MASSEY'S BLANKENSHIP GETS PAY HIKE TO $6.1 MILLION

(08/09/2004)

Massey Energy's top executive Don Blankenship was the highest-paid executive with West Virginia connections last year. Massey is the state's largest coal company. Blankenship earned $6.1 million dollars in 2003. His pay package was increased by 56 percent since 2002. The pay increase came despite Massey Energy's loss of $40 million dollars in 2003.

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