• 26 Feb 2010 at 10:00 AM

Opening Bell 02.26.10

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AIG reports $8.9 bln quarterly net loss (MarketWatch)
AIG Chief Executive Robert Benmoshe said the insurer is making “significant strides” toward selling two big businesses, American International Assurance Company, Ltd. and American Life Insurance Company.

Blonde captures attention at TZ Ltd bail-out (SMH)
“The room was sealed from prying eyes and shareholders were safely ensconced in front of the chairman when the leggy blonde sashayed up the hallway. Shari-Lea Hitchcock, the mistress of the late billionaire Dick Pratt, arrived fashionably late in black miniskirt and high heels to the bail-out meeting of the tech tiddler TZ Ltd, upstaging even the celebrity chairman and reality TV star of The Apprentice, Mark Bouris.”

On Wall Street, Romancing The (Curling) Stone (Dealbook)
Raj Atri, a research analyst at Bank of America, said the game’s plodding pace was a plus. Curling is so leisurely that he can easily multitask, with one eye on his Bloomberg terminal and another a game.

Merrill Lynch Guaranteed Ford Annual Pay of at Least $2 Million (NYT)
His guaranteed pay was twice that of the Merrill Lynch chief executive who hired him, E. Stanley O’Neal.

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    Comments (31)

    1. 1
      Posted by guest | February 26, 2010 at 10:10 AM

      UBS Sucks
      - legacy AIG Quant

    2. 2
      Posted by NakedShort | February 26, 2010 at 10:10 AM

      Petty children. ALL OF YOU

    3. 3
      Posted by guest | February 26, 2010 at 10:25 AM

      @2/NS truer words were never posted at the Opening Bell.

    4. 4
      Posted by guest | February 26, 2010 at 10:26 AM

      O’neal is so black

    5. 5
      Posted by volatilitysmile | February 26, 2010 at 10:27 AM

      Boker tov, Bess, ma shomlekh?

    6. 6
      Posted by Investorcluzo | February 26, 2010 at 10:28 AM

      DAZZLING! just DAZZLING…that is all, carry on.

    7. 7
      Posted by guest | February 26, 2010 at 10:28 AM

      Has the WSJ blog post on “Top 10 Financial Blogs you must bookmark” been discussed anywhere? Or is bess trying to suppress the dissemination of her picture?

    8. 8
      Posted by guest | February 26, 2010 at 10:29 AM

      Has the WSJ blog post on “Top 10 Financial Blogs you must bookmark” been discussed anywhere? Or is bess trying to suppress the dissemination of her picture?

    9. 9
      Posted by guest | February 26, 2010 at 10:31 AM

      @4 – Today’s snow is so white.

    10. 10
      Posted by guest | February 26, 2010 at 10:33 AM

      dumbass@7/8 it was discussed all day yesterday.

    11. 11
      Posted by Investorcluzo | February 26, 2010 at 10:33 AM

      @7/8 – yesterday, keep up.

    12. 12
      Posted by guest | February 26, 2010 at 10:40 AM

      Does Shari- Lea know thaat whipped cream can also be used on certain foods?

    13. 13
      Posted by guest | February 26, 2010 at 10:40 AM

      @9 – Touche

    14. 14
      Posted by guest | February 26, 2010 at 10:40 AM

      i love that i can now merely google “bess levin” and see that lovely face as the first result

