&lt;strong&gt;June 2010:&lt;/strong&gt; Pay for Silicon Valley&#039;s top executives in 2009 declined about 4.5 percent from the year previous. But  some companies that failed to make money rewarded their bosses with relatively bounteous sums. &lt;br&gt; &lt;img src=&quot;http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site568/2009/0105/20090105_014658_bluedot_4x7.gif&quot;&gt;  &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/ci_15270839&quot;&gt;Examining the pay survey&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;
 &lt;br&gt; &lt;img src=&quot;http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site568/2009/0105/20090105_014658_bluedot_4x7.gif&quot;&gt;  &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/ci_15272782&quot;&gt;O&#039;Brien: How compensation hurts innovation&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;br&gt; &lt;img src=&quot;http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site568/2009/0105/20090105_014658_bluedot_4x7.gif&quot;&gt;  &lt;strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;/ci_15271381&quot;&gt;Cassidy: What the rest of us made in Silicon Valley&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/strong&gt; 