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<li><p>Banks aren’t exactly healthy yet. A bunch of those profit numbers come courtesy of accounting gimicks and rule changes (mark to make believe instead of mark to market, for example). Which begs the question, how f’ed up are the ones are still suffering from losses given favorable trading/FASB conditions</p></li>
<li><p>Goldman isn’t paying anywhere close to what it did in 07 in compensation. Maybe 2/3 at most</p></li>
<li><p>It does not mean more hiring. lol</p></li>
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