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Who Wants Free Wendy's?
Oct 08, 2009, 10:15am
Posted by Bess Levin
Today's your lucky day! Very supposedly, the PR firm that represents the purveyor of Frosties is sending a girl dressed as Wendy around to the "sell-side guys" who cover the company and is handing out $25 gift cards as we...
Lenny Dykstra Objects (To The Filthy Insuation He Stole The Fixtures Out Of His House, Would Go Back To Flying Commerical If His Life Depended On It)
Oct 01, 2009, 4:16pm
Posted by Bess Levin
Brilliant legal mind Lenny Dykstra is now representing himself in his Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings. While there's only a remote possibility he'll get to argue in an actual courtroom trial that includes examining of witnesses (in which case, please call...
This Is Why You Just Got Fired From Barclays
Jun 24, 2009, 11:00am
Posted by Bess Levin
As previously noted, "massive" layoffs affecting equities at all levels went down at Barclays yesterday, and, supposedly, the cuts will continue until next Friday and be "rather substantial." Some of you wondered what the deal with that was, as it...
SEC To Make Up For Completely F*cking Up By Joining Twitter
Apr 28, 2009, 12:17pm
Posted by Bess Levin
So, I don't mean to sound old or not down with technology, but the SEC is going to prove its not completely worthless by joining Twitter? No thank you, Mary Schapiro. Apparently the decision to "get online" is an effort...
Harvey Pitt Loves Conflicts O' Interest
Aug 20, 2008, 1:09pm
Posted by Bess Levin
Harvey Pitt has been named deputy attorney general of Alabama where he will be investigating "short sellers and false rumors involving Colonial BancGroup, actions designed to drive down the institution's stock price." CNB apparently approached Pitt about the gig knowing...
Saving Merrill's Asses, YET AGAIN
Aug 18, 2008, 12:12pm
Posted by Bess Levin
We talk a lot of trash about (to? at?) Merrill Lynch here, most of it warranted. That's not going to change any time soon (barring Thain agreeing to the terms of the bribe* I recently laid before him, in which...
Power Couples: "Bank slayer and the ring king"
Aug 07, 2008, 11:50am
Posted by Bess Levin
[click to view] WWE Raw's John Layfield injects a little credibility in Oppenheimer analyst Meredith Whitney's career. Tomorrow: Citi analyst Ron Blarney and his wife, star of VH1's new reality TV show, "Lakes and Valleys."...
We Can Be Bought
Aug 06, 2008, 10:30am
Posted by Bess Levin
As mentioned yesterday in Write-Offs, activist investor Carl Icahn has hired Reuters reporter Dane Hamilton to write for his blog, The Icahn Report. Hamilton was at the newswire for seven years, primarily writing about alternative investments and no doubt made...
Theory: This Was Actually Intended Soley For Jimmy Cayne But They Had To Send It To Everyone So As Not To Embarass Him
May 15, 2008, 8:45am
Posted by Bess Levin
The (very) internal Bear memo we just received is from December and yet, we feel the message bears repeating (at regular intervals, which perhaps is the case for the original recipients, who need to be reminded about this stuff). For...
Advice
May 08, 2008, 4:18pm
Posted by Bess Levin
Obviously all the homeowners who read