Executives at Long Island public companies, in general, had a good year in 2010, as business rebounded and shareholders reaped gains. But high-tech executives took home the highest compensation, according to an examination of proxy data compiled for Long Island Business News by the Melville-based accounting firm Holtz Rubenstein Reminick. "People were beating the hell out of CEOs, saying they shouldn't be making so much money," said Lawrence J. Waldman, partner in charge of commercial audit practice development at Holtz Rubenstein Reminick, of a two-year rebound. "It seems that the bugaboo about compensation has been lifted." In a year when real estate and banking - among Long Island's biggest industries - fell from lofty perches, tech companies performed and

Source: TMC Net