• 23 Dec 2009 at 4:37 PM

Write-Offs: 12.23.09

$$$ Dimon, Blankfein, Mack to Testify to Crisis Panel [Bloomberg]
$$$ Alexis Glick Leaving Fox Business [BI]
$$$ For America’s Santas, It’s Hard to Be Jolly [WSJ]
$$$ Beck, Burly, Silver & Gold [HedgeWorld]
$$$ Clarium Exec Goes to Hollywood [FINalternatives]
$$$ Insurgents 2010: Federal Reserve Board of Governors member, Icahn Enterprises Vice-Chairman, Blackstone senior MD [New York Observer]

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Comments (39)

  1. Posted by guest | December 23, 2009 at 12:42 PM

    CFA vs MBA
    MIT vs Harvard
    Discuss

  2. Posted by guest | December 23, 2009 at 12:42 PM

    Glick – chg – 50/60
    for showing signs of intelligence.

  3. Posted by guest | December 23, 2009 at 12:58 PM

    2xply vs. baby wipes
    mayonnaise vs. vegenaise
    Mike's vs. Sparks
    WSJ vs. FT
    Discuss.

  4. Posted by guest | December 23, 2009 at 12:58 PM

    Holy shit, #2! Congrats…

  5. Posted by guest | December 23, 2009 at 1:00 PM
  6. Posted by Barack Obama | December 23, 2009 at 1:25 PM

    Bess is actually number 1. Had to be a reason why she posted it. Well deserved & well done ma'am

  7. Posted by guest | December 23, 2009 at 1:29 PM

    @7 nah pretty sure if she was trying to shamelessly draw attention to it she'd have done a full post. BL is a class act. (and cute!)

  8. Posted by Master of None | December 23, 2009 at 2:02 PM

    #1 for sure, as if you couldn't tell from the graphic arts portrait on the cover page.
    Also, ARS looks like a hobbit in his picture.

  9. Posted by guest | December 23, 2009 at 2:03 PM

    I know right? If I wasn't married and worked for SAC (or if I was married and was SAC)–look out!

  10. Posted by guest | December 23, 2009 at 2:05 PM

    re: pic of bess:
    the doe eyes say "i am a cute, innocent little lady," the knowing smirk says "i had sex on a zamboni last night"

  11. Posted by guest | December 23, 2009 at 2:07 PM

    @10 why would your employment with SAC be a problem? in case you haven't heard, BL is in goooood w the stamfordians. (and not just limited to the one she apparently recently started dating. no, not Stevie).

  12. Posted by guest | December 23, 2009 at 2:08 PM

    now that we know she's camera-ready I'm thinking BL needs to be hired as Stephen Colbert's Wall Street correspondent or somesuch (not daily show. that shit is passe).

  13. Posted by guest | December 23, 2009 at 2:21 PM

    "BL is in goooood w the stamfordians. (and not just limited to the one she apparently recently started dating. "
    WHO IS HE? ILL KILL HIM.

  14. Posted by AJ | December 23, 2009 at 2:23 PM

    Congrats Bess!

  15. Posted by guest | December 23, 2009 at 2:40 PM

    Alexis please call me.
    Tiger

  16. Posted by guest | December 23, 2009 at 2:41 PM

    Bess please call me.
    Tiger

  17. Posted by guest | December 23, 2009 at 2:57 PM

    Alexis leaving FBN?
    Her show's rating can't probably compete with Erin's.
    Maybe our chance now to see Jenna Lee a lot longer ( which means she'll compete with Erin )

  18. Posted by guest | December 23, 2009 at 4:03 PM

    Bring her back! Perfect combo: Tess & Extended Play
    http://www.zerohedge.com/article/cbo-scores-own-g…

  19. Posted by guest | December 23, 2009 at 5:21 PM

    @19/Lowly: careful! spending too much time on zerohedge leads to self-abuse.
    Feliz Navidad, mijo.

