Salary triples for Goldman CEO Blankfein

WASHINGTON - US BANKING powerhouse Goldman Sachs said on Friday it was more than tripling the salary of chief executive Lloyd Blankfein to US$2 million (S$2.6 million) in 2011 from US$600,000 last year. The four other top executives of Wall Street's premier investment bank will also see their basic salaries triple from the present US$600,000: chief operating officer Gary Cohn, finance director ...

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Source: Straits Times

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