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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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09.18.2008 9:01 pm

Friday editorial: “This is a pickle, George”

bailey_opt.jpgNo, but you . . . you . . . you’re thinking of this place all wrong — as if I had the money back in a safe. The money’s not here. Your money’s in Joe’s house, right next to…

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09.15.2008 9:01 pm

Tuesday editorial: Searching for a bottom

wall_street_man_opt.jpgMonday was one of the most wrenching days in the history of the American financial system. One blue-blooded investment bank, Lehman Brothers, sought shelter under Chapter 11 bankruptcy laws, while another, Merrill Lynch & Co., announced it had sold itself at…

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