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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...
Bank of America Might've Bought Lehman If Tim Geithner Had Better Job Talking Up Dick
Oct 20, 2009, 3:26pm
Posted by Bess Levin
So Hank Paulson held secret meetings with Goldman in a hotel room in Russia and now we also find out, from Andrew Ross Sorkin's new book, that matchmakers Paulson and Geither arranged a midnight meeting between Dick Fuld and Ken...
Conspiracy? Probably Not.
Nov 25, 2008, 3:39pm
Posted by Equity Private
Muffie Benson-Perella, moonlighting today as ghostwriter for Fortune Editor at Large Patricia Sellers, wonders in her "Postcards From the Pinnacles of Power" column why Lehman wasn't saved, given its extensive "presidential connections." Dick Paulson, Hank Paulson's brother, great-grandson of Theodore...
Sell On The Dips
Nov 13, 2008, 1:42pm
Posted by Equity Private
You would think that the world class experts in getting you coming and going (I mean auction houses of course) would be clever enough not to offer minimums on such fickle assets as art collections in this environment. You would...
No-one Expects A Fallen Master of the Universe to Say Sorry.
Oct 20, 2008, 8:11am
Posted by Equity Private
But it would be oh-so warm and fuzzy if they did. Why not, indeed. Reuters, do tell: ...academics say an apology -- for all the litigation risk it entails -- can be the basis of revitalized confidence and trust. With...
You Are Not A Beautiful or Unique Snowflake
Oct 08, 2008, 10:10am
Posted by Equity Private
I remember reading an article penned by someone who lost their job when Bear Stearns failed, and it was all about how the firm was special, that the culture was unique and that they felt that they had lost 'family'...
The Fuld Hearings: In Summary
Oct 06, 2008, 2:57pm
Posted by Equity Private
Presented without additional comment, after the jump....
Waxman Waxes Fuld: The Liveblog
Oct 06, 2008, 9:58am
Posted by Equity Private
Yep, sure enough. It looks like Waxman is going to be taking our newly reclusive Dick Fuld. Provided my connection holds, I will be delivering all the gritty details right here. Stay tuned. 10:06: As usual these things gavel in...
Oversight In Action, For Two Days Only, Buy Your Tickets Now!
Oct 05, 2008, 9:00pm
Posted by Equity Private
Friday, October 03, 2008 Corporate Accountability Committee to Hold Hearings on Collapse of Lehman Brothers and AIG Chairman Henry A. Waxman announced that the Oversight Committee will hold two days of hearings to examine the regulatory mistakes and financial excesses...
Weekend Update: Find Fuld
Oct 04, 2008, 2:28pm
Posted by Equity Private
I know it looks like we are super dedicated or something, but really, it is only news of milk-carton maven Dick Fuld that gets us out of our lazy weekend slumber like this. Well, that and maybe another SEC investigation....
That Explains The Fuld Flight
Sep 26, 2008, 3:59pm
Posted by Equity Private
Lehman head Dick Fuld has been personally named as an individual defendant in a suit brought by a Lehman preferred investors, or so says Reuters. Fogel Capital Management is trying to turn the matter into a class action suit to...
Wall Street Character Arcs
Posted in Lehman, Sep 15, 2008, 11:27am
Posted by Equity Private
It is rather shocking (but not) to see how quickly the financial press turns on its former heroes. Truly, very fair weather friends, the press. To wit: Dick Fuld's fall from grace with the Financial Times as seen in their...
The Lehman Bankruptcy At A Glance
Posted in Lehman, Sep 15, 2008, 10:48am
Posted by Equity Private
Best observation: It might be a good idea to expand the maximum check-box answers on the form for: Estimated Number of Creditors (Over 100,000). Estimated Assets (More than 1 Billion). Estimated Liabilities (More than 1 Billion). Potential Inaccuracies: "Does the...
Lehman Brothers Still Attempting To Sell Valuable Parts
Sep 15, 2008, 12:57am
Posted by Bess Levin
Bloomberg confirms that Lehman Brothers is in fact still shopping broker-dealer services and asset-management. Lehman, led by Chief Executive Officer Richard Fuld, 62, is exploring the sale of its broker-dealer operation and continues to hold talks on the sale of...
Charlie Gasparino Thinks You (r Bosses) Are All Pussies
Sep 03, 2008, 3:11pm
Posted by Bess Levin
Charlie Gasparino's latest column for Trader Monthly is about everyone's favorite topic/bank that just won't die: Lehman Brothers. Specifically, the fate of LEH CEO Dick Fuld. Friends say he's "tiring out" and many believe his days at the firm are...
KDB To Buy Brothers?
Aug 22, 2008, 9:50am
Posted by Bess Levin
Reuters reports that woodland creature Dick Bove may have been on to something yesterday when he upgraded Lehman Brothers to a buy due to a possible takeover. A spokesman from state-run Korea Development Bank confirmed today that they are "studying...
Dick Fuld Shot Down
Aug 20, 2008, 10:15am
Posted by Bess Levin
Turns out the rumblings in Charlie Gasparino's stomach were correct--the Lehman Brothers CEO has been fired....
Gasparino: Dick Fuld Is Racing To Save His Job
Aug 19, 2008, 1:23pm
Posted by Bess Levin
Charlie Gasparino reports that Lehman Brothers's probable sale of the family jewels is the first in a series of escalating dares the conclusion of which will be Dick Fuld looking for a new job....
Lehman Pushing Assets?
Aug 11, 2008, 9:41am
Posted by Bess Levin
Charlie Gasparino reports that Dick Fuld is working "feverishly" on a possible sale of the firm's entire commercial mortgage debt book, missing almost all of the Olympics to do so (though time was made yesterday for beach volleyball, and Erin...
