Honchos> At Comerica, $202,928 in Country Club Fees

Country club initiation fees tend to be one of those closely held secrets that rarely see the public light. While it’s easy enough to compare greens fees online, especially at public or semi-private courses, initiation fees are next to impossible to find, especially at the most exclusive country clubs. After all, as the saying goes, [...]

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Honchos> At Southern Union, a President With Ties to a Law

When Eric D. Herschmann was named last May as president and chief operating officer of Southern Union, a Houston-based natural gas company, he continued to be a partner at the law firm of Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman. Southern Union also happens to be a very good client of the law firm, where Mr. Herschmann [...]

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Honchos> Ponying Up for Politics at Halliburton

Some companies frown upon their top executives getting too entrenched in politics. But Halliburton actually seems to be encouraging political giving, by matching top executives’ contributions to an in-house political action committee with donations to nonprofits.In the proxy that the company filed Monday, Halliburton disclosed it had spent $

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