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Charlie Gasparino Is Ready For A Book Talk Brawl
Nov 20, 2009, 11:00am
Posted by Teri Buhl
If you're coming to New Canaan, CT on Sunday to hear Charlie Gasparino discuss The Sellout you might need to bring your boxing gloves. The other day on Chicago-based radio show StocksandJocks, co-hosted by CNBC contributor Dr. J Najarian, a...
Charlie Gasparino Has A Suggestion For Lloyd Blankfein
Nov 18, 2009, 3:37pm
Posted by Bess Levin
Charlie Gasparino called Lloyd Blankfein a "twerp with half a nut" the other night and if you thought that was just CG being affectionate, you thought wrong. Chaz is sick of "this guy." He's sick of his charitable contributions, he's...
Charlie Gasparino And Andrew Ross Sorkin Make Nice, Charlie And Lloyd Blankfein Not So Much
Nov 17, 2009, 11:35am
Posted by Bess Levin
So Charlie Gasparino and Ken Feinberg had a 20 martini dinner last night, which came after Chaz's keynote address at the Directorship 100. Gaspo told a captive audience that the Compensation Cop "has Wall Street by the stugats." Before all...
Sorkin's Book May Beat Gasparino's In Instances of "F*ck" Per Page But It Falls Short In Self-Love
Nov 16, 2009, 12:39pm
Posted by Bess Levin
As you may have heard, the numbers have been crunched and to some people's surprise, Andrew Sorkin's book, Too Big To Fail, bests Charlie Gasparino's When Mooks Fail for the number of times the word 'fuck' is mentioned, overall and...
Did Charlie Gasparino Bring Wall Street To The Brink?
Nov 13, 2009, 9:46am
Posted by Bess Levin
I've long maintained that Charlie Gasparino's "I'm just a country reporter" image is a façade. In reality, he is a dangerous, dangerous man who, if you know anything, nearly brought Wall Street and the country to its knees. Look behind...
Charlie Gasparino Does It Sans Sleeves
Nov 09, 2009, 2:37pm
Posted by Bess Levin
Many of you have long been under the assumption that the origin of one of our nickname's for Charlie Gasparino-- "No Sleeves"-- was merely my deeply disturbed brain. That it had no basis in reality, etc. Untrue. For years...
MARK YOUR CALENDARS: Charlie Gasparino To Discuss Book In Natural Habitat
Nov 06, 2009, 11:27am
Posted by Bess Levin
Actually, that's not entirely true: CG's first choice of venue to have a roundtable discussion of the definitive take on the crisis, When Mooks Fail: The Goddamn Beatin' That Bear Stearns Took, is his local Gold's Gym (the last stop...
The Man Who Sunk Citigroup Launches Hubris Fund
Nov 05, 2009, 1:32pm
Posted by Jon Shazar
Having just written a book on the subject (When Mooks Fail, currently #15 on the Amazon.com best-seller list), Charlie G. continues his intrepid reporting on the utter shamelessness of Wall Street. Now, Tom Maheras, the former Citigroup president, is hardly...
Charlie Gasparino Also Huge In Greenwich?
Nov 04, 2009, 3:57pm
Posted by Bess Levin
As previously mentioned, it seems Charlie Gasparino has some (cheapskate) fans in New Canaan, who lined up to get their hands on his new book, Up In Smoke, the second it was available at their local library. Now our attention...
Eight New Canaanites (And Counting) Want To Know Why 'Mooks Fail'
Nov 04, 2009, 1:24pm
Posted by Bess Levin
From our Southern Connecticut librarian mole: The New Canaan Library had 16 copies of Charlie Gasparino's book ready to rent yesterday. Half of them are already checked out. He's coming here to speak at the end of the month....
ARS: LIRR, NJ Transit Riders Must Not Be Deprived Of Their Rights
Nov 03, 2009, 1:19pm
Posted by Bess Levin
From the mailbag: Spotted Andrew Ross Sorkin at a bookstore in Penn Station berating a young clerk for not carrying more copies of his book, "Too Big To Fail." He actually said quite loudly: "Dude, you need to carry...
Deeply Sensitive Dick Fuld Did Not Like Being Called "The Gorilla"
Nov 03, 2009, 9:32am
Posted by Bess Levin
You would think that a guy who once put someone in a chokehold during a boardroom meeting, told a trader who asked him a question he didn't like, "I ought to break your legs for that," got into physical altercations...
Jimmy Cayne: Charlie Gasparino Is "The Greatest Reporter In The History Of Reporting"
Nov 02, 2009, 3:47pm
Posted by Bess Levin
Charlie Gasparino's self-described "definitive book on the financial crisis," Up In Smoke, comes out tomorrow. Sadly, one of the main subjects of CG's most recent contribution to literature, Jimmy Cayne, will not be available to make an appearance at the...
John Thain Didn't Want To Be Compared To Erin Callan
Nov 02, 2009, 11:40am
Posted by Bess Levin
Or so alleges country reporter Charlie Gasparino, in his new book (out tomorrow!), When Mooks Fail. According to CG, given that "both of these broads" had "a great pair of legs and an ass just begging for a pinch," the...
What Should Charlie Gasparino's Memoirs On (Possibly) Smoking Dope With Jimmy Cayne Be Called?
Oct 27, 2009, 10:00am
Posted by Bess Levin
This is from the prologue of Charlie Gasparino's book, in which the Sellout author discusses having dinner at a Chinese restaurant with Jimmy Cayne on August 5, 2007. When we sat down this was a different Jimmy Cayne than I...
Felix Salmon Has Some Bones To Pick With Charlie Gasparino's New Book
Oct 22, 2009, 1:19pm
Posted by Bess Levin
1. Aesthetically, it's a piece of shit. Also, Salmon wouldn't use the pages to line his birdcage. 2. Too much Charlie. 3. That the people publicizing it in included materials that might help sell the thing. 4. This wasn't...
Jimmy Cayne Denies Keeping Kilo Of Coke In Desk At All Times
Oct 21, 2009, 11:57am
Posted by Bess Levin
Just like he claims to have never touched marijuana despite the fact that former colleagues describe his office at 383 Madison as a "straight-up grow house." Wall Street Marijuana and Cough Syrup Expert Charlie Gasparino, however, is not convinced, and...
Photo Of The Day: The Situation Is Fluid
Oct 13, 2009, 2:23pm
Posted by Bess Levin
A young Charlie Gasparino, who knew even then he'd one day write the definitive book on this crisis....
Charlie Gasparino Knows If Lloyd Blankfein Were Ever Mad At Him It Must've Been For A Good Reason
Oct 06, 2009, 5:22pm
Posted by Bess Levin
So! As previously mentioned, Andrew Ross Sorkin writes in his new book that at one point last September, Lloyd Blankfein was so "disgusted with what he believed was CNBC's Charlie Gasparino's 'rumor-mongering'" that he turned the TV off in his...
Is Sallie Krawcheck Campaigning For Ken Lewis's Job?
Oct 06, 2009, 10:00am
Posted by Bess Levin
Doubtful! Oh, but not so, says the the Post, claiming that not only does SK want the job, but that she "went public with her ambitions to run the bank" yesterday on CNBC. Those of you who saw the appearance...
