternoon, shares were still trading well above the launch price, at nearly $22.