Brian Williams has reported Thursday, December 17, 2009 on the NBC Nightly News that,
“New York state finance officials said today Wall Street is on track to shatter all profitability records this year.
Profits came in at just under FIFTY BILLION dollars
– that’s profit for the first three quarters of 2009 –
and that is much more than was expected for the entire year,
and a stunning TWO-AND-A-HALF times more than the previous record set back in the year 2000.
Bonus payments for bankers and traders could be as much as FORTY percent HIGHER than last year.”
Download the New York State Comptroller‘s report – Review of the Financial Plan of the City of New York, December 2009, Report 16-2010, by Thomas P. DiNapoli, New York State Comptroller – here:
http://www.osc.state.ny.us/osdc/rpt16-2010.pdf
See NBC Nightly News video here:
http://www.videonewslive.com/view/404951/video_wall_street_sees_recordbreaking_profits
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here:
http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/wall-street-sees-record-breaking-profits/60a1dyr