As a result of the subprime mortgage debacle, the CEOs at Merrill Lynch, Citi-group, Bear Stearns, and Morgan Stanley all resigned or were ?red. Teir departure packages were $161 million, $68 million, $40 million, and $18 million, respec-tively. Are these settlements unreason-ably high, given the huge ? Financial losses and write-downs that their companies recorded?