Thursday, December 18, 2008

Greed & Lies:On Wall Street, Bonuses, not Profits, were Real

In March 2008, E.Stanley O'Neal (former CEO of Merril Lynch) said: " As a result of the extraordinary growth at Merril during my tenure, the board saw fit to increase my compensation each year".O'Neal was paid $48 million in 08,$18,5 million of it in cash. Even employees,lower on the food chain, had bonuses 100 time the amount of their base salary.

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