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	from Ken Little It's time to take the gloves off. An industry (financial services) that is being bailed out by the taxpayers should not be lavishing bonuses on the very people who are largely responsible for much of the mess we are in today. Yet, this is what may happen. Actions should have consequences. The stock prices of financial services companies are down over 50 percent. Is this performance investors should reward with bonuses? The owners (stockholders) suffer huge losses, but the employees get bonuses. What's wrong with this picture?
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