Report: Wall Streeters got $20B in bonuses in 2009 (AP)
February 23rd, 2010 Posted by: admin
AP – Employees at Wall Street financial firms collected more than $20 billion in bonuses in 2009, the year after taxpayers bailed out the financial sector amid the economic meltdown, New York state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said Tuesday. The payouts were about 17 percent higher than the previous year’s bonuses.