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Sears CEO Louis D'Ambrosio received a compensation package valued at $9.9 million last year, most of it in stock awards.

Ford CEO Alan Mulally netted $34.5 million worth of company shares as a reward for leading the auto maker's turnaround.

AT&T's board of directors has reportedly moved to slash CEO Randall Stephenson's 2011 compensation by more than $2 million due to the executive's role in the unsuccessful attempt to acquire competitor T-Mobile.

The tech world was abuzz Monday when the compensation package for Apple's new CEO Tim Cook was released. The total for 2011? $378 million.

A new Microsoft SEC filing published late Thursday revealed that the company punished its CEO Steve Ballmer for his inability to turn around the company's struggling mobile efforts so far. The proxy statement notes that his total compensation of $1.35 million, including a $670,000 base salary and a matching bonus, was lower than in 2008 due to the "unsuccessful launch of the Kin" and "a loss of market share" for Windows Mobile. The Compensation Committee singled out the absence of a real Windows tablet rival through a need to "take advantage of new form factors."

H-P's new CEO Leo Apotheker will get nearly $15 million in bonuses and initial stock awards for taking over the technology giant. His annual salary will be $1.2 million.

Occidental Petroleum chairman and CEO Ray Irani received $31.4 million in total compensation in 2009, a 39.4% increase over the previous year.