11 February 2010, 4:33 pm
President Barack Obama does not "begrudge" the multi-million dollar bonuses awarded to the heads of Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan Chase, and argues that they don't make as much as some baseball players. "We tried to strike the balance right and we’ll try to strike the balance right this year," he said at a financial services conference. Best paid baseball players in 2009 season $33m ALEX RODRIGUEZ, NEW YORK YANKEES $23.8m MANNY RAMIREZ, LA DODGERS $21.6m DEREK JETER, NEW YORK YANKEES $20.6m MARK TEIXERIRA, NEW YORK YANKEES $19.2m CARLOS BELTRAN, NEW YORK METS http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/7207366/Barack-Obama-doesnt-begrudge-bankers-their-million-dollar-bonuses.html... Read More »