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Morgan Stanley CEO sacrifices bonus

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Morgan Stanley CEO John Mack is trying to set an example by forgoing a bonus during these tough times for his company, which announced its first ever quarterly loss that included a $9.4 billion write-down in debt securities.

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Last year, he earned a $40 million bonus, according to Bloomberg. Despite Mack's personal sacrifice, the New York-based investment bank is making sure that its other employees will be well compensated at the end of the year, with the average bonus rising to be an estimated $205,802 from $194,592 last year. "If you were to normalize our business and take out this $9.4 billion charge, you would see that we had a record year across the whole enterprise," chief financial officer Colm Kelleher said in an interview with Bloomberg Wednesday. "We felt it was inappropriate, as our board of directors did as well, for employees who delivered sterling results and a very strong performance to suffer." — Gerald Magpily

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