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CEO pay at largest companies exceeds pre-recession level

NEW YORK (AP) -- In the boardroom, it's as if the Great Recession never happened. CEOs at the nation's largest companies were paid better last year than they were in 2007, when the economy was booming, the stock market set a record high and unemployment was roughly half what it is today.

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