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Dow Jones has amended its compensation plans so that the senior managers could take sizable severance payments with them if they're forced out after a sale. "It looks to me like the handwriting is on the wall," says an executive compensation consultant. "The fact that they are expanding this and taking these various actions suggests to me a distinct possibility that the board thinks this deal is going to happen. Otherwise, you don’t go this far down the path." || Related Wall Street Journal
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