• 10 Sep 2009 at 5:53 PM

Write-Offs: 09.10.09

By Bess Levin

$$$ Jim Chanos wants to educate you about short-selling. [HFF]
$$$ America’s Only Growth Industry [Cityfile]
$$$ Dollar Dominatrix: 39th most powerful woman in business. [Fortune]
$$$ Dan Loeb cares about the children [PDF]
$$$ Geithner: Bailout Programs Are Shrinking [NYT]
$$$ Jellyfish tossing helps land Madeira Beach man in jail [St. Petersburg Times]

Comments (15)

  1. 1
    Posted by CoveredLong | September 10, 2009 at 6:10 PM

    Apparently Brant James considers himself quite the punster…’as soon as he comes up with the clams’.
    Yes, we’re drowning in your punishing waves of clever clever humor…oh, what’s that….OHH, I get it. Clams. The word refers to both an ocean creature as well as money…which he needs for bail. Hilarious.

  2. 2
    Posted by guest | September 10, 2009 at 6:20 PM

    AR story says Loeb only has $1.8bn of aum in his firm. TM Top 100 story in early 08 says he had $5.9bn of aum.
    Either he lied to the AR reporter (has happened before) or he seriously became a cash registar for investors when he didn’t put up a gate last year.
    I wonder how his investment on the $45m he spent to live at 15 CPW in 08 are playing out.

  3. 3
    Posted by guest | September 10, 2009 at 6:34 PM

    Bess – - the list is flawed (read biased)- – you belong in the top 10…kudos.
    As for DD I put her down to #66 – close to the devil

  4. 4
    Posted by guest | September 10, 2009 at 6:47 PM

    Men that drown Jelly fish should be drawn, quartered and fed to fish as Sushi.

  5. 5
    Posted by guest | September 10, 2009 at 6:48 PM

    I’d short Chanos if I could.

  6. 6
    Posted by guest | September 10, 2009 at 10:24 PM

    Marissa Mayer:
    http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2009/fortune/0909/gallery.most_powerful_women.fortune/44.html
    aka:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcSujceZDmg

  7. 7
    Posted by Anal_yst | September 10, 2009 at 11:15 PM

    @5 calling in from soviet russia, eh?

  8. 8
    Posted by guest | September 10, 2009 at 11:36 PM

    COKE

  9. 9
    Posted by guest | September 10, 2009 at 11:38 PM

    THE WHITE GOD

  10. 10
    Posted by guest | September 11, 2009 at 12:02 AM

    FREE FOOD FOR THE POOR!!!

  11. 11
    Posted by guest | September 11, 2009 at 12:10 AM

    @10: points for both obscurity and appropriateness of movie quote.

  12. 12
    Posted by guest | September 11, 2009 at 6:00 AM

    @7, most overrated manager out there. seriously.

  13. 13
    Posted by guest | September 11, 2009 at 8:15 AM

    @12 yeah not at all but nice try.

  14. 14
    Posted by guest | September 11, 2009 at 9:45 AM

    @11
    Hard to actually prove that about the guy who called Enron first.

  15. 15
    Posted by J. Epstein | September 11, 2009 at 2:15 PM

    you know who else cares about the children?

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