  20. Posted by guest | December 23, 2009 at 5:23 PM

    i remember jack when he was the lone IR guy for Clarium… talk about being in the right place at the right time…

  21. Posted by guest | December 23, 2009 at 4:42 PM

    CFA vs MBA
    MIT vs Harvard
    Discuss

  22. Posted by Teri Buhl | December 23, 2009 at 5:55 PM

    Congrats Bess on being #1 on the NYO Insurgents list.
    DB Readers – Don't you think Letterman should have her on next? You know she'll out smart him with funnier jokes.

  23. Posted by guest | December 23, 2009 at 5:56 PM

    20,
    So confused. How'd you know it was me?

  24. Posted by Lowly Assistant | December 23, 2009 at 6:17 PM

    I want to redact 23, in that it's clearly a stupid question.
    If you are who you are, maybe I'll finally be able to forward some files your way via email next time you spin.
    Mo'adim Lesimkha. Chena tova!
    Signed,
    Trying to Keep Up/FanBoy

  25. Posted by guest | December 23, 2009 at 7:48 PM

    so BL is super cute, good to know but how psyched is biff that he got a shout-out in the story??

  26. Posted by Finnegan | December 23, 2009 at 8:08 PM

    Seeing a pic of Bess is kinda like waking up in the middle of the night on Christmas Eve and stumbling into the living room to see what you imagine will be Santa, but it's just your dad putting your gifts under the tree.
    Cute, but all the mystery is gone now.

  27. Posted by guest | December 23, 2009 at 9:20 PM

    @26 you're a loser. but you already knew that.

  28. Posted by guest | December 24, 2009 at 12:02 AM

    @ all*
    I had high (nay, insanely unrealistic and unattainable) expectations for BL (think KLW sucking on a pen and staring blankly at the ceiling during one of her Marisa Miller rants – "intelligent, approachable, and so gracious!"), but this released picture changes everything. Bess is now a good 20x more attractive with this photo out in the tubes.

    That tussled hair, smug smirk (with a nearly ironic hint of humility and fragility), and all-knowing look in her eyes combine to remind me that this is someone not only operating at a high multiple of my own intelligence, but is also infinitely more interesting than anything possibly found at the frequented weekend "spots".

    If only I had been born an intrepid zamboni aficionado with a penchant for defcon-4 buttoning habits**…

    * Apologies for the 4AM rambling, but there is strangely some actual, real live work destroying my scant four days of annual vacation. True BSD right working from the 'rents' home right here. Take note kiddies cuz that's a situation.

    ** let a man dream, ok?

    *** call me

  29. Posted by american bandersnatc | December 24, 2009 at 4:10 AM

    @28 – Get some sleep

  30. Posted by Anal_yst | December 24, 2009 at 4:28 AM

    @28 Whoa
    Also, uh, anyone else at the office today or what?

  31. Posted by guest | December 24, 2009 at 4:37 AM

    WFH … thankfully.

  32. Posted by american bandersnatc | December 24, 2009 at 4:39 AM

    @Analyst – Yup, doing my part to make the world a better place.

  33. Posted by Anal_yst | December 24, 2009 at 4:48 AM

    @AB
    Yea, uh, ditto?

  34. Posted by guest | December 24, 2009 at 5:29 AM

    I just got fired on bloody christmas eve cuz I called the shoe shining boy Negro last week. Fucking fuck

  35. Posted by guest | December 24, 2009 at 5:44 AM

    @34 Stupid Brit! Now go home and hang yourself!

  36. Posted by Finnegan | December 24, 2009 at 6:59 AM

    @27
    Merry Christmas to you too. Bank that brilliant comment and use it over and over any time you are too lazy to offer anything insightful.

  37. Posted by rahodeb | December 24, 2009 at 7:07 AM

    @34 – I think it's spectacular that you just now called him the shoe shining BOY [emphasis added], despite being fired for a very similar and quite recent indiscretion. I can see you've taken the lesson to heart.
    I think I'm supposed to type "examine your motives" or something similar at this point in the post, yes?

  38. Posted by guest | December 24, 2009 at 8:05 AM

    @37 you know the tool @34? Please dish

  39. Posted by guest | December 25, 2009 at 12:33 PM

    Alexis call me. I need a financial adviser.
    Tiger

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