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04.06.2009 9:00 pm

Those state pension plan bonuses: Outrage or bargain?

Among MOSERS less successful investments was $3.5 million lost to swindler Bernie Madoff.

Among MOSERS' less successful investments was $3.5 million lost to swindler Bernie Madoff.

Compared with the AIG bonus scandal, the revelation that 14 employees of the Missouri State Employees Retirement System got nearly $300,000 in bonuses for losing $1.8 billion last year hardly…

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03.17.2009 9:00 pm

AIG bonuses are a Lewinsky moment

English football's Manchester United may need a new sponsor.

As he often does, the comedian Andy Borowitz nailed it Monday on his online satire site, BorowitzReport.com:

In New Terror Video, AIG Demands Huge Ransom from U.S.
Shadowy Group Seeks Bonuses, Golf Retreats

American intelligence experts…

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02.02.2009 9:01 pm

Getting theirs: Backlash on Wall Street bonuses

Citigroup cancelled its order for a French-made Dassault Falcon 7X after discovering taxpayers didn't want to foot the bill.

Citigroup execs canceled an order for a French-made Dassault Falcon 7X only after it was shouted in their tin ears that taxpayers were irate at being stuck with the tab.

Every day in the lobby of the Charles F. Knight Executive…

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01.25.2009 9:01 pm

Rein in Wall Street’s bonus babies

Hey, what’s with all these bonuses
They’re givin’ to the rich?
They’re fillin’ up their pockets,
Walk away without a hitch.
Gotta get myself some TARP
Because I hear it’s going fast. . . .

Things were hunky-dory last September between CEOs John Thain of Merrill Lynch and Ken Lewis of Bank of America. Now things are neither hunky nor dory. (AP Wirephoto)

Things were hunky-dory last September between CEOs John Thain of Merrill…

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