• 17 Apr 2008 at 5:15 PM

Write-Offs: 04.17.08

By Bess Levin

$$$ Blame The Subprime Meltdown On The Repeal Of Glass-Steagall [Consumerist]
$$$ Merrill’s Muppet Moment [DealBook]
$$$ Yankees pitcher rules Taiwanese economy [TheDeal]
$$$ IP Litigation Arbitrage Tactics [GP]

Comments (6)

  1. 1
    Posted by diablo | April 17, 2008 at 5:51 PM

    Something the Carney family plus some of the perps here might find interesting:
    New York subpoenas 18 firms in auction-rate probe
    By Laura Mandaro, MarketWatch
    Last update: 5:01 p.m. EDT April 17, 2008
    MER, GS and UBS are in the list.

  2. 2
    Posted by 36th Chamber | April 17, 2008 at 7:41 PM

    Not leh?

  3. 3
    Posted by guest | April 17, 2008 at 7:55 PM

    Whatever happened to Anal_yst? Where are you?

  4. 4
    Posted by diablo | April 17, 2008 at 8:17 PM

    Reuters has the full list:
    According to sources, institutions receiving subpoenas on Monday and Tuesday included: UBS (UBSN.VX: Quote, Profile, Research); Merrill Lynch (MER.N: Quote, Profile, Research); Goldman Sachs Group (GS.N: Quote, Profile, Research); Citigroup Inc (C.N: Quote, Profile, Research); Raymond James Financial (RJF.N: Quote, Profile, Research); First Albany; Wachovia Corp (WB.N: Quote, Profile, Research); Morgan Keegan; Piper Jaffray (PJC.N: Quote, Profile, Research); AG Edwards; Deutsche Bank (DBKGn.DE: Quote, Profile, Research); TD Ameritrade (AMTD.O: Quote, Profile, Research); Lehman Brothers Holdings (LEH.N: Quote, Profile, Research); RBC Dain Rauscher (RY.TO: Quote, Profile, Research); Bank of America (BAC.N: Quote, Profile, Research); JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N: Quote, Profile, Research); Morgan Stanley (MS.N: Quote, Profile, Research) and E*Trade Financial (ETFC.O: Quote, Profile, Research).

  5. 5
    Posted by guest | April 17, 2008 at 8:20 PM

    Thanks, diablo. I wondered who the 18 might be.

  6. 6
    Posted by guest | April 17, 2008 at 8:21 PM

    Those Muppets on the Merrill Lynch web page were bizarre. You can’t make this stuff up.

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