In the span of a few months, the sticker price for a freshly minted college graduate in top-level banking has quickly shot up, reaching and then surpassing $100,000—a guaranteed salary to be padded later with a chunky bonus. Bloomberg Businessweek's Mark Leydorf reads "Junior Bankers Have Seized the Upper Hand on Wall Street, for Now."

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