Sharp increase in US CEO salaries in 2010. Median CEO earnings in 500 of the biggest quoted companies in the US increased by a rate of $12 million in 2010, according to a report from GovernanceMetrics International (GMI). This is an 18% increase on 2009 rates. This amount includes all areas of remuneration that bosses in the hard-hitting companies in the economy can command (fixed and variable salaries, share bonuses, payment in kind, etc.). Pay trends for these big shots are still below...