Mr. Goodwin disputed the notion that the promise of rich bonuses pushed the bank into high-risk areas.
C1 German Banker Gets Reprieve A German court declared that it had no grounds to convict the chief executive of Deutsche Bank or three others on criminal charges in handing out rich bonuses.
Legal experts said that many controversial issues stemming from the financial crisis rich bonuses for bankers, allegations of government fraud, potential harm to investors come together in the Merrill-Bank of America case.
Angry shareholders vented their wrath yesterday at the annual meeting of the Interpublic Group of Companies, complaining about the poor performance of its stock and the rich bonuses awarded to executives.
The anger peaked over the weekend when correspondence surfaced showing that A.I.G. was on the brink of paying rich bonuses to executives who had dealt in the derivative contracts at the center of A.I.G.'s troubles.
These ploys let Fannie's management pocket rich bonuses.
Fannie's board cheered on chief executive Franklin Raines with rich bonuses.
Transocean executives thought they deserved rich bonuses, as did their unabashed, deeply entitled peers on Wall Street, despite their staggering failures.
