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  1. 1
    Posted 2010-08-13 12:17:12 on Big Bad Floor Traders Don’t Scare Maria Bartiromo

    She's still there.... and she's probably the only one on the antiquated NYSE floor anymore.

  2. 2
    Posted 2010-04-22 13:19:03 on Metro-North Officials Contemplating Ruining The Lives Of Connecticut-Dwelling Financial Services Hacks

    comment 4 is awesome. For me travelling through Penn Station and getting on the LIRR is a miserable enough existance. Adding booze to the equation of my evening commute would send me a nosedive of existential self-pity.

  3. 3
    Posted 2009-11-10 12:01:06 on Does Congress Hate God?

    I suspect that Chuck Schumer doesn't really hate Goldman.

  4. 4
    Posted 2009-04-06 12:27:46 on Who Should Throw Out The First Pitch At Citi Field?

    You mean besides the fact we already know it's going to be Tom Seaver? The Fresh Charles Prince of course.

  5. 5
    Posted 2008-12-11 09:37:13 on Opening Bell: 12.11.08

    "You're too old you 40 old long toothed bastard. Get out!"

  6. 6
    Posted 2008-12-05 08:41:30 on Opening Bell: 12.05.08

    Also reedamable for golf-clubs: cash. Also good for lap dances and narcotics. Not so much with spirit points.

  7. 7
    Posted 2008-11-18 14:37:56 on The End is Neigh

    @13: Because if you don't make 750k, it's not worth working at all.

  8. 8
    Posted 2008-11-10 10:44:54 on Opening Bell: 11.10.08

    Circuit City? Perhaps the Treasury could expand the TARP to include Wide-screen televisions....

  9. 9
    Posted 2008-11-04 15:53:48 on Iceland CDS Payouts: ~$7 Billion

    While Iceland may be (barely) more populous then Lehman Bros, the aggregated dick size of both participants would have Lehman winning hands down.

  10. 10
    Posted 2008-10-30 13:08:38 on Afternoon Dow Winner / Dow Close Contest

    8942.20

  11. 11
    Posted 2008-10-27 14:24:34 on Morning Contest Results, Closing Contest Rules

    898.25

  12. 12
    Posted 2008-10-27 09:45:01 on Dealbreaker Contest: No Rest For The Wicked

    892.04 Is the prize that we get the opening bell post, again?

  13. 13
    Posted 2008-10-24 14:32:19 on Dow Close Contest

    8322

  14. 14
    Posted 2008-10-24 09:55:14 on Running The Books

    8223.

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    Posted 2008-10-22 15:11:24 on If We Have To Damage Some Kidneys In The Process, So Be It

    If I got no bonus at all, I'd likely default on my house payments. Oh the irony, Barney. Although I do follow the perverse logic here, the thing about bonuses is that you can cut them the fuck off when you write-down 18 billion dollars of goodwill, unlike salary. Cause you don't think that motherfuckers are just going to accept their 150k base?

  16. 16
    Posted 2008-10-22 09:40:27 on High School Math

    19 billion in "goodwill" written down. I hope to god, that weren't holding goodwill as reserves.

  17. 17
    Posted 2008-10-22 08:33:37 on Opening Bell: 10.22.08

    "Nationalizing private pensions so you that the government can raid the money to pay-off it's foreign debts elsewhere to stay solvent." Holy sncheikies! Hugo Chavez must be happy with his investment of Oil Largesse into Argentine Debt.

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    Posted 2008-10-21 13:08:20 on Rain Delay (Part II)

    Hockey's problems are that they have too many people with funny accents commentating during the game. If they could get Joe Buck and Tim McCarver to do their bang-up job on Hockey, the sport would really take-off.

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    Posted 2008-10-21 07:46:20 on DealBreaker Afterdark: Bernanke Endorses Obama

    In defense, this ran on the opinion page. This wasn't front-page a la "NY Post".

  20. 20
    Posted 2008-10-20 08:18:49 on Opening Bell: 10.20.08

    Venezuela and Iran "need" $80 to remain profitable? So prior to November of 2007, they were subsidizing their oil production as a gift to the rest of the world?