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That Huge Bonus May Actually Make You Screw Up

Posted 05.10.2012

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Don't choke! It's advice we’ve all heard before, but it’s much easier said than done, according to a new study. After a certain threshold, ...

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

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 05.09.2012

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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...

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SEC Stall Leaves Critical Rules More Than A Year Overdue

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 04.17.2012

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WASHINGTON -- A full year after the official deadline came and went, key regulations necessary to enforce the Dodd-Frank financial reform law remain ...

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Don't Worry, Guys, Wall Street Salaries Went Up Last Year

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 04.04.2012

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Ask many of those on Wall Street, and they'll tell you of an industry grappling with a terrible state of affairs. But for those lucky enough to have k...

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Wall Street No Longer Taking Up The Most Space In Manahattan

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 04.04.2012

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When it comes to New York office space, Wall Street's no longer king. For the first time ever, financial services firms aren't renting the most of...

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PHOTO: Trader Racks Up Insane Nightclub Bill

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 03.06.2012

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Ever partied for $100,000 per hour? One British finance wonder kid seems to have. Alex Hope, a 23-year-old UK foreign exchange trader, reportedly r...

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Bruce Springsteen's 'Wrecking Ball': 'Hold Tight To Your Anger'

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 05.04.2012

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Polls tell us 51% of Americans believe the bailout of the banks was wrong. An overwhelming majority --- 86% --- disapproves of big bonuses on Wall Str...

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Michael Lewis: It's A Bad Idea To Give Millions To 24 Year-Olds Who Don't 'Know Anything Really'

Posted 03.01.2012

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When the history books make their judgments about pre-crisis Wall Street, they'll come down hard on those salaries for twenty-somethings -- at least a...

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Goldman Director Takes Surprising Stand

HuffingtonPost.com | D.M. Levine | Posted 03.01.2012

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While many Wall Streeters are crying poor -- "people who don't have money don't understand the stress," an accounting firm partner tells Bloomberg -- ...

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

AP | MICHAEL GORMLEY | Posted 04.30.2012

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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...

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Banks Rake In Huge Profits, Don't Share Them

The Huffington Post | Jillian Berman | Posted 02.28.2012

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Wall Street just scrimped, saved and cut its way back to pre-recession levels of profit. Bank profits jumped to a five-year high in 2011, according...

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Big Bank Whistleblower Claims It Cost Him Major Bonus Money

The Huffington Post | Jillian Berman | Posted 02.21.2012

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

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

AP | ROBERT BARR | Posted 02.21.2012

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

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Goodbye to All That, Wall Street Edition

Yvette Kantrow | Posted 04.18.2012

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Here we go again. Every few years, when the economic cycle turns, the media serves up stories bemoaning the death-of-Wall-Street-as-we-know-it.

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Where Is Jamie Dimon When You Need Him?

Dennis M. Kelleher | Posted 04.17.2012

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Now, when there are some very real and very serious anti-American actions being asked for, Dimon is strangely silent. Could it be because the current anti-American requests coincide with his claims against financial reform? Of course it is.

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Elections Are for Suckers

Robert Scheer | Posted 04.09.2012

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Our own elections, the ones our government has modeled for the world, are a hoax. What other word should we use to describe this year's presidential election, whose outcome will turn on which party's Super PACs gets the most generous bribes from billionaires?

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More Unconscionable Wall Street Whining

Dennis M. Kelleher | Posted 04.09.2012

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Ignoring all evidence and facts, Wall Street is reported to be "an industry that the White House has thoroughly and repeatedly demonized and demoralized" -- what?

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Ex-Lehman Brothers Trader: Only On Wall Street Could You 'Get Paid So Much For Doing So Little'

The Huffington Post | Jillian Berman | Posted 02.06.2012

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The fallout from the financial crisis has already changed the way much of America views Wall Street. It may also be changing the way the financial ind...

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Goldman Sachs CEO Nets Smaller Bonus Than Last Year

Reuters | Posted 04.05.2012

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Feb 3 (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc awarded Chairman and Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein a $7 million restricted stock bonus as part of his 2...

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The Latest Bankers To Hear Bad Bonus News

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 03.27.2012

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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 ...

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BofA Investment Bankers Told To Brace For Huge Pay Cut

Posted 01.24.2012

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First it was the layoff announcements. Now it's time for pay cuts. A new type of structural adjustment continues to plague one of America's most i...

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Ex-Investment Bankers Sue Over Millions Of Dollars In Unpaid Bonuses

The Huffington Post | Jillian Berman | Posted 01.24.2012

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Investment bankers are banding together to reportedly sue their former employer, claiming the bank owes them tens of millions of dollars in unpaid bon...

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Why Does Wall Street Make So Much Money?

HuffingtonPost.com | Alexander Eichler | Posted 01.21.2012

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Payouts declined on Wall Street this year, as the major financial firms tried to steer through several quarters of lawsuits, layoffs, jittery markets,...

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

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 01.20.2012

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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...

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Pay For Goldman Sachs Employees Has Little To Do With Performance

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 01.23.2012

Goldman Sachs isn't likely to garner much public favor when it announces its earnings this week, as forecasts predict that the bank will boost the sha...

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