• 30 Oct 2009 at 5:07 PM

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$$$ The Top 10 Wall Street Halloween Costumes [The Deal]
$$$ Duff’s $100 Million Hedge Fund Spree Fails to Lure Investors [Bloomberg]
$$$ Madoff Auditor To Plead Guilty Next Week [GC]
$$$ Job of the Week: Bentley Associates Needs A Managing Director. You. [DB Career Center]
$$$ Sorkin Book Reveals Generational Rift at the New York Times [Gawker]

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    Comments (24)

    1. 1
      Posted by Anal_yst | October 30, 2009 at 5:29 PM

      what, Unicorn Advisors stopped looking for a CEO?

    2. 2
      Posted by guest | October 30, 2009 at 5:32 PM

      Wasn’t the same MD job up not too long ago?

    3. 3
      Posted by guest | October 30, 2009 at 5:37 PM

      Sorkin’s a weasel but he’s a superstar now and nothing matters unless he gets caught with young boys.

    4. 4
      Posted by guest | October 30, 2009 at 5:55 PM

      Remember two years ago there was a time when no one liked ARS, especially people who actually worked in finance?
      ARS’s ex-mistress

    5. 5
      Posted by guest | October 30, 2009 at 6:52 PM

      Bess,
      I do not have positive feelings for you.
      The Headless Sorkin

    6. 6
      Posted by Many, Many of US | October 30, 2009 at 7:04 PM

      Still looking for Melissa F. For a straddle costume.

    7. 7
      Posted by Anal_yst | October 30, 2009 at 7:20 PM

      I think I might, to honor his contributions to dealbreaker, go as a naked short for halloween.
      Also, i just saw a tumbleweed roll by my desk. That is all.

    8. 8
      Posted by guest | October 30, 2009 at 9:23 PM

      @4 who was Sorkin’s mistress? You know his brother is a top m&a lawyer. That’s how I think he first got some of his big stories. Sliped to him from his bro right after he closed a deal.

    9. 9
      Posted by Long Squeeze | October 30, 2009 at 11:35 PM

      Sorkin = douchebag.
      That is all. Hopefully no one’s brain exploded from the complicated formula.

    10. 10
      Posted by guest | October 31, 2009 at 5:53 AM

      @9 AIG/Lehman quant?

    11. 11
      Posted by guest | October 31, 2009 at 6:55 AM

      Sorkin is a shitheel.

    12. 12
      Posted by Seaman Bodine II | October 31, 2009 at 8:42 AM

      Generational rift at the NY Times?
      More people read my firm’s quarterly than their paper.
      The purpose of the Times is to provide gay baby boomers in Stockbridge something to light their fireplaces with.

    13. 13
      Posted by guest | October 31, 2009 at 11:21 AM

      I would like to see our favorite girl Melissa Francis in Maxine Waters costume.

    14. 14
      Posted by guest | October 31, 2009 at 12:49 PM

      YO!
      Maybe I should apply for that MD job at Bentley Assoc. You think they’ll hire me because of my name?
      Farnsworth Bentley

    15. 15
      Posted by guest | October 31, 2009 at 1:09 PM

      TGFD thinks Bentley’s MD job listing poses somewhat of an enigma…
      “First, we want true team players who are willing to share their ideas and expertise since we operate in a collegial style.”
      Preceded by…
      “The firm’s compensation structure has an extremely high payout to its Managing Directors who originate and/or execute client transactions.”
      Hmmm…They want you to share your ideas all around, but the pay is better if you operate in the dark.
      WTF are they really looking for, anyway?
      The Guy from Delaware

    16. 16
      Posted by guest | October 31, 2009 at 2:28 PM

      And I really want to stress the enema posed by the MD posting. TGFD, on one hand, thinks that compensation/gratitude shouldn’t be linked with generating the most amount of profits in the short term. However, on the other hand, TGFD sees this as a perfect dichotomy, in that if TGFD is having TGFD’s way with a young male patron at the Dundee Saloon in DE, it’s beneficial for me to provide him with a reach-around in order to offer an incentive for the strapping buck to submit…silently.
      In short, TGFD is perplexed by pushing incentives, while limiting risks. It’s like safe sex – never have, never will.
      The Gay from Delaware

    17. 17
      Posted by InfiniteGuest | October 31, 2009 at 2:57 PM

      @15 (TGFD) Small shop, no choice.

    18. 18
      Posted by guest | October 31, 2009 at 3:00 PM

      @16 FTW

    19. 19
      Posted by guest | October 31, 2009 at 6:19 PM

      InfiniteGuest@#18…
      Thanks for the answer to my question, but can you elaborate and tell TGFD why a small shop makes any difference?
      Bentley is looking for someone who is skitzoid, no?
      The Guy from Delaware
      p.s. Gay@#16…You were funny before, but now, not so much. Has Halloween impaired your thinking? I don’t think you know WTF you’re even talking about.

    20. 20
      Posted by guest | October 31, 2009 at 7:57 PM

      employee of meredith whitney dresses up as dollar dom for halloween. awesome.
      http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/30/at-whitneys-firm-trick-or-treatings-for-the-office-too/

    21. 21
      Posted by guest | October 31, 2009 at 9:32 PM

      @11 Sorkin may be a shitheel, but I think that Tim O’brien is the epitome of a petty schmuck.

    22. 22
      Posted by guest | October 31, 2009 at 10:01 PM

      Just put on my slutty Charlie Gasparino costume. Speaking of CG, what do you suppose he hands out on Halloween? Muscle Milk minis? Zubaz gift certificates? Rubbers? Signed copies of The Sellout?

    23. 23
      Posted by guest | October 31, 2009 at 11:24 PM

      @20 infidel.- DD

    24. 24
      Posted by trojan | November 1, 2009 at 7:16 AM

      We regret to inform you that we are no longer hiring for this position at the moment.
      -Mr. Tumnus
      HR Administrator, Imaginationland Securities, Inc.

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