A glimmer of hope for all my unemployeds out there– there are jobs to be had! You’ll have to spend most of the day hearing “that’s not how Meredith used to do it” and “why can’t you be more like Whitney,” and “no, you’ve got to really clamp down on them, make a vice with your hands” but beggars, choosers, etc. The FT reports that Oppenheimer has extended offers to 100 aiders and abetters (JK…JK I’m serious, nobody works alone) of the Stanford Financial fraud, and most have accepted, though a few are holding out for something better. Perhaps some room can be made for you!
Oppenheimer is expanding with new branches in Florida, North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia, while adding staff to existing branch offices in the southeastern US and Texas. “These individuals have had extensive experience in the securities industry and, prior to moving to Stanford, were previously associated with well recognised securities firms,” Oppenheimer said.
but you will have to work for Bud and Bud lite
well recognised, infamous, whichevs.
Ok Bess, I can let one typo slip — this is a blog, not a newspaper — but really!
A glimmer of hope for all my unemployeds out there– there are jobs to be had! You’ll have to spend most of the day hearing “that’s not //HOW// Meredith used to do it” and “why can’t you be more like Whitney,” and “no, you’ve got to really clamp down on them, make a //VISE// with your hands”
@3- fuck off.
@3- why don’t you get off her ass?
If any more of you f-heads on the editing desk are found to be visiting and editing Dealbreaker I’ll go Maori on your asses!!
~Rupert M
@4,5,6 –
Sock puppets can’t help you now, Bess.
@7- wtf are you talking about?
Ok guest@2, I can let one typo slip — this is a comments board, not a newspaper — but really! I wish you were smarter:
vise also vice (vīs) Pronunciation Key
n. A clamping device, usually consisting of two jaws closed or opened by a screw or lever, used in carpentry or metalworking to hold a piece in position.
tr.v. vised also viced, vis·ing also vic·ing, vis·es also vic·es
To hold or compress in or as if in a vise.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/vice
As they say Birds of a feather flock together…Stanford…Oppenheimer. Who else would hire the bufoons who were involved in a ponzi scheme?? Who else can bud possibly hire, no one would willingly go to work at OPCO, it is Wall Street’s biggest shit house.
@3 – die of AIDS you tranny polishing sodomite.
One thing I have never been able to figure out about the Stanford advisors claiming total innocence is that if they had no idea what the assets of the offshore bank were, how could any advisor deem an investment in the bank could be appropriate for any client?
Consider risk/ return considerations. Not knowing the bank’s portfolio made it impossible to determine the riskiness of the investment. Having no clue as to the riskiness of the investment makes it somewhat difficult to determine of the return was commensurate with the risk.
Also, not knowing what risks the bank was exposed to, how could a Stanford advisor conclude a client’s assets and risks were properly diversified?
Even if the advisors didn’t know about the shenanigans at the offshore bank, how could a client conclude their Stanford advisor was acting in a prudent manner when suggesting an investment in the offshore bank?
@10. No kidding. I have no idea about the NY office of fahnestockopco but the atlanta office is run by an unbelievable social climbing(for atlanta) jackass. There are about 3 decent guys in that office. The backoffice is unbelievably bad and I am not really sure what they have to sell. I think they got sweep accts about 2-3 years ago.
Opco is just bottom fishing off Sir Al’s pier.
Bud’s looking to out-do himself in ’09 now that he’s looking to relocate the firm to Delaware and have US taxpayers pay for his auction-rate securities mess. Of course he has bud-lite leading th charge on this one. Way to earn your stripes son!