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Labour will warn bumper City payouts are damaging the economy and wider society today as MPs debate bankers' bonuses in the Commons.

The roiling markets and weak economy are expected to take a toll on the infamous Wall Street bonus, a new report finds.

A company filing shows the Union Pacific railroad increased the bonus it paid CEO Jim Young to $3.7 million for 2010 because he managed the railroad well as the economy began to improve, but Young's total compensation grew only about 6 percent to nearly $12 million.

Disney's Robert Iger got a 45% bigger bonus in 2010 (Phil McCarten/Reuters) Executives in the corner office now make 62 times more than the average worker, and that's just in bonuses alone.

An Amazon.com Netflix-style video streaming service rumored late last year may actually be nearing a roll-out.

First reported in October of 2010, it was rumored to be added as another bonus to the accounts of Amazon Prime members, at no extra charge.

A report by BI's Henry Blodget that Google is giving all employees a $1,000 bonus and a 10 percent raise has "sort of" been validated by Google.

Apple Inc has awarded its chief operating officer a bonus valued at $22 million for leading the company while Chief Executive Steve Jobs was on 6-months' medical leave last year.

The sum paid to Lloyd C. Blankfein, $9 million in deferred stock, reflects a sensitive political calculation following the uproar over bankers’ pay.

Investment banks have been told that every bonus issued must comply with the regulatory guidelines, or they face having their licenses to operate in Great Britain revoked.

The bank bonus season begins in earnest next week, and it looks as if it will be one of the largest and most controversial blowouts the industry has ever seen.