Blankfein in line for $100m bonus for 'doing God's work'

Bankers in Davos for the World Economic Forum (WEF) believe Lloyd Blankfein and other top Goldman bankers outside Britain will receive some of the bank's biggest-ever payouts, The Times reports. A banker at one of Goldman's rivals says: "This is Lloyd thumbing his nose at Obama." The world's richest investment bank is becoming the focus in a political and financial showdown over payment of what the US President has called "shameful" multi-million-pound bonuses. In 2007, Blankfein took home $67.9m in his biggest bonus so far. His bank's profits last year were $1.8bn higher than in 2...