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Sears Chief, Other CEOs Continue High-Flying Waysto an analysis of recent corporate filings by Footnoted.com , part of Morningstar. Former CEO of Massey Energy Don Blankenship , who departed the company in 2010, following an explosion in a Massey mine that killed 29, got $39 million in
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Is Massey Boss Mining Coal Again?notorious West Virginia coal boss Don Blankenship back in business? There are new indications that Blankenship may be attempting a return to firm. But what has become of Blankenship ? Kentucky state incorporation
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Government Investigation Faults Massey Energy in West Virginia Mine DisasterThe first government report on last year's explosion that killed 29 men in West Virginia's Upper Big Branch coal mine puts the blame squarely on the mine's owner and management. Massey Energy has long maintained that the 2010 disaster at the Massey-owned mine was caused by a massive release of
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'Just Ain't No Peace': Miners' Survivors Seek Answers, Healingallegedly obstructing the investigation and lying during questioning. No other charges have been filed. Embattled Massey CEO Don Blankenship left the company last year, collecting a $12 million retirement package. The company's stock recently hit
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95-Year-Old Senate Candidate 'Never Surprised' by Politicsof emotionally-charged argument. Prominent environmentalist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Massey Energy chairman Don Blankenship squared off in a public debate on the matter earlier this year. Hollywood actresses Daryl Hannah and Ashley Judd
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Mining Safety Device Disabled Before Deadly W.Va. Coal Blast, Workers SayEnergy has repeatedly released statements from CEO Don Blankenship indicating safety was a priority for the massive mining priority at the company was "running coal," a mantra Blankenship allegedly repeated often to convey the need for productivity
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Massey Energy Awarded Coal Boss $2 Million Bonus for Safety Numbers in 2009, Even as Mines Amassed Record Violations
than any other company, [CEO Don Blankenship ] got the maximum payout for bonus board members – all allies of Blankenship -- should be ousted at an upcoming Thursday that one reason they believe Blankenship has not been challenged more aggressively
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West Virginia Mine Disaster: Coal Company Directors Survive Shareholder Revoltdirect pointed questions at Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship . Among them was Daniel Pedrotty Investment. He told ABC News that Blankenship had no answer for questions was," Pedrotty said. " Blankenship 's response was that he
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Coal Boss Don Blankenship Has Full Support of Massey Energy Board
Coal boss Don Blankenship has the "full support" of his company's Therefore, we want to emphasize that Don Blankenship has the full support and confidence groups have indicated they could seek Blankenship 's removal as CEO at an annual meeting
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The Most Dangerous Mines in America
Six On the List Are Massey Energy Properties; Obama Orders Mine Safety Investigation
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“World News with Diane Sawyer” Increases Demo Audience by 8% and Total Viewing Audience by 3% Week-to-Week
World News” from West Virginia to cover the explosion at the Upper Big Branch mine. Sawyer interviewed Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship and “World News” continued its coverage throughout the week with David Muir and David Kerley reporting
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Feds Could Open Criminal Investigation Into Mine Explosion
to ABC News that the morning before the explosion, he was already en route to West Virginia to talk with Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship about repeated ventilation problems at the Upper Big Branch mine. Click Here for the Blotter Homepage.
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Coal Company Had Twice Settled Court Cases By Promising Safety Upgrades
controversial coal boss Don Blankenship has twice agreed to courtroom Virginia in part to meet with Blankenship and discuss the concerns echoed the comments made by Massey CEO Blankenship , the company said it has
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Safety Questions for Coal Mine CEOthe spotlight the chief executive of Massey Energy Don Blankenship . And just minutes ago He walked right here. message and everything and we're proud of them. And again Don Blankenship a lot of these families waiting for the chance to
for the man in the spotlight the chief executive of Massey Energy Don Blankenship . And just minutes ago He walked right here. -- message of thank you for talking with us as -- Well now amid-- The danger and everything and we're proud of them. And again Don Blankenship a lot of these families -- waiting for the chance to sit and. -
Safety Questions for Coal Mine CEOthe spotlight the chief executive of Massey Energy Don Blankenship . And just minutes ago He walked right here. message and everything and we're proud of them. And again Don Blankenship a lot of these families waiting for the chance to
for the man in the spotlight the chief executive of Massey Energy Don Blankenship . And just minutes ago He walked right here. -- message of thank you for talking with us as -- Well now amid-- The danger and everything and we're proud of them. And again Don Blankenship a lot of these families -- waiting for the chance to sit and. -
Nightline (04.06.10)million dollars. But the Massey CEO Don Blankenship told Diane Sawyer today that that the people at risk. The Massey CEO Blankenship told Diane Sawyer. That the rigid. My experience with Don Blankenship has been that he's an accountant
that there's a pattern of violations that the people at risk. The Massey CEO Blankenship told Diane Sawyer. That the huge number of safety violations did not mean the upper big branch mine was necessarily unsafe. This -
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that there's a pattern of violations that put people at risk the Massey CEO Blankenship told Diane Sawyer. That the huge number of safety violations did not mean the upper big branch mine was necessarily unsafe. This -
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reported extensively for Nightline on controversies involving Massey Energy Co. and CEO Don Blankenship . -- what can you tell us about -- safety record here. But -- this is the -- largest mining company in theany indication at this point what caused this explosion but what about. Massey CEO controversial guy Don Blankenship . Well Don Blankenship has become very controversial estrogen or he's been a major factor. In politics there is spending millions of dollars and raising millions -
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a pattern of violations that put people at risk. Despite -- jet Massey CEO Don Blankenship is a volatile controversial figure in West Virginia. He has raised millions of dollars on behalf of local politicians and State Supreme Court justices and became upset -- ABC news tried to ask him about it in 2008 yeah. I can't prove his critics see him as a symbol of corporate arrogance and greed in the coal industry my experience with -- Blankenship has been that he's an accountant bottom line guy and it's -- agency isn't resources on the bottom line. When two miners were killed in another Massey mine accident in 2006. The company pleaded guilty to ten counts of willfully ignoring safety laws and paid a then record fine of four point two million dollars. Lawyers in the case safer Blankenship . It was just a cost of doing -- I -- -- Brian thanks. You heard in Brian Ross is -- so many questions for the man in the spotlight the chief executive of Massey Energy Don Blankenship . -- just minutes ago He walked right here. -- -- of thank you for talking with us and you. Well now amid
