Smaller bonuses last year contributed to a 5.6% drop in average Wall Street salaries, according to a report released Friday by New York state’s comptroller. The average 2018 salary, including bonuses, for New York City’s securities industry employees was $398,600. That was down from $422,500 in 2017, which was the highest level since the 2008 […]
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South Koreans Somi Lee and Seung Yeon Lee were tied for the third-round lead Saturday at the Buick Ladies Championship, the second tournament on the LPGA’s four-tournament Asian swing. Somi Lee shot 67 and Yeon Lee 68 and had 54-hole totals of 13-under 203. Ha Na Jang was in third place, a stroke behind, after
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Ed Rendell, the former Pennsylvania governor and a Biden fund-raiser, acknowledged he had heard the anxieties. “They’re worried when they see only $9 million in the bank, because donors have a tendency to believe the person with the most amount of money wins,” said Mr. Rendell, who added that he does not share that view.
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Belize WHO SHOULD GO Beach bums and adventure-junkies will find Belize an easy getaway: no visas, language classes or serious jet-lag remedies required. Travel insiders have been talking up the country as the next hot Central American destination for a few years, extolling the virtues of its lush jungles, Mayan temples and pyramids, snorkeling-friendly reefs
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Tiger Woods shot a second straight 6-under 64 on Saturday to take a two-stroke lead after the second round of the rain-hit Zozo Championship. Teeing off in front of empty stands, Woods picked up where he left off after a 64 in Thursday’s opening round with a birdie on the first hole, one of seven
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WASHINGTON — Maria Butina, the young firearms advocate and covert Russian agent who tried to infiltrate conservative Republican circles during the 2016 presidential campaign, is headed back to her home country after serving 15 months in prison for conspiring to act as a foreign agent. Ms. Butina, 30, was released from federal prison on Friday
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The first official day of the long-awaited American Dream megamall Friday didn’t produce the traffic nightmares many predicted for the massive complex outside New York City, mostly due to a “soft” opening that featured only two attractions that served a few thousand people, including several school groups. The success of the mall and entertainment complex
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Top-seeded Ashleigh Barty of Australia is ready to cap off the most successful season of her career with a first appearance in the year-end WTA Finals. Barty achieved a number of career firsts this season from winning her inaugural Grand Slam title at the French Open, earning world No. 1 status, and leading Australia to
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WASHINGTON — The government’s inspectors general sharply criticized a Justice Department ruling from last month that determined that the whistle-blower complaint about President Trump’s call with Ukraine’s leader should not go to Congress. The opinion could “seriously impair whistle-blowing” and deter intelligence officials from reporting waste, fraud and misconduct, about 70 inspectors general from across
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Less than 90 seconds into the game, Anthony Davis leaped and slammed home an alley-oop pass from LeBron James for the first points of his home debut with the Los Angeles Lakers. By the final 90 seconds, Davis and James were enjoying a blowout win from the bench. It’s only a start, but it’s exactly
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