Abbott Labs CEO Miles White, right, with his wife, Kim, in 2007. (Dianne Brogan/Chicago Tribune)

From Bloomberg News | With $21.9 million in compensation in 2009, Abbott Laboratories CEO Miles White was among the 10 highest-paid CEOs at the country’s largest companies, according to a survey by Equilar.

Larry Ellison, chief executive officer of Oracle Corp., was the highest-paid U.S. CEO, collecting $84.5 million. Equilar said total compensation for U.S. executives declined 13 percent to $7.7 million, the second straight year of decline, amid the recession.

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