As usual, Google's co-founders received no bonus for 2012, but their colleagues received nice checks. Chairman Eric Schmidt scored $6 million for his efforts, and three other executives received about $3 million each.
It is said that reputations take years to make, yet can be unmade in an instant. Even so, it seems it will take more than a business moment to put a serious dent in Apple's image, at least in the eyes of its admiring corporate peers.