Wall Street Roundup: Economic aftershocks. Bogus bonus reform?

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Gold: Trading now at $1,424 per ounce, up 0.4% from Friday. Dow Jones industrial average: Trading now at 11,931.51, down 1% from Friday.

Economic aftershocks. Japan’s stock market sank fast, bringing the rest of the world down with it, on the first full business day after Friday’s massive earthquake.

Bogus bonus reform? Moody’s released a report expressing its skepticism that recent reforms to Wall Street’s compensation system will have any lasting impact.

The plot thickens. The former Goldman Sachs board member accused of leaking the company’s secrets tried to resign from the board a few weeks before the alleged leaks, according to newly released wiretap recordings.

-- Nathaniel Popper in New York