Pounds 2,000 Foie Gras Dinners. Pounds 10,000 Tips for Lap Dancers. Yes, Bonuses Are Back with a Bang [Edition 2]
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ALATE-NIGHT bar in the heart of the Square Mile, and a group of three sharp-suited men are handed their Pounds 400 drinks bill. 'I'll pay by card,' one informs the waitress. 'I use cash as toilet paper.' Down the road at the exclusive Coq D'Argent restaurant and the waiters can hardly open the champagne fast enough to keep up with demand.
'I'm completely focused on making money,' announces one banker as he sips on a cocktail at the bar. Another loudly boasts: 'One more bonus and I'm out of here - I am expecting something big.' Meanwhile, a group of bankers heads from Canary Wharf to a nearby lap-dancing club. They're in a competitive mood, and in the space of an hour one blows Pounds 1,000 on drinks and private dances.See the full content of this document
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Pounds 2,000 Foie Gras Dinners. Pounds 10,000 Tips for Lap Dancers. Yes, Bonuses Are Back with a Bang [Edition 2]
'Don't worry,' he tells a scantilyclad woman as he settles the bill, 'I earn nine grand a week.' While the Chancellor would have the nation believe that the big five banks really meant it when they promised to rein in pay and excessive bonuses, the word on the street is very different.
In fact all the talk is of 'BAB'. It stands for 'Bonuses Are Back' and underpins the Bacchanalian display that unfolds across London's f...See the full content of this document
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