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Bailout Bonus Cuts

The White House is pushing for 50 per cent pay cuts for biggest bailed-out companies.
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“The Obama administration will soon order the nation’s biggest bailed-out companies to drastically cut pay packages for their top executives, a senior administration official confirmed to CNN Wednesday. Kenneth Feinberg, who was named the White House’s pay czar in June, will demand that the seven largest bailout recipients lower the total compensation for their top 25 highest paid employees by 50 per cent, on average, the official told CNN. For the past two months, Feinberg has been reviewing pay plans at Citigroup (C, Fortune 500), AIG (AIG, Fortune 500), Bank of America (BAC, Fortune 500), General Motors, Chrysler, GMAC and Chrysler Financial in an effort to put these firms in a position to pay back bailout money as soon as possible.”

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