France bans some executive bonuses

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Anchor Katy Clark speaks with Vivienne Walt, Time Magazine’s Paris correspondent, about moves in France to ban companies that receive state funding from giving stock options and bonuses to executives. Many French — like many Americans — are angry that bankers and executives are being rewarded while others suffer from the global financial crisis.

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