French and German officials say the bonus system encouraged reckless risks that threatened the financial system.

VOA: standard.2009.09.25

"If that support comes to you, it is an extra bonus for your operational strategy.

VOA: standard.2009.06.18

You get bonus points if you do that at least once a year.

VOA: standard.2010.07.16

Most favor the deluxe edition, which includes the bonus disc, "Sweet and Mild."

VOA: standard.2010.07.13

Carolyn Maloney has grown children. Wasserman Schultz says the greatest bonus of having roommates is the friendship - and a warm environment to go back to at the end of the day.

VOA: standard.2010.08.07

As the president was preparing to make his remarks at the White House, outrage was building over word a major American insurance company,AIG, was going ahead with millions of dollars in bonus payments to its executives.

VOA: standard.2009.03.16

AIG CEO Liddy's testimony Wednesday to the House committee comes as lawmakers absorb details of the company pay outs, including a report from New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo that 73 AIG employees received bonus checks of $1 million or more.

VOA: standard.2009.03.17

To date,"On Stage" has sold more than The re-mastered "Elvis Presley On Stage" contains additional recordings from both sets of concerts at the International, as well as nine bonus tracks and a rehearsal take of his hit single, "The Wonder Of You."

VOA: standard.2010.04.30

AIG chief Liddy has asserted that bonuses the company paid were necessary to retain the best and brightest talent, an assertion he expressed directly to U.S.Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner in a letter, adding that bonus contracts with employees were finalized well before Congress approved financial bail out funds in late 2008.

VOA: standard.2009.03.17