Ny Says Wall Street Bonuses Up 17 Percent

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street paid out $20.3 billion in bonuses in 2009, up 17 percent from a year earlier, New York State's comptroller said, as the financial industry recovered fitfully from a near meltdown.

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