Earnings for the Bank of Montreal (BMO:TSX) in 2006: $2.66 billion
Total compensation package paid in 2006 to its CEO, Tony Comper: $10 million
Number of employees that need to be laid-off because BMO says it didn't earn enough: 1,000
Number of words in a BMO press release explaining why they need to earn more money by laying off 1000 employees: 533
Number of words used in the same press release cautioning its shareholders that BMO may not neccessarily know what it is doing in order to avoid any litigation: 646
