AOL Money & Finance Best and Worst in Money Poll Reveals Donald Trump Most Annoying Money Personality -- His Hair Wins as Worst Signature Style.Poll Also Finds Lee Raymond, ExxonMobil Most Overpaid o·ver·pay v. o·ver·paid , o·ver·pay·ing, o·ver·pays v.tr. 1. To pay (a party) too much. 2. To pay an amount in excess of (a sum due). v.intr. To pay too much. CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. -- Paris Hilton Named as Most Overpaid Celebrity DULLES, Va. -- AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. Money & Finance (http://money.aol.com ) today released the results of its Best and Worst in Money 2006 poll* (http://money.aol.com/best-and-worst-in-money-2006/ ) as voted on by AOL users. The poll ran from December 3rd - December 25th, 2006, and asked users to vote for their choice of a number of items for 2006. According to the poll, Donald Trump was named the Most Annoying Money Personality with 44% of the votes, edging out Suze Orman (20%), Jim Cramer (19%) and Mark Cuban (18%). Trump's hair had little competition in the category of Worst Signature Style with 86% of the vote. Simon Cowell's second place black t-shirt wasn't even close, with just 10% of the vote. Steve Jobs' mock turtleneck (3%) and Warren Buffett's glasses (1%) rounded out the category. In the category for Most Overpaid CEO, Lee Raymond, who retired this year from ExxonMobil with the largest retirement package in history valued at nearly $400 million, won easily with 52% of the vote. Barry Diller, IAC (1) (InterApplication Communications) The interprocess communications capability in the Macintosh starting with System 7.0. Many IAC events take place behind the scenes. (16%), Bob Nardelli, Home Depot (13%) and Terry Semel, Yahoo (8%), were the runners-up. Socialite Paris Hilton, founder of Heiress Records, a record label whose only release is a Paris Hilton album, was also an award-winner garnering 51% of the vote for in the Most Overpaid Celebrity category. Tom Cruise (22%), Oprah Winfrey (18%) and Britney Spears (9%) followed. Other winners included: Money Story of the Year - Gas Prices Up-and-Comer Award - YouTube Tycoon Most Wish Would Go Broke - Saudi Arabian Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Biggest Fall From Grace - George W. Bush Most Overused Buzzword A term that refers to the latest technology or a term that sounds catchy. If not a flash in the pan, new technologies become mainstream. For example, Java was a hot buzzword in the 1990s, but should remain a major topic for decades. - Real estate bubble This article is about the general phenomenon of housing bubbles. For housing bubbles in various countries, see below. A real estate bubble or property bubble (or housing bubble Stock You're Rooting For - Ford Motor Dumbest Moment in Business - Northwest Airlines' dumpster diving tips (as part of a booklet given to laid off workers offering 101 ways to save money) A complete list of results and stories related to all of the nominees can be found on AOL Money & Finance at http://money.aol.com/best-and-worst-in-money-2006 . *Poll results are not scientific and reflect the opinions of only those users who chose to participate. About AOL AOL is a global Web services company that operates some of the most popular Web destinations, offers a comprehensive suite of free software and services, runs the country's largest Internet access business and provides a full set of advertising solutions. A majority-owned subsidiary majority-owned subsidiary A firm in which more than 50% of outstanding voting stock is owned by the parent company. of Time Warner Inc., AOL LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control is based in Dulles, Virginia. AOL and its subsidiaries also have operations in Europe, Canada and Asia. Learn more at AOL.com. |
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