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Thursday, July 23, 2009
Tomoeh Murakami Tse, Washington Post, 

Wall St. Jacks Up Pay After Bailouts

Lawmakers Give Hollow Warning to Wall Street Against Return to Pre-Crisis Levels

The recent outcry over bonuses at bailed-out firms prompted public alarm and promises of reform from financial leaders, who acknowledged that pay and bonuses should not reward risky short-term business decisions -- such as those that contributed to the meltdown -- but instead longer-term financial performance.

But Wall Street, helped by improving profits, is on track to pay employees as much as, or even more than, it did in the pre-crisis days.

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