• 18 Feb 2009 at 6:20 PM

Write-Offs: 02.18.09

By Bess Levin

$$$ Keep your money under the mattress [The Deal]
$$$ Playboy open to possible sale or strategic changes. (PS: I sent an email to the editorial team, re: the Women of Wall Street issue that was slated to come out this month, and have heard nothing. Don’t say I never did anything for you.) [Dealbook]
$$$ Bad news for fashion week [Zero Hedge]
$$$ New York To Retrain Wall Streeters [NYT]

Comments (20)

  1. 1
    Posted by guest | February 18, 2009 at 6:28 PM

    I heart NY
    http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/18/drunk.amputee.payout/index.html

  2. 2
    Posted by guest | February 18, 2009 at 6:33 PM

    @1 – Made me consider throwing myself in front of the train as I read it on the platform this morning. Not that I wasn’t thinking about before I read it.
    -JO Legal

  3. 3
    Posted by guest | February 18, 2009 at 6:38 PM

    Bess,
    Surprised no one dug this up, pretty obvious:
    http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085&sid=auAqkrxMzKPc&refer=europe
    which leads to this:
    http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/nameSQL.asp?nametxt=stanford+aviation&sort_option=5

  4. 4
    Posted by guest | February 18, 2009 at 6:40 PM

    @3- except for the fact that 1) Stanford has blocked people from tracking the carriers’ whereabouts on flight aware and 2) he didnt necessarily use a jet registered to stanford (one reason being that’d be a bit obvious?)

  5. 5
    Posted by guest | February 18, 2009 at 6:55 PM

    Train ex-male traders to fluff, since a lot of them already blow.

  6. 6
    Posted by guest | February 18, 2009 at 7:10 PM

    dude
    Top 10 Jobs Ex-Bankers Are Qualified For
    http://thereformedbroker.com/2009/02/18/retraining-investment-bankers-in-new-york-city/
    bloombergs dreamin

  7. 7
    Posted by guest | February 18, 2009 at 7:18 PM

    Gasparino offered me $50 to watch me piss in the bathroom at Penn Station. This is good money now.
    Ex-Amerillwide Banker

  8. 8
    Posted by guest | February 18, 2009 at 7:20 PM

    where do i sign up for bloomberg assistance? i got the ax, and the only thing i’m good at is smoking the vaporizer. i could sell vaporizers?

  9. 9
    Posted by guest | February 18, 2009 at 7:41 PM

    #6, viscount lol. I know of a certain former AMerrillWide exec who already has the powdered wigs and pantaloons.

  10. 10
    Posted by guest | February 18, 2009 at 7:56 PM

    @ 9, wouldnt be thain, would it?
    and the paint-on mole, as well?
    lol

  11. 11
    Posted by trojan | February 18, 2009 at 8:38 PM

    https://app2.whitehouse.gov/ppo/
    go where the real gravy is boys

  12. 12
    Posted by guest | February 18, 2009 at 8:54 PM

    @10 When the moles on, he prefers Lord Thain.

  13. 13
    Posted by guest | February 18, 2009 at 9:53 PM

    Lord John, 12. Didn’t we cover this yesterday?

  14. 14
    Posted by guest | February 18, 2009 at 10:03 PM

    He picked Sebelius? For HHS? Ugh.

  15. 15
    Posted by guest | February 18, 2009 at 10:19 PM

    Does it get better?
    Accused Financier Under Federal Drug Investigation
    Authorities: Stanford May Have Laundered Drug Money for Mexican Cartel
    http://www.abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=6907429&page=1

  16. 16
    Posted by guest | February 18, 2009 at 11:45 PM

    @15
    And even better:
    http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5705095341106292327&hl=en
    Bill Clinton thanks Stanford Financial around the 3:00 minute mark.

  17. 17
    Posted by guest | February 19, 2009 at 12:58 AM

    16, I don’t get it.
    Paraphrase: “I want to thank Stanford Financial for underwriting this.”
    Deep. Thanks.

  18. 18
    Posted by guest | February 19, 2009 at 2:09 AM

    found on mish.
    oh dear lord. the crazy redneck trader
    is back.
    http://bit.ly/KPR6y
    is this guy a genius or an idiot.

  19. 19
    Posted by guest | February 19, 2009 at 7:57 AM

    Nobody gives a shit about Playboy going bust? Amazing!

  20. 20
    Posted by american bandersnatch | February 19, 2009 at 9:30 AM

    Finally had to google it. It was “The Midas Plague” by Frederick Pohl.

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