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  • In the case of a $1 million bonus, the FSA argued that a bank could pay an upfront cash award of up to $500,000, plus $100,000 of stock, which satisfies the directive's requirement that no more than 60% of the award be paid up front.

    EU Regulators Propose Tougher Bonus Caps Sara Schaefer Mu 2010

  • In the case of the $1 million bonus, the FSA argued that a bank can pay an upfront cash award of up to $500,000, plus $100,000 of stock, which satisfies the directive's requirement that no more than 60% of the award be paid upfront.

    U.K. Pushes EU to Relax Stance on Bankers' Pay Sara Schaefer Mu 2010

  • The U. K.'s potential allies, small countries Sweden, Ireland, Finland and Malta, couldn't block the directive's supporters, France and Germany, in a council vote.

    EU Hedge Fund Reprieve Won't Last Hester Plumridge 2010

  • The U. K.'s potential allies, small countries Sweden, Ireland, Finland and Malta, couldn't block the directive's supporters, France and Germany, in a council vote.

    EU Hedge Fund Reprieve Won't Last Hester Plumridge 2010

  • The U. K.'s potential allies, small countries Sweden, Ireland, Finland and Malta, couldn't block the directive's supporters, France and Germany, in a council vote.

    EU Hedge Fund Reprieve Won't Last Hester Plumridge 2010

  • The U. K.'s potential allies, small countries Sweden, Ireland, Finland and Malta, couldn't block the directive's supporters, France and Germany, in a council vote.

    EU Hedge Fund Reprieve Won't Last Hester Plumridge 2010

  • And if Cabinet secretaries and the thousands of government employees -- both political appointees and career civil servants -- working underneath them still do turn out to lag in meeting the directive's objectives, where in the Executive Office of the President, the Administration officials were asked, does the buck stop?

    White House betting on shared culture in its bid for more open government Scola, Nancy 2009

  • The directive ends by describing a number of "annexes", of which Annex A is described as being not classified but which does not appear on the directive's Web page:

    Talking with Eric Lotke, Author of "2044:The Problem isn't Big Brother. It's Big Brother, Inc." 2009

  • He has concluded that it will be impossible to maintain any significant degree of arable farming in East Anglia and, at the same time, comply with the directive's expected criteria on water quality, specifically in terms of nitrate levels.

    Surely we should be debating this? Richard 2006

  • Mr. Amaral said the directive's new language reflected the desire of the EU's Council of Ministers -- an assembly of the EU countries 'head of state -- for tougher action.

    EU Expected to Approve 2008

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