Investment bank bonuses: too much? - FRANCE 24

Latest update: 06/08/2009

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Investment bank bonuses: too much?

The news that French bank BNP Paribas is to pay out over a billion euros in bonus payments to traders, executives and other staff members, has provoked a storm of protest.

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