11.   Annual bonuses across different industries and higher overtime in manufacturing pushed up earnings, the Office for National Statistics said.

12.   Barings executives said they expected most employees to receive their annual bonuses.

13.   Allied Irish has put off deciding on annual bonuses for its executives while Ludwig completes his investigation.

14.   Executives are reluctant to leave the firm now because Salomon bases its annual bonuses on a September year-end.

15.   If the doctors surpass their goal, they receive annual bonuses, and if they do not, their pay is cut.

16.   Investment bankers depend on annual bonuses for most of their income.

17.   Major Japanese electronics manufacturers will pay higher annual bonuses to their employees this year, which would be the second straight year bonuses have increased, Mainichi newspaper reported.

18.   Most of their pay comes through annual bonuses many times bigger than their salaries.

19.   On Wall Street, there is often a flurry of movement at investment banking firms following the distribution of annual bonuses.

20.   Other major investment banks conduct reviews at the end of the year to determine annual bonuses and raises in salary.