Supposedly, Blackstone has been retained to advise the Icelandic government in general.
Equally amusing*: Iceland to sue over 'bullying' reaction.
*Just kidding, nothing is as amusing as Crab Hands going to bat for Iceland.
Unfounded Rumor Of The Morning: Bankrupt Bjork-ville Edition
Posted by Bess Levin, Oct 13, 2008, 9:03am
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Posted by guest , Oct 13, 2008 9:10AM
I still can't believe Clay is gay. http://www.clayaiken.com/
Posted by guest , Oct 13, 2008 9:11AM
Solution: Bottle some of that glacier water and sell it to the Park Ave crowd. Problem solved.
Also botox shots made from Polar bear sphincters would sell well at Bloomies.
Posted by guest , Oct 13, 2008 9:18AM
do they have polar bears in(on?) iceland?
Posted by guest , Oct 13, 2008 9:31AM
LBO Iceland?
Maybe as a B-stone fund subsidiary they can get whipped into shape. If their credit quality wasn't destroyed it would be pretty awesome.
Posted by guest , Oct 13, 2008 9:38AM
why crab hands?
Posted by diablo , Oct 13, 2008 9:43AM
Goldman Sachs follows in the footsteps of Lehman and Morgan Stanley:
http://www.forbes.com/afxnewslimited/feeds/afx/2008/10/13/afx5542229.html
Thomson Financial News
UPDATE 1-Goldman faces limits in Platts oil window-sources
10.13.08, 6:30 AM ET
DUBAI/SINGAPORE, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs, the biggest oil trader on Wall Street, has been restricted from making a market in price assessment agency Platts' daily oil trading window as counterparty anxiety grows, two sources familiar with the move said on Monday.
Goldman is the latest in a series of major investment banks to be placed under a so-called 'review' by Platts, which has said it may sometimes need to limit the activities of some companies in its half-hour price-discovery process if their acceptability by counterparties threatens to distort benchmark prices.
Posted by guest , Oct 13, 2008 9:43AM
>Polar bears in Iceland
No not in general. Once in a while after a night out on the town in the North Pole one or two will pass out and end up floating on an Iceberg south to Iceland. Where they will ramble upon some unsuspecting local yodel and consequently have to be shot due to their general disposition to eat said yodels.
Posted by guest , Oct 13, 2008 9:46AM
Bess, what the fuck is this over at ATL? From Kash Hill....
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You and EP are still posting strong...fucking weaklings. You rock that shit.
Posted by EricM , Oct 13, 2008 9:49AM
According to eye witness reports Friday's Brawl on Wall turned out to be nothing more than the Fizzle fo' shizzle.
Also rumored, DB to rename "guest" account "Gasbag 2.0" immediately.
Congrats to @girl for having foreseen that everyone's wife/gf would phone in emergency errand orders.
Posted by guest , Oct 13, 2008 10:13AM
Will Iceland be paying Blackstone's fees in crabs and other crustaceans?
It does have a large fishing industry.
Posted by guest , Oct 13, 2008 10:25AM
Screw Iceland. Greenland is the new Williamsburg.
Posted by guest , Oct 13, 2008 11:01AM
Blackstone is doing SemGroup too
Posted by guest , Oct 13, 2008 12:27PM
@5 it's a pun on Black Stone Crabs..whose claws are damn tasty. And the fact the Blackstone group is always grabbing something with it's crab hands I suppose.