Subprime crisis choked the US economy, shareholders lost piles of wealth, employees feared layoffs, but chief exceutives had a 3.5 per cent pay increaseRACHEL BECK &
NEW YORK, june 16: As the American economy slowed to a crawl and stockholders watched their money evaporate, CEO pay still chugged to yet more dizzying heights last year, an Associated Press analysis shows.

