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Goldman’s top of the bonus heap

03.08.09
The “heads I win, tails you lose” report into the bank bonus culture by New York attorney-general Andrew Cuomo set tongues wagging ... more

Crippled Merrill Lynch paid $3.6bn in bonuses

31.07.09
Crippled Wall Street giant and major City employer Merrill Lynch paid 14 of its bankers more than $10 million (£6 million) last year despite racking up losses of nearly $28 billion ... more

Top US lawyer urges Merrill crisis probe

24.04.09
Wall Street's top lawman is urging senators and congressmen to investigate whether ex-Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson and Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke misled shareholders during the Merrill Lynch crisis... more

AIG execs in London shun bonuses return

25.03.09
Top London executives at failed insurance giant American International Group are among those refusing to hand back their 2008 bonuses... more

AIG stars to hand back $50m bonuses

24.03.09
Top executives at American International Group, the bailed-out insurer, have agreed to return about $50 million of bonuses paid last year... more

Ruling soon in row over Merrill bonuses

16.03.09
A US judge will rule this week on the legality and confidentiality of £2.5 billion of bonuses paid to about 200 executives at Merrill Lynch just days before it was rescued by Bank of America... more

£85m rogue trader: It's a misunderstanding

12.03.09
The banker at the centre of an £85 million "rogue trader" scandal insisted the issue was a "misunderstanding" as he returned to London to face investigators... more

Probe into bonuses for Merrill Lynch bosses

05.03.09
New York attorney general Andrew Cuomo has issued subpoenas for seven Merrill Lynch executives who scooped tens of millions of dollars in bonuses even as the firm racked up losses of $27.6 billion (£19.69 billion)... more

Thain told to reveal Merrill bonus details

24.02.09
Banking: Former Merrill Lynch chief executive John Thain will hand over names of staff who were paid $3.6 billion in bonuses just before the firm merged with Bank of America... more

Caroline Kennedy backs out of battle for New York seat

22.01.09
Caroline Kennedy pulled out of her bid for the US Senate seat vacated by Hillary Clinton, and once held by her uncle, Robert F Kennedy, shocking her supporters... more

New era for Kennedy dynasty

16.12.08
The sole surviving child of John F Kennedy is to continue the family's political dynasty by launching a bid for the Senate... more

Even bankers must join the flight from excess

31.10.08
Despite its bail-out, Goldman Sachs is set to pay out £7bn in salaries and bonuses. It is failing to grasp a new public fury over conspicuous consumption... more

AIG freeze on payout for boss

23.10.08
Insurance: American International Group is to freeze a $19 million payout to former chief executive Martin Sullivan... more

AIG to give Sullivan pay details to US

17.10.08
American International Group (AIG), the bailed-out insurance giant, is to give New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo details of payments it made to its ex-chief executive, Martin Sullivan.... more

Rescued AIG probed over 'outrageous expenditures'

16.10.08
Insurance: American International Group is facing an investigation for "unwarranted and outrageous expenditures" after paying hefty executive bonuses and spending £50,000 on a UK shooting trip... more

Only a fool will blame us short-sellers

19.09.08
So says a City veteran as regulators move to curb the aggressive gambling on falling shares that many in London and New York believe has helped bring about the financial crisis ... more

Banks pay up on 'worthless' security sales

22.08.08
Investment banks Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank have caved into pressure from New York attorney general Andrew Cuomo to settle the dispute over their sale of auction rate securities... more

Cuomo names three banks in debt probe

21.08.08
New York attorney general Andrew Cuomo is stepping up his probe into the sale of auction-rate debt, and is now focusing on Bank of America, Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank... more

Merrill and Citigroup buy back toxic debt

08.08.08
US banks spend billions to settle claims they saved themselves at the expense of customers... more

UBS lawyer named in New York attorney's fraud probe

01.08.08
US Bank is said to have dumped worthless securities on investors as the subprime crisis grew... more

US banks 'deliberately sold' risky securities to customers

25.07.08
Allegations widened this morning that Wall Street banks deliberately offloaded risky securities on retail and corporate customers even as the market for them was falling apart... more

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