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There's No Place Like Numb

Lita Smith-Mines | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Small Business, Housing Market, Holiday Season, Women Business Owners, Real Estate, Business, Holiday Gifts, Emotional Distress, Small Business Owners, Holiday-Bonuses, Economic-Downturn, Economic Recession, Great Recession, Negative Emotions, Year-End-Bonuses, Negativity, NY Real Estate, Small Business America, Business News
Lita Smith-Mines

As business owners, we all are trying to hang on for dear life. But how do you keep a grip when your fingers have grown numb?

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Out Of Line: Downsize Bonus

Mort Gerberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cartoons, Out of Line, Downsizing, Humor, Economy, Economic Crisis, Cartoon, Holiday Bonuses, Business News
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Risking Our Best Talent

Penny Herscher | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Financial Crisis, Wall Street Bailout, Wall Street Crisis, Bailout, Wall Street, Wall Street Bonuses, Finance, Financial Bonuses, Bonuses, Holiday Bonuses, Business News
Penny Herscher

When I hear talk of the US taxpayer wanting zero bonuses on Wall Street this year, it concerns me that the public doesn't understand how talent works.

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Embarrassed Morgan Stanley CEO Skips Bonus

AP | Stephen Bernard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: CEO Pay, CEO Compensation, John Mack, Morgan Stanley, Year-End Bonuses, Holiday Bonuses, Business News

"Deeply disappointing" fourth-quarter writedowns have Morgan Stanley Chief Executive John Mack bypassing his year-end bonus -- and he is unlikely to b...

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No Bonuses For Bear Stearns' Top Execs This Year

Wall Street Journal | Kate Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: PSDs, Bear Stearns, Bear Stearns Bonuses, Holiday Bonuses, James Cayne, Business News

In an acknowledgment of the most-difficult period in Bear Stearns Cos.' 84-year history, Chief Executive Officer James Cayne and other senior executiv...

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Merrill Lynch Cuts Bonuses Of Mortgage Bond Specialists By 80 Percent

Bloomberg | Bradley Keoun | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Merrill Lynch, Corporate Bonds, Merrill Lynch Bonuses, Holiday Bonuses, Business News

Merrill Lynch & Co., the securities firm that reported a record $2.24 billion third-quarter loss, told fixed-income managers to cut 2007 bonuses by an...

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Less-Than-Merry Merrill Employees See Bonuses Slashed

CNBC | Charlie Gasparino | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fixed-Income Traders, Fixed Income, Merrill Lynch, Holiday Bonuses, Investment Banks, Business News

It's shaping up to be a blue bonus season for employees at Merrill Lynch. Probable, continued massive writedowns at the investment bank are weighing ...

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Goldman Sachs Chief's Pay To Hit $70 Million

Financial Times | Chris Hughes, Ben White | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lloyd Blankfein, Goldman Sachs, CEO Compensation, Bonuses, Holiday Bonuses, Business News

Goldman Sachs on Wednesay began celebrating confirmation of bumper bonuses for this year, with the chairman and chief executive, Lloyd Blankfein, expe...

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While Shareholders Weep, Wall Streeters Bag $38 Bil In Bonuses

Bloomberg | Christine Harper | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Shareholders, Securities Firms, Holiday Bonuses, Business News

Shareholders in the securities industry are having their worst year since 2002, losing $74 billion of their equity. That won't prevent Wall Street fro...

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How To Lobby For Your Bonus

Wall Street Journal | JACLYNE BADAL | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Exceeded Expectations, Merit Raises, Bonuses, Holiday Bonuses, Business News

Every autumn, managers nationwide decide whom to reward with merit raises and bonuses, and what it will take for employees to earn pay increases in th...

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