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Wall Street Pay Packages Roar Back, Led by Goldman

Goldman set to pay $700K per employee at current levels

By Jason Farago, Newser Staff

Posted Jul 2, 2009 5:32 AM CDT

(Newser) – It didn't take long: After a year of public apologies and vows to change, big pay packages are back on Wall Street. Goldman Sachs is set to pay about $700,000 per employee in 2009 based on current figures, nearly double last year's figure and... Read full story »

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