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Tea Partiers Lavished Government Money On Staff After Losing Reelection

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 04.01.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- After Todd Akin lost the Missouri Senate race to Democrat Claire McCaskill in November, he had one final piece of business to take care ...

Jack Lew Faces Questions Over NYU Bonus Ahead Of Treasury Secretary Confirmation

The Huffington Post | Eleazar David MelƩndez | Posted 02.26.2013 | Business

The day before a crucial Senate vote to confirm the nation’s next Treasury secretary, Obama nominee Jack Lew is facing questions about certain unusu...

Huge Bummer For Morgan Stanley Employees

Reuters | Posted 01.15.2013 | Business

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Morgan Stanley is deferring 100 percent of the bonuses for high-earning employees, according to three sources familiar with the ...

WOW: These CEO Perks Are Absolutely Outrageous

24/7 Wall St. | Douglas A. McIntyre | Posted 12.14.2012 | Business

24/7 Wall St.: The outcry about overpaid CEOs has gone on for years as the financial press combs SEC statements for outlandish pay packages that somet...

4 Ways to Be a Good Santa / Bad Santa at the Office

Jim Finkelstein | Posted 02.11.2013 | Business
Jim Finkelstein

It is that mythical time of the year where businesses start trying to spread holiday cheer. In many cases, this is a pretty picture replete with one-time bonuses and upbeat messages. In other cases, this is another wonderful example of corporate hype.

5 Bosses Way Cooler Than Yours

The Huffington Post | Alexis Kleinman | Posted 12.04.2012 | Business

Most workers are probably more familiar with the idea of horrible bosses than great ones, but there are a few sweet company heads out there. Remember ...

Company Breaks Promise Of Retirement Bonuses

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 09.14.2012 | Business

Recently retired workers at RG Steel are being told they will not get an expected retirement bonus after all. RG Steel had promised $10,000 retirem...

FedEx CEO's Nice Little Payday

AP | SAMANTHA BOMKAMP | Posted 08.14.2012 | Business

NEW YORK -- The founder and top executive at FedEx Corp. received a pay package worth $13.7 million in the most recent fiscal year, nearly double a ye...

Bankers Win Court Battle To Get $64 Million In Crisis-Era Bonuses

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 05.09.2012 | Business

It seems like a law of the universe: Water flows downhill, and bankers eventually get their bonuses. A group of 104 London investment bankers won a...

Shareholder Pay Revolt Drives Major CEO To Resign

AP | Posted 05.08.2012 | Business

LONDON -- The chief executive of Aviva, Britain's largest insurer, has resigned following a shareholder revolt over executive pay, the company said Tu...

Why CEOs Love This Stock Market Rally

Reuters | Posted 06.02.2012 | Business

* Gains in stock options, restricted shares offset modest bonuses * Stock grants made during 2009 market lows now look good ...

Senators: Giving MF Global Execs Bonuses Probably Not A Good Idea

AP | MARCY GORDON | Posted 05.15.2012 | Business

WASHINGTON — Senators are telling the trustee overseeing MF Global that it would be outrageous to pay bonuses to top executives of the collapsed...

Wall Street's Average Cash Bonus Expected To Fall To $121,000

AP | MICHAEL GORMLEY | Posted 04.30.2012 | Business

ALBANY, N.Y. -- Wall Street cash bonuses for 2011 are expected to drop 14 percent and profits are expected to drop by half for the second year in a ro...

Big Bank Whistleblower Claims It Cost Him Major Bonus Money

The Huffington Post | Jillian Berman | Posted 02.21.2012 | Business

One banker is claiming that blowing the whistle on his colleagues' inappropriate behavior cost him millions. Edward Williems, a former senior inve...

Don't Get Too Comfortable: Big Bank Takes Back Some Bonus Pay For Execs

AP | ROBERT BARR | Posted 02.21.2012 | Business

LONDON -- Lloyds Banking Group has canceled bonus payments for its former chief executive and a dozen other directors over their involvement in the co...

ICE COLD: GM Freezes Pension Plans For Salaried Workers

AP | JEFF KAROUB | Posted 04.16.2012 | Business

DETROIT — General Motors Co. plans to freeze its U.S. pension plan for longtime white-collar workers and give all salaried employees annual bonu...

Surprising Share Of U.S. Workers Netted Raises Last Year

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 01.30.2012 | Business

Incomes in America barely rose last year, and that's in part a result of companies deciding against doling out extra bucks if possible. Only a thir...

Bank CEO Turns Down Bonus Amid Criticism

AP | JILL LAWLESS | Posted 03.30.2012 | Business

LONDON — Royal Bank of Scotland chief executive Stephen Hester will not be accepting a 1 million pound ($1.5 million) bonus that drew criticism ...

The Latest Bankers To Hear Bad Bonus News

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 03.27.2012 | Business

As Wall Street adjusts to a less profitable chapter in its history, bankers may be finally feeling the pain that many American workers have known for ...

Goldman Sachs Employees On Bonus Day: 'It's A Bloodbath'

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 01.20.2012 | Business

Reports are creeping out that yesterday's bonus day wasn't all fun and games at America's most iconic investment bank. Goldman's profits fell in 2...

Bankrupt Solyndra Asks Judge To Approve Bonus Money

AP | RANDALL CHASE | Posted 01.13.2012 | Business

DOVER, Del. -- A California solar panel manufacturer that received a half-billion dollar loan from the federal government before declaring bankruptcy ...

Wall Street Job Cuts May Hurt National Labor Market

Posted 12.22.2011 | Business

As Wall Street traders cheered positive jobs data on Thursday, they seemed to ignore layoffs and bonus cuts on their own trading floors that will ...

Chestnuts, Jack Frost and Wall Street's Spring Bonuses

Adam Levin | Posted 01.29.2012 | Business
Adam Levin

As we ring out what has been a pretty lousy year for most of us, Wall Streeters are all aglow -- thoughts turning to sugar-plum fairies dancing in their brains, bearing bundles of spring bonuses.

The Salomon Brothers Training Class of 1985 and Lessons Learned

Lydia Fisher | Posted 01.18.2012 | Business
Lydia Fisher

There were a few rejections before I made it into the Salomon Brothers sales and trading training class. It happened to be the class of 1985, immortalized in Michael Lewis' book, Liar's Poker," and I recently came back from our 26-year reunion.

Regulator: Fannie, Freddie Million-Dollare Bonuses Are Necessary

Posted 01.10.2012 | Business

The regulator for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac on Thursday defended their million-dollar executive bonuses which have come under fire given huge los...