• 09 Jan 2009 at 6:00 PM

Write-Offs: 01.09.09

$$$ Disney Plans for Theme Park in Shanghai [WSJ]
$$$ Alabama sheriff to give up profits from jail food [Associated Press]
$$$ US publisher Hearst puts Seattle daily up for sale [Associated Press]
$$$ Boeing Will Cut 4,500 Jobs [Business Week]

Comments (38)

  1. Posted by guest | January 9, 2009 at 6:15 PM

    Who is Private Equity?

  2. Posted by guest | January 9, 2009 at 6:17 PM

    What is the sound of one hand clapping?

  3. Posted by guest | January 9, 2009 at 6:20 PM

    If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?

  4. Posted by guest | January 9, 2009 at 6:22 PM

    Dizney suxs. I thought I’d let you know that before the vaults slam shut ripping off the hands and arms of millions of little kiddies.

  5. Posted by guest | January 9, 2009 at 10:07 PM

    Cash&Carry will be looking for a good recruiter in 11 days. Got any names?

  6. Posted by guest | January 9, 2009 at 10:12 PM

    Best posts ever on this site.

  7. Posted by guest | January 9, 2009 at 10:13 PM

    Who is Equity Private?

  8. Posted by guest | January 9, 2009 at 11:00 PM
  9. Posted by guest | January 9, 2009 at 11:03 PM

    SATYAM HAS FAKE JOB CREATION
    Because of this fake jobs creation – [for example, bastards from
    AP, come to USA without any job showing false job/ fake job - without
    any job in USA - and then search for a job in USA after coming here,],
    today the H1-B process has become a sham total. It became a big scam -
    most of all the consultants in USA do is – find a candidate, bloat his
    resume, get a H1-B, then take money from that candidate after he gets
    a job. Fuking assholes, because of this, the whole H1-B process became
    a joke. It became a painful process for the genuine candidates. Even
    a person who has a masters degree in USA is finding it tough to get a
    H1-B within the cap time. Reason – fake jobs, fake resumes, fake
    consultants.
    For those people who think this is racism, my request. I agree not
    every one from a particular place does this. But, 90% of the IT guys
    from AP do that. Don’t lie,
    2, Because you are bloating your resume, you are making life tough for
    those genuine candidates who are not bloating their resume. Before you
    say “my telugu friend helped me”, fuk you – check your resume. I am
    100% sure that your telugu friend cooked your resume.

  10. Posted by guest | January 9, 2009 at 11:11 PM

    #8/9 Too gulti, didn’t care.

  11. Posted by guest | January 10, 2009 at 3:59 AM

    @10…
    check you mutual fund statements.. they invested in SAY
    now you gotto care..

  12. Posted by guest | January 10, 2009 at 8:23 AM

    has this become drudge report?

  13. Posted by guest | January 10, 2009 at 11:03 AM

    Disney will create a theme park of Corrupt Capitalism? How about “The Hedge Fund Ride” – 90% of the time it just goes down …

  14. Posted by guest | January 10, 2009 at 1:25 PM

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ri2Kor2BATk
    Madoff Theme Song – Gettin Hebrew Money!

  15. Posted by guest | January 10, 2009 at 4:40 PM

    @13 that’s the same problem I have with your girlfriend.

  16. Posted by guest | January 10, 2009 at 5:53 PM

    6.02 x 10^23 jobs lost this weekend alone.

  17. Posted by guest | January 10, 2009 at 6:13 PM

    @9
    this isn’t an IT site… for that you want to go here:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbvP7dT3Dx0

  18. Posted by e_anthony58 | January 11, 2009 at 1:08 AM

    THE GREATEST CNBC AD OF ALL TIME!!
    http://www.cnbc.com/id/27826508
    Isn’t she lovely?

  19. Posted by guest | January 11, 2009 at 2:33 AM

    # 18
    Didn’t finish watching the ad. Tired of her.
    I don’t think she’s lovely.

  20. Posted by guest | January 11, 2009 at 2:36 AM

    # 18
    A CNBC employee.

  21. Posted by guest | January 11, 2009 at 3:44 AM

    @ 18
    What is lovely with a woman who does know what a spam can food is?
    Only idiot does not know what that is.
    Tell her to stop acting like a Queen.

