Jim Hightower's "Icky" Awards -- Who Are the Greediest, Grossest Corporate Hogs?

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AlterNet / By Jim Hightower

Hightower's "Icky" Awards -- Who Are the Greediest, Grossest Corporate Hogs?
This coveted corporate prize goes to the group of CEOs whose performances in the past 12 months exhibit the best combination of greediness, goofiness and grossness.

May 19, 2010 |


It's not nearly as well known as an Emmy or Grammy, but the annual awarding of the "Icky" often produces high drama, fierce competition and gasps of surprise.

This coveted corporate prize goes to the group of CEOs whose performances in the past 12 months exhibit the best combination of greediness, goofiness and grossness.

Of course, top Wall Street Bankers were heavily favored to win the 2010 Icky hands-down, having claimed the prize for two years running and continuing to perform at a breathtaking level of hubris and narcissism. Their assertion early this year that they "deserved" the $140 billion in executive bonuses they grabbed for themselves was a stunner, causing even some of Wall Street's former chieftains to gag at the excess. They looked like sure winners.

Last month, however -- from out of nowhere -- an upstart challenger for the Icky literally erupted onto the scene. On April 20, the Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, and the top executives of BP, Halliburton and Transocean suddenly made themselves contenders. ............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.alternet.org/story/146914/hightower%27s_%22icky%22_awards_--_who_are_the_greediest%2C_grossest_corporate_hogs_/

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1. Halliburton -- always a contender. BP -- returning champ, not down yet.

Transocean's the up and comer.

Goldman Sachs was a shoe-in before this. Perhaps Jim Hightower should break up the awards. They can call BP winner of the Slimey, GS can keep the Icky.

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2. PROFIT?

They might actually make a $373 million profit???
WTF is wrong with this picture?