PBateman

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    Posted 2009-01-06 16:04:28 on Someone’s Sleeping With Julian Robertson Tonight!

    There's really two classes of cubs, the original generation of Tiger Alums who launched their own funds (most while Tiger Management was around or shortly after it closed) and the second generation that were seeded by Julian and most of which reside in 101 Park.

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    Posted 2008-09-30 13:53:14 on The Mystery CEO Who Took His Firm Off The No-Short List

    David Einhorn did take his firm off (GLRE)

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    Posted 2008-05-13 16:23:27 on Lindsay Campbell Gets Arrested

    Nice catch with the cuffs on by Lindsay!

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    Posted 2008-04-16 13:27:32 on Just Asking

    CNBC would be a far better netwrok if Dennis "I don't know jack about anything, but I'll always express my stupid and uninformed opinion" Kneale were never on the air again.

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    Posted 2008-02-04 17:35:41 on Mark Haines Has Been Appearing On-Air Without Underwear For Years, This Is Nothing New

    Random Banker, I hate to get all personal, but if you're going to comment on someone's football acumen it's best to spell "quarterback" without the space in the word. Okay now back to the MHL for me.

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    Posted 2008-01-09 17:16:26 on Merrill Management Makes Huge Mistake

    Bess, I wanted 93 minutes of my life back. That documentary was so not worth it.

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    Posted 2008-01-08 13:29:07 on Mark Haines Is Also Looking Good In ’08

    Someone on my desk here said yesterday that Haines said on air yesterday that we should just nuke Iran and be done with it. Can anyone else confirm this?

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    Posted 2007-12-10 09:32:43 on Blackstone Bid For Rio Tinto: Buyout or Bad Rumor?

    Blackstone, Blackrock - what's the difference? Carney, you mus be hitting the Mike's up early this morning.

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    Posted 2007-12-05 15:40:57 on How Great A Month Is Avenue Capital Having?

    3:38 - you must be hitting the MHL early today

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    Posted 2007-12-04 16:10:12 on Dead Hedge Fund Manager Who Dated A Guy Named Tiger Had High Cable Bill

    "I heard the pool was full of...." ... MHL. And coke. Lots of coke.

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    Posted 2007-12-04 10:23:52 on DealBreaker’s Plot To Save the Holiday Season

    Mike's Hard Lemonade: The official drink of the 5 o'clock free crack giveaway

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    Posted 2007-12-03 19:18:52 on Ben Stein Takes A Beating
    Or Charlie Gasparino & Howard Lindzon: Ben Stein’s Lonely Defenders

    joe - couldn't agree more. The more Ben Stein writes about economics the less I respect his opinions. The real problem is that so many uninformed people know who he is and think he's smart, so every time he opens his mouth you have to spend hours the next day pointing out the fallacies in his "arguments."

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    Posted 2007-12-01 13:33:42 on One Of These Things Has Retained Its Dignity

    Bess, clearly you don't understand that Jimmie Johnson, much like Jeff Gordon, is a driver that only communists and hippies cheer for.

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    Posted 2007-11-10 11:50:07 on Another Quant Liquidation Under Way?

    GSBSD - have you seen anything written about this, or just verbal. Hadn't seen anything confirming a delevering, just hearing speculation.

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    Posted 2007-11-09 13:40:30 on ADM: Public Policies, Private Profits

    In other sugar-protectionism news: The US has a $0.50/gallon import tariff ethanol because Brazilian sugar-based ethanol is cheaper to produce and more efficient than corn-based ethanol. Seems logical to me that our government would make it more expensive to import a substitute for gasoline with Oil above $90/barrel. There is a lot of corn grown in a lot of different states.

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    Posted 2007-11-01 17:45:30 on Are We Having Fun Yet? Ken Lewis Says Yes

    Love the 3 different links Bess. Good work

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    Posted 2007-09-28 09:26:06 on Sears Holdings: Is Eddie Lampert The New Mr. Met?

    JC - not to hate on your reporting, but Sears Holdings (SHLD), is actually Kmart, which Eddie bought in bankruptcy. He then used KMRT equity to buy the old Sears and renamed the firm Sears Holdings.

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    Posted 2007-09-12 12:03:55 on Wheat Price Hits Record $9 a Bushel

    You know what else is driving food prices? Our government's decision to pose an import tariff on sugar-based ethanol (even though its more efficient and better for the environment), because its not made in midwest battleground state. So essentially they're taxing Americans my subsidising a less efficient ethanol and driving up your food prices. Next up: bailing out homeowners who took out piggyback loans and have no equity in their homes. Gooooooo Government!

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    Posted 2007-09-10 16:14:23 on Interest Rate Limbo
    How Low Will The Fed Go?

    Here's some reading for you JC *The Punch Bowl Caucus* The motley collection of gazillionaires, conservatives, and industrialists begging the Fed to cut interest rates. By Daniel Gross http://www.slate.com/id/2172872/

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    Posted 2007-09-10 14:30:11 on Tim Sykes Shows Us How He Turned Bar Mitzvah Gifts Totaling $12,415 Into A Pre-Tax Sum Of Just Under $2 Million

    Really wish your links were pop-ups into new windows so I didn't have to click back after every link.