  22. Posted by guest | January 11, 2009 at 9:43 AM

    Man, you guys that put women on pedestals deserve all you get. Jesus, get a life!
    – Moomin Troll

  23. Posted by guest | January 11, 2009 at 9:56 AM

    Satyam — who gives a fuck?
    http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/jan2009/db2009019_127597.htm?campaign_id=rss_daily
    Yep, I know this will have some knock on effects for me but I sure hope the US firms that outsourced their business to these thieves really, really, feel the pain.
    Maybe they should have thrown “outsourcing failure” into their fucking risk models. Despite the costs having someone else manage you core infrastructure borders on brain dead. Why not hand them the keys to your car, your home and your family, to do as they will? I guess that’s why the US is the economic power house it is.
    It always amazes me when I see people and companies that think that Indians are totally benign and compliant. Good luck chasing these crooks through the Indian legal system. I’m sure that system will be more than happy to pay the US back for the treatment they got during and after the Bhopal disaster.
    I’m also 100% sure there was a very ‘Indian flavor’ to how the Bhopal plant was run leading up to the disaster. If the Americans managers turned a blind eye then, well … , Americans are always great at lawyer-ing up after the fact.

  24. Posted by guest | January 11, 2009 at 10:52 AM

    #23 = Bangalored and bitter.

  25. Posted by guest | January 11, 2009 at 11:02 AM

    @24 – not really.
    Look at that business week web page, under the “Related Items” pane. I like the spelling of ‘Arrested’. Probably written by someone in Bangalore. I guess it’s another candidate for a do-over – no cost.

  26. Posted by guest | January 11, 2009 at 11:16 AM
  27. Posted by guest | January 11, 2009 at 12:17 PM

    I think the fundamental problem is the lack of productivity. This is where the SlapChop ™ comes in – ask Vince.

  28. Posted by guest | January 11, 2009 at 2:05 PM

    Maria Bartiromo, David Ortiz, and Joba Chamberlain.
    http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=989939513&play=1
    david ortiz owns LGD tv’s.

  29. Posted by guest | January 11, 2009 at 2:34 PM

    @26
    I read that and it sounds like a failed attempt at humor. Is that your blog?

  30. Posted by guest | January 11, 2009 at 5:31 PM

    I think that Needle and Dickstein should merge! I will go to law school just to get a chance to work with NEEDLEDICK, LLP

  31. Posted by guest | January 11, 2009 at 8:50 PM

    Anybody catch the 60 Minutes expose on how Wall Street investment banks helped drive up the price of oil with speculation? After Wall Street’s role in inflating the real estate bubble, the derivatives mess, and now this, it’s a pretty fair question as to whether Wall Street is a net positive or negative for the US economy. Wall Street banks certainly won’t be very popular nationwide after the 60 Minutes report. Unless I’m mistaken, things are about to get pretty hot on the regulatory front with Obama coming in.

  32. Posted by VOL IS KING | January 11, 2009 at 9:20 PM

    I want to bet on the cardinals to win the super bowl, can one of you gamblers anonymous members tell me how one does such things?

  33. Posted by VOL IS KING | January 11, 2009 at 10:43 PM

    @31:
    Really, with Rubin, Geithner and Volcker running economic policy and Summers as shadow Fed Chairman, not mention the fact that Wall Street is paying for the inauguration and Obama hails from the derivatives capital of the universe. I think reactionary 60 minutes pieces disusing things they can’t possibly understand will have little to no effect.
    Besides this is probably just Sumner Redstone trying to get back at his broker for that margin call.

  34. Posted by e_anthony58 | January 11, 2009 at 11:51 PM

    @28 – just ate. dont really want to puke it out.

  35. Posted by guest | January 12, 2009 at 1:16 AM

    @31: Wall Street banks have never been popular nationwide. They don’t need to be, they buy politicians directly.

  36. Posted by guest | January 12, 2009 at 2:59 AM

    Giants RB here, what are first-year Cardinals numbers?

  37. Posted by guest | January 12, 2009 at 3:00 AM

    http://tinyurl.com/6whlq2
    The most important part of “the pitch” is…
    Sam Walton wrote…the price that the consumer pays.
    Donald Trump wrote…how you promote what you’re selling.
    Roger Clemens wrote…the steroids you take beforehand.

  38. Posted by gorgonak | January 17, 2009 at 10:34 AM

    aaa

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