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"We Want Our Money Back"

A story about clawbacks slated to run on the NewsHour tonight features a protest disrupting a speech by Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein. Yesterday, the protesters struck again during a session with Larry Summers, unfurling a big pink banner behind him with the words "We Want our $$ Back." Check out the video:

Here's a write-up from the Washington Post and a Reuters dispatch on Summers' hedge fund pay, which prompted the protest .

Shame seems to be the weapon of choice in the clawback struggle these days.

-- Posted April 10, 2009 | Comments ( ) | Permalink