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Tens of thousands of Wall Street bankers face tighter restrictions on how they are paid under new rules proposed by US regulators in response to the financial crisis of nearly a decade ago.
The rules are part of a broader effort to curb what regulators say is excessive risk-taking at the country's biggest financial firms and go beyond senior executives todeal makers and traders who receive large shares of their pay in the form of bonuses.