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Archive Home > 2009 > July > 31 > Wall Street rewards its own, even amid massive bailouts

Wall Street rewards its own, even amid massive bailouts

Thousands at top financial firms got big bonuses, report finds

By Louise Story and Eric Dash / The Bulletin
July 31, 2009

Thousands of top traders and bankers on Wall Street were awarded huge bonuses and pay packages last year, even as their employers were battered by the financial crisis.

Nine of the financial firms that were among the largest recipients of federal bailout money paid about 5,000 of their traders....

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