They did nothing as so-called "rain-makers" were awarded three year guaranteed bonuses, a contradiction in terms.

WSJ: Bankers Are Still There for Bashing

Britain's Financial Services Authority may have watered down its pay code after bankers whinged about losing talent, but it has been using moral suasion to good effect, calling bosses to express its displeasure at the re-emergence of guaranteed bonuses.

ECONOMIST: Wall Street's new shape

There are, of course, thorny matters that still need clearing-up, including provisions about testing for human growth hormone, minimum team salaries and how the spread of guaranteed signing bonuses affects the salary cap, and long-term health of players players.

FORBES: The NFL Lockout: A Policy With No Teeth?

It said bonuses should not be guaranteed for more than a year, and that senior employees should have their bonuses spread over three years.

BBC: Tories want end of bonus culture

The AP's figures include salaries and prorated shares of signing bonuses and other guaranteed income for players on active rosters, disabled lists and the restricted lists, and rosters will change before teams must cut down to 25 active players.

NPR: Ailing A-Rod Will Make More Than Houston Astros

What Equitable did, in essence, was to offer guaranteed returns it could not fulfil and to pay bonuses to policyholders that depended not on investment income but on recruiting new investors.

ECONOMIST: Financial regulation