    15. 15
      Posted by Lowly Assistant | February 26, 2010 at 10:55 AM

      PETULANT CHILDREN,
      WHEN ONE OF YOU FINALLY MAKES IT TO MY HOSPITAL IN SOUTH JERSEY, I’M GOING TO FEIGN PLEASANTRIES. YOU WILL THINK I’M THE MOST NICEST MALE NURSE IN THE WHOLE LAND. BUT THEN, WHEN YOU LEAST EXPECT IT, I’LL PLACE THIS CATHETER IN A VERY UNORTHODOX SPOT ON YOUR DISGUSTING, HATE-MONGERING, ELITIST BODY. YOU WILL WONDER WHY THE PROCEDURE IS TAKING SO LONG. YOU’LL FIND IT SUSPECT THAT I’M MOVING THROUGH YOUR RECTAL CAVITY WITH THE THERMOMETER. YOU’LL ASK YOURSELF, “SELF, WHY ISN’T THE NICE MALE NURSE WEARING GLOVES? WHY DIDN’T HE PROVIDE A COOKIE AND JUICE BOX AFTER MY DONATION OF BLOOD? WHY DIDN’T HE CHANGE THE SHEET ON THE OBSERVATION TABLE?” YOU WILL WONDER WHY I’M MAKING DOUBLE PHOTO COPIES OF YOUR LICENSE AND INSURANCE CARD. YOU WILL WONDER WHY I’M WHISPERING UNDER MY BREATH, IN A MENACING MANNER, “FUCK CIGNA. FRAUD. MORTGAGE. CDO TO THE 5TH POWER. DELTA. BETA. ALPHA SAYS WHAT?” YOU’LL SAY WHAT, BEFORE REALIZING WHO I AM. YOU WILL SLOWLY BACK AWAY TOWARDS THE DOOR, BEFORE SCREAMING “BUDHAKoN!!!!!!!” AND YOU’LL BE RIGHT. BUT THIS TIME, I WON, BECAUSE I HAD MY FINGER UP YOUR ASS.
      -BRIAN KELLY

    16. 16
      Posted by guest | February 26, 2010 at 10:59 AM

      It’s people like BRIAN “BUDHAKoN” KELLY is what the subprime is in trouble.
      I like the way this shit stays on the Internet in perpetuity, Brian.

    17. 17
      Posted by guest | February 26, 2010 at 11:04 AM

      Bess has been outed. Its like Batman without the mask. What will our hero do?

    18. 18
      Posted by ExtraordinaryPopularDelusions | February 26, 2010 at 11:05 AM

      FRAUD

    19. 19
      Posted by guest | February 26, 2010 at 11:06 AM

      Sweet, he’s back.

    20. 20
      Posted by guest | February 26, 2010 at 11:06 AM

      i just want to say Nancy Pelosi makes me want to eat my own balls.

    21. 21
      Posted by guest | February 26, 2010 at 11:12 AM

      @20 maybe oversharing?

    22. 22
      Posted by guest | February 26, 2010 at 11:13 AM

      What’s the deal with boxing? Two men in shorts fighting for a belt. The prize should be a t-shirt and a pair of slacks.

    23. 23
      Posted by guest | February 26, 2010 at 11:24 AM

      @15 & 16 – what? I missed this reference – please enlighten me.

    24. 24
      Posted by guest | February 26, 2010 at 11:28 AM

      @23 To reiterate what Cluzo said earlier, please, keep up.

    25. 25
      Posted by volatilitysmile | February 26, 2010 at 11:31 AM

      You blind me with excellence. Now sorry but I need to drop the kids off to school (I know, I am late).
      Jersey Slore

    26. 26
      Posted by guest | February 26, 2010 at 11:48 AM

      @17 you’re a dumbass. this the second story that had a pic of bess. the last one was in december, and she was complicit in both. kill yourself.

    27. 27
      Posted by guest | February 26, 2010 at 11:50 AM

      Jews bind me. Now sorry but I need to drop the kids off at the pool (I know, I’m overweight).
      -Not Quite as Refined as Jersey Shore

    28. 28
      Posted by guest | February 26, 2010 at 11:56 AM

      Why does the WSJ say Dealbreaker has a potty mouth? What a shi#ty thing to write.

    29. 29
      Posted by guest | February 26, 2010 at 12:03 PM

      @14 same. BL’s a hottie. v nice surprise.

    30. 30
      Posted by guest | February 26, 2010 at 12:04 PM

      Anybody know the Meredith Whitney Advisory Group dude whose pic is in this version of the WS curling article
      http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/26/business/26curling.html?hp=&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1267203723-znVLSvo9FtBfywADqj2wcw

    31. 31
      Posted by volatilitysmile | February 26, 2010 at 12:46 PM

      @ 30 – hot, hot, hot.
      Bawney Fwank

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