Bank pay party over.GREEDY greed·y adj. greed·i·er, greed·i·est 1. Excessively desirous of acquiring or possessing, especially wishing to possess more than what one needs or deserves. 2. bankers still helping themselves to big bonuses have been told "the party is over" by Alistair Darling. The Chancellor said the banks must realise many of them would have gone bust but for taxpayers' bailouts. He spoke ahead of a G20 meeting in Pittsburgh Pittsburgh (pĭts`bərg), city (1990 pop. 369,879), seat of Allegheny co., SW Pa., at the confluence of the Allegheny and the Monongahela rivers, which there form the Ohio River; inc. 1816. , where curbs on big bank bonuses are expected to be agreed. Darling said: "For them the party has got to be over." He added: "We've got to get into a situation where they behave sensibly." |
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