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Is Google's $8 million payment to Arora part of its strategy to retain him?

Is Google's decision to pay Nikesh Arora $8 million in cash, instead of the previously agreed upon stock options and stock units, part of its two-fold strategy to keep its top salesman from jumping ship? The cash payment, reported by the internet giant in a regulatory filing with the US SEC, has left Silicon Valley guessing about the next move of the India-born senior vice-president and chief business officer of Google. Google's move is so rare that compensation experts say the company may have some explaining to do to investors.

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