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Hottest Women In Business Television List Gets Lift
Oct 29, 2009, 12:10pm
Posted by Bess Levin
Yesterday we asked you guys to tweak the list compiled by BroBible, of the hottest business bitches. And they took many of your suggestions to heart! Namely the lack of Bloomberg representation. Before we get into that, however, some notice...
Bloomberg Will AGAIN Provide Your Daily Ego Boost: Back By Popular Demand?
Oct 29, 2009, 10:33am
Posted by Bess Levin
Yesterday we mentioned the harrowing, life-shattering news that Bloomberg had removed the function that allowed you to see how many people were clicking your profile, and checking your shit out, as confirmed by a Help Desk representative. Today, it's back....
Bloomberg Will No Longer Provide Your Daily Ego Boost
Oct 28, 2009, 3:05pm
Posted by Bess Levin
Here's some really awful news sure to shake you to the core. You know that function on your Bloomberg that let's you see how many times your profile has been accessed? Of course you do, you check daily. Everyone does,...
UBS Eagerly Pays Extortion Money
Aug 12, 2009, 10:21am
Posted by Equity Private
A short bit of pondering on the (now settled) UBS case: "It will take a little time for agreements to be signed in final form," Gibson told Gold today in a telephone conference call. Tax lawyers said they expect UBS...
The Bloomberg Report
May 29, 2009, 2:36pm
Posted by Equity Private
Tyler Durden over at Zero Hedge points out the (not so) subtle campaign by Bloomberg to bash the TALF. Heads I win. Tails they lose. Thanks TALF! Collection of anti-TALF banners after the jump. Bloomberg's Vendetta With Geithner/TALF Continues [Zero...
Short Termism Hits Berkshire (Or Does It?)
Nov 19, 2008, 1:47pm
Posted by Equity Private
We couldn't help but snicker a bit at the news, reported via Bloomberg, that Berkshire Hathaway CDS costs have "almost tripled in two months." Bloomberg attributes the soaring CDS quote to a series of equity index puts Berkshire wrote some...
Merrill Selling Bloomberg, Gasparino Reports
Jul 16, 2008, 4:01pm
Posted by John Carney
Merrill Lynch has sold its stake in Bloomberg LLP for $4.5 billion, CNBC's Charlie Gasparino is reporting. No deal has yet been made for Merrill's stake in Blackrock. Merrill has been under pressure to raise additional capital. But with investors...
City & State Budgets Divide On Wall Street Pessimism. Are Both Too Optimistic Anyway?
Posted in Layoffs, May 06, 2008, 12:50pm
Posted by John Carney
Speaking of blind men, Governor Patterson’s budget office doesn’t think things on Wall Street will be that bad, at least compared to Mayor Bloomberg’s budget office.* Budgeteers in Albany and City Hall are both warning of fiscal calamity but Bloomberg’s...
Fringe Benefits To Getting Fired
May 05, 2008, 11:47am
Posted by Bess Levin
As you well know, UBS is scheduled to begin laying off some 8,000 employees tomorrow, just prior to accepting the “Heart of Gold Award” for community service unrelated to its own employees.* Bloomberg, it seems, is aware of the date...
Another Alphabet Soup Ready To Run Off The Rails
Feb 27, 2008, 10:02am
Posted by John Carney
If it's a day that ends in the letter y, it's probably time to learn about problems in another dark corner of the credit markets. On the lesson plan for today are financial creatures known as variable interest rate entities....
