New Home Depot chief could make a little more than a third of ousted chief’s salary 

The Home Depot Inc.’s new chief executive could earn as much as $8.9 million in total compensation this year, the world’s largest home-improvement store chain said in a regulatory filing today. Frank Blake’s compensation is smaller than the roughly $24 million a year on average that former Chief Executive Bob Nardelli was earning excluding stock options. The Home Depot owns stores in Freehold … Details…

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