Saturday, January 31, 2009

Wall Street bonus math

From 2002 to 2008, the five biggest Wall Street securities firms paid an estimated $190 billion in bonuses.

Their profits? $76 billion.

How about just for 2008?

In 2008, these firms, combined lost $25.3 billion.

Their bonuses? $26 billion.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123336341862935387.html?mod=testMod

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