http://blog.compare-stuff.com/2007/08/28/further-back-in-time/ Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:29:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://blog.compare-stuff.com/2007/08/28/further-back-in-time/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Bob Sun, 02 Sep 2007 18:55:08 +0000 http://blog.compare-stuff.com/2007/08/28/further-back-in-time/#comment-3 Here's an interesting plot showing the recent massive rise (due to media interest?) in city bonuses. Usually attributed to increased mergers and takeover activity - but not very well correlated here: <a href="http://compare-stuff.com/?q1=%22city%20bonuses%22;q2=mergers%20takeovers;series=006_royears;t.x=0;t.y=0;y0=on;.cgifields=y0&fl=1" rel="nofollow"><img border=0 width=400 height=200 src="http://compare-stuff.com/plot.cgi?w=400&h=200&l=1995,1997,1999,2001,2003,2005,2007&q1=0.03797,0.2445,0.1147,0.1552,0.138,0.98,0.9156&q2=0.6097,0.6443,0.5207,0.508,0.4644,0.6295,0.6351&t=lines&l1=%22city%20bonuses%22&l2=mergers%20takeovers&embedded=1"\></a> Here’s an interesting plot showing the recent massive rise (due to media interest?) in city bonuses. Usually attributed to increased mergers and takeover activity – but not very well correlated here:

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