So Barclays shareholders (som 27% of them) reckon they don't agree with the pay Diamond and other execs got. Now - I don't care either way, to a degree - but his pay should be compared to some of these boyo's (see here for 2012 or 2011 here from Forbes (where top for 2011 is UnitedHealth Groups CEO at over $100m for the year - clearly politics and health pays - thanks, Mr Obama, for that tidy bit of legislation ... 
Viacomm CEO gets $84m in 2010, up from $34m in 2009. That's some jump.
Larry Ellison, from Oracle, though, took a cut. Nice man.
To $70.1m in 2010, down from $84.5m in 2009. And that 'decrease' was all in stock options - his base pay was the same and his bonus doubled ... 
Think people need to get over the fact that bankers earn. Yes it's unpleasant. But I'm more concerned about nearly-nationalised banks like RBS and Lloyds shipping jobs off to India wholesale. And retrenching staff left, right and centre. What a way to spend tax-payers money, eh?
But look at Credit Suisse, eh - took their toxic debt and stuck it in the investment banker bonus pool. Sounds good - let the buggers suffer on their own bad decisions. Unfortunately the underlying asset value of the pool has increased by some 80% over the last 3 years, since Lehmann Bros. did their 'stoopid' ... so who's 'stoopid' now???
There - I feel better now
Viacomm CEO gets $84m in 2010, up from $34m in 2009. That's some jump.
Larry Ellison, from Oracle, though, took a cut. Nice man.
To $70.1m in 2010, down from $84.5m in 2009. And that 'decrease' was all in stock options - his base pay was the same and his bonus doubled ... Think people need to get over the fact that bankers earn. Yes it's unpleasant. But I'm more concerned about nearly-nationalised banks like RBS and Lloyds shipping jobs off to India wholesale. And retrenching staff left, right and centre. What a way to spend tax-payers money, eh?
But look at Credit Suisse, eh - took their toxic debt and stuck it in the investment banker bonus pool. Sounds good - let the buggers suffer on their own bad decisions. Unfortunately the underlying asset value of the pool has increased by some 80% over the last 3 years, since Lehmann Bros. did their 'stoopid' ... so who's 'stoopid' now???
There - I feel better now
