Who doesn't love receiving a bonus from work, but how would $750 million (€636 million) suit you?
That's the figure Apple CEO Tim Cook received in shares in the tech company to mark 10 years at its helm this week.
The award - which he struck in a deal with the company when it took over from founder Steve Jobs - was dependent on how Apple's shares faired compared to other firms on the S&P 500 stock index.
Since 2011 when Cook took over, Apple's share price had increased by 1,200 per cent, according to a filing Apple made to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Apple's market value has now reached around $2.5 trillion (€2.12 trillion).
Another Tesla Autopilot crash
Tesla's Autopilot came under increased scrutiny again this week after a vehicle using its partially automated driving system slammed into a Florida Highway Patrol cruiser on Saturday and narrowly missed its driver, who had pulled over to assist a disabled vehicle.
Earlier this month, the US government opened a formal investigation into Tesla's Autopilot driving system after a series of similar collisions with parked emergency vehicles.
Autopilot has frequently been misused by Tesla drivers, who have been caught driving drunk or even riding in the back seat while a car rolled down a California highway.
The electric vehicle maker uses a camera-based system, a lot of computing power, and sometimes radar to spot obstacles, determine what they are, and then decide what the vehicles should do. But researchers say it has had trouble with parked emergency vehicles and perpendicular trucks in its path.
Just this week, Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted saying he though the Autopilot soft ..
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