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…

Tags: bonuses, Claire McCaskill, executive compensation, John Thain, Merrill Lynch, Missouri news, stimulus bill, Wall Street

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01.25.2009 9:01 pm

Rein in Wall Street’s bonus babies

By Editorial Board

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…

Tags: Bank of America, Barack Obama, Bill Zucker, bonuses, CNBC, John Thain, Merrill Lynch, TARP song, Timothy Geithner, Wall Street

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Getting theirs: Backlash on Wall Street bonuses

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