$60,000,000 Given To Workers By Employer https://blogs.lotterypost.com/truesee/2009/2/60000000-handed-out-to-workers-by-banker.htm truesee's Blog: $60,000,000 Given To Workers By Employer en-us Lottery Post RSS Generator Comment #6 https://blogs.lotterypost.com/truesee/2009/2/60000000-handed-out-to-workers-by-banker.htm#c33416 https://blogs.lotterypost.com/truesee/2009/2/60000000-handed-out-to-workers-by-banker.htm#c33416 Mon, 16 Feb 2009 20:40:36 GMT pumpi76 if only presidents were like that...

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]]> pumpi76 Comment #4 https://blogs.lotterypost.com/truesee/2009/2/60000000-handed-out-to-workers-by-banker.htm#c33401 https://blogs.lotterypost.com/truesee/2009/2/60000000-handed-out-to-workers-by-banker.htm#c33401 Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:31:40 GMT NBey6

]]> NBey6 Comment #3 https://blogs.lotterypost.com/truesee/2009/2/60000000-handed-out-to-workers-by-banker.htm#c33390 https://blogs.lotterypost.com/truesee/2009/2/60000000-handed-out-to-workers-by-banker.htm#c33390 Mon, 16 Feb 2009 14:53:13 GMT konane How wonderful!!! Win/win for everyone.

]]> konane Comment #2 https://blogs.lotterypost.com/truesee/2009/2/60000000-handed-out-to-workers-by-banker.htm#c33384 https://blogs.lotterypost.com/truesee/2009/2/60000000-handed-out-to-workers-by-banker.htm#c33384 Mon, 16 Feb 2009 06:48:45 GMT ThatScaryChick Wow! That was very generous of him.

]]> ThatScaryChick Comment #1 https://blogs.lotterypost.com/truesee/2009/2/60000000-handed-out-to-workers-by-banker.htm#c33382 https://blogs.lotterypost.com/truesee/2009/2/60000000-handed-out-to-workers-by-banker.htm#c33382 Mon, 16 Feb 2009 04:46:04 GMT emilyg Nice.

]]> emilyg Original Blog Entry: $60,000,000 Given To Workers By Employer https://blogs.lotterypost.com/truesee/2009/2/60000000-handed-out-to-workers-by-banker.htm https://blogs.lotterypost.com/truesee/2009/2/60000000-handed-out-to-workers-by-banker.htm Mon, 16 Feb 2009 04:04:58 GMT truesee Feb. 15, 2009

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MIAMI, Feb. 15 (UPI) -- Past and present employees of Miami banker Leonard Abess Jr. say they were surprised when he gave his workers $60 million of his own money.

The Miami Herald reported Saturday that Abess passed out the $60 million to 399 current staff members and 72 former employees after selling his majority stake in National Bancshares. (OTCPK:NABA)

The impromptu bonuses exceeded more than $100,000 in certain cases.

''I retired seven years ago, and all of a sudden I get this wonderful letter and phone call,'' Evelyn J. Budde, a former City National Bank of Florida vice president, said of the gift.

''I was shocked,'' said William Perry, another former vice president who spent more than 43 years working his way up the executive ladder after being hired as a janitor.

For Abess, who sold his 83 percent stake to the Caja Madrid banking group for $927 million last November, it was a way of giving back to his loyal workers.

''Those people who joined me and stayed with me at the bank with no promise of equity -- I always thought some day I'm going to surprise them,'' he told the Herald.

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