Wall Street bonuses for 2009 exceed 20 billion
New York state reports Wall Street compensation rose 17 percent in 2009 led by Goldman Sachs Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan Chase with an average 340000 per employee and 20.3 billion in bonuses for New York City securities workers. Profits hit 55 billion while jobs rose after a crisis drop.
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Snowmen Protest Tax Plan At Michigan State Capitol
A group named Common Sense in Government built more than three dozen snowmen on the Lansing Capitol lawn to greet lawmakers. The figures carried signs opposing tax increases as Gov Granholm pushes extending the sales tax to services while cutting the rate by half a point to close a roughly 17 billion dollar budget gap.
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Cheney Suffering Mild Heart Attack, Cheney Recovering
Former Vice President Dick Cheney, 69, is recovering from a mild heart attack after chest pain on Monday. He was hospitalized at George Washington University Hospital and is expected to be discharged soon. doctors conducted a stress test and heart catheterization, with angioplasty not confirmed.
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