Clusterstock looks at the latest compensation blow-up: Andrew Hall, the top trader at...

Clusterstock looks at the latest compensation blow-up: Andrew Hall, the top trader at Citigroup's (NYSE:C) energy-trading Phibro unit, has threatened along with his team to leave the company if they don't get $100M in owed compensation.

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[Mr. Ed, Jr.]

Can't they just funnel his $100 million through AIG ?

Even better....how about they pull the plug on Citi and call it a day.

[bearfund]

Because the taxpayers elected a bunch of idiots who gave them money to play with.

On Jul 25 04:54 PM herbert hoover wrote:

> Just out of curiosity, why are these guys speculating on energy with
> taxpayer dollars?

[fed_alchemy]

Yes , But charge them up the arss at the shill window , tarp ,talf , ppip, and ppt services

On Jul 25 06:24 PM Neil459 wrote:

> Good for them. The market should decide their compensation, not the
> government regardless of who's funding them.

[Neil459]

Good for them. The market should decide their compensation, not the government regardless of who's funding them.

[herbert hoover]

Just out of curiosity, why are these guys speculating on energy with taxpayer dollars?