Wall Street bonuses in billions (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
Story date: 2008-01-18 01:42:18
Added on: 2008-01-18 02:00:15
Wall Street's five biggest firms are paying a record $39 billion in bonuses for 2007, a year when three of the companies suffered the worst quarterly losses in their history and shareholders lost more than $80 billion.
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