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Out Of Line: Downsize Bonus

Mort Gerberg | Posted 01.11.2009 | Business


Mort Gerberg

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Risking Our Best Talent

Penny Herscher | Posted 12.19.2008 | Business


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.

Embarrassed Morgan Stanley CEO Skips Bonus

AP | Stephen Bernard | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


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

No Bonuses For Bear Stearns' Top Execs This Year

Wall Street Journal | Kate Kelly | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


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

Merrill Lynch Cuts Bonuses Of Mortgage Bond Specialists By 80 Percent

Bloomberg | Bradley Keoun | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


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...

Less-Than-Merry Merrill Employees See Bonuses Slashed

CNBC | Charlie Gasparino | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


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 ...

Goldman Sachs Chief's Pay To Hit $70 Million

Financial Times | Chris Hughes, Ben White | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


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

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

Bloomberg | Christine Harper | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


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...

How To Lobby For Your Bonus

Wall Street Journal | JACLYNE BADAL | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


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...