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The rebound starts at the top, thanks to this year’s massive stock market gains of the last three quarters (the Dow: up 4000 since March). And so: “Finance foot soldiers expect payouts that will ‘make up’ for the anemic year-end checks of 2008.” Thank God they’ve recovered from the recession! Don’t worry, it’ll trickle down in ’10. Or not.