Demaestro - 5:31 pm on Jan 3, 2011 (gmt 0)

speculation that Facebook might float on the stock market.

This is the new American way for execs of companies that aren't going to make huge profits to make huge salaries.

Donald Trump does this all the time, take a money loser like the Atlantic City Casinos, go public, pay yourself a huge amount to be an executive and pass the losses off to the investors.