$$$ BATS CEO: Trade Problems ‘Part of the Business’ [WSJ]
$$$ SAC Capital to Close Chicago Office [WSJ]
$$$ Private equity eyed Legg Mason but were spurned [Reuters]
$$$ American Express to Cut 5,400 Jobs [WSJ]
$$$ The Most Glorious ‘Special Instructions’ Customers Have Requested on Seamless include “I smoked mad weed and I got a new video game so don’t break your balls getting here” [NYO]
$$$ Macquarie is looking for a risk management senior manager in New York [DBCC]
$$$ California to Post $851 Million Budget Surplus, Brown Says [Bloomberg]
$$$ Brussels takes tough stance on Google [FT]
$$$ Goldman’s De Mallmann Buys NYC Apartment for $13 Million [Bloomberg]
$$$ ‘My goodness there’s a snake on the wing’: Qantas’ reptile passenger [Sydney Morning Herald]
AMEX isn't the last of those layoffs…BLK coming up early in Feb 2013
If by "surplus" he means" aggressively awesome pension accounting, then sure.
- Bill Gross
telling these little stories, here's a good idea: Have a point. It makes it so much more interesting for the listener.