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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...
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...
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...
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....
John Paulson Once Had Self-Doubts
Nov 03, 2009, 3:33pm
Posted by Bess Levin
You probably didn't know it but the Jabroni Pony isn't the only one with a new book on the financial crisis coming out today. Wall Street Journal reporter Greg Zuckerman's got one, too (though his does not include promotion that...
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...
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...
Meredith Whitney Not Fan of Dollar Dominatrix Nickname, John Mack "Not Retiring" But Possibly Starring In Own Biopic
Oct 21, 2009, 11:14am
Posted by Dealbreaker
I told her that it was intended to be a compliment à la you're the Money Honey but powerful and in leather and carrying a whip but I don't think it helped much. MDubs did concede, however, that "it could...
Charlie Gasparino Will Not Go Quietly Into The Night
Oct 07, 2009, 1:38pm
Posted by Bess Levin
Yesterday we discussed the fact that Andrew Ross Sorkin's new book mentions that during last year's crisis, Lloyd Blankfein started boycotting CNBC (by turning his TV off), on account of "rumor-mongering" by Charlie Gasparino. Chaz conceded that while LB might've...
Caxton Assistant Pleads Guilty, Dodgers Manager Blogs
Aug 21, 2008, 3:42pm
Posted by Bess Levin
Former Caxton-Iseman Capital assistant Fatima Monahan pleaded guilty yesterday to using C-IC founder Frederick Iseman's credit card on high-end clothing, shoes, food, household items and gift cards in 2006, and was ordered to pay $45,000 in restitution. Monahan filed...
Maria Bartiromo's Half Million Dollar Pay Day
Posted in CNBC, Maria Bartiromo, Mar 12, 2008, 8:53am
Posted by John Carney
CNBC anchor Maria Bartiromo has sold a book about 'sucess' for an advance several knowledgable sources said was approximately $500,000, according to Leon Neyfakh of the New York Observer. This would be Maria's second book. Her first, Use the News:...
