One point for the CFA track.
From: Student Council – Social Reps
Subject: Campus Exchange – Update on Restrictions
Dear all,
As some of you are aware, the MBA office has decided to put in place certain restrictions on the campus exchange.
Since the beginning of this year, and particularly in January/February, some students have behaved in an unacceptable manner, usually involving irresponsible alcohol consumption, raucous behaviour and partial nudity on and off campus. This has coincided with executive programmes and careers events and has placed INSEAD in a negative light with many visitors. The Social Reps uphold the “Work Hard, Play Hard” ethic at INSEAD, after all we basically invented the notion, but we have to agree with the MBA office that some recent behaviour is beyond reasonable and may adversely affect us all.
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Yesterday we discussed Mrs. Buttkiss, the story of a woman with a “huge” ass, a dirty little secret, and what happens one day when she lets it out in the fruit aisle of a grocery store. Mrs. Buttkiss and The Big Surprise isn’t just any old children’s book about asses but one conceived of by Crescendo Partners founder Eric Rosenfeld, whose tale of asses and the magic they hold had been brewing for over ten years. (For those of you not up to speed on the storyline, see my summary in comments 52, 55, and 57 here). It’s also one of the few books you can currently purchase that comes with a free whoppie cushion. We had a little chat with the auteur, who claims to have no calls on FDP, about his process.
Is this an allegory for the financial crisis? Bubbles, etc?
A lot of people seem to think that but I came up with the story ten years ago, way before the financial crisis.
Ten years ago the seeds were already being sown. A bunch of Alan Greenspan’s friends knew what was happening. It definitely could’ve been about the crisis.
That wasn’t the original intent but it’s fine with me if people want to think about it that way.
Is it about LTCM?
That’s a different Eric Rosenfeld who worked there.
It could still be about John Meriwether. His gastroenterologist loves to talk. Anyway…you said you came up with this story when you were putting your kids to bed. What happened that night that this was the story you came up with?
I was just trying to make up a story I thought they’d like.
Kids like this sort of thing?
Oh yeah. Kids ages 2-12 think it’s hilarious. What did you think of it? Continue reading »
Rubin’s got “regrets” and Prince is “deeply sorry” that management wasn’t more “prescient.” Also, you should know, that since taking up early retirement, Chuck has “given a great deal of thought to the unique events that led to the financial crisis and which bring us here today.” Continue reading »
Spitzer says ba-ring it, bitch.
“I love politics,” Spitzer told Fortune. “The substance, the debate about the issues …” As for a race in 2010? It is “just hard to see,” he says. But he adds, “I’ve never said I would never consider running for office again.”
He’s not afraid of this broad, who’s sworn she’ll go head to head with him if he think of so much as running for the PTA, and actually, Ness would relish the opportunity to do battle with her in a no-holds barred debate.
As for that other ish? Continue reading »
Dan Loeb is kicking ass and taking names (Jamie Dinan) Continue reading »
WIN A CHANCE TO ATTEND THE 2010 CAESARS TENNIS CLASSIC!
Overnight Stay in a Centurion Tower Premium Room at Caesars Atlantic City on 4/10/10
Two tickets to the 2010 Caesars Tennis Classic APRIL 10, 2010, Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall – 7:30pm Continue reading »
Mack, as previously mentioned, wants Danny DeVito. Sorkin, who’s thought about this a lot, would be happy with any one of the following:
* Gollum
* Bruce Willis
* Tom Cruise (Tropic Thunder character)
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Nobody really listened to him much though, probably because the subject lines of his emails to Bob Rubin and Co were fairly mundane (“THIS LOOKS REALLY FUCKING BAD, FELLAS”) and he forgot to mark them high alert. Just kidding, of course, that’s exactly what he did.
Jimmy Cayne may have taken a billion-dollar bath on the collapse of Bear Stearns, but that hasn’t kept him from continuing to hack up fairways from Jersey to Florida.
A quick check on GHIN.com shows his highness has entered six scores in the first seven days of April. (We’re not sure if he’s playing on his home turf at the Jersey Shore or at the Boca Rio.) Continue reading »
