Wall Street on Shine

Executive pay plan: Will it make a difference?

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The government's plan to limit executive pay for the leaders of the troubled and rescued companies that took bailout money to survive is on the table. In the end, it will affect only 25 executives at seven companies because the other companies who took loans while the economy was in free fall have paid the money back to avoid pay dictates like this.

Is a $500,000 pay cap for Wall Street execs who receive "exceptional assistance" fair?

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The president and his treasury secretary did more today than decry the bonuses Wall Street execs lavished on themselves after getting billions from the government to bail out the failures that led to the financial markets' meltdown. The

So, just how does Wall Street justify $20 billion in bonuses in an economic collapse?

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As most of us were reeling from the news of layoffs, firsthand or pinks slips in the hands of close friends and colleagues, and the rest of us were feeling grateful to have a job even if it comes with a promise of no salary increases this year, the out-of-touch, out-of-their-minds execs on Wall Street were doling out nearly $20 billion in bonuses to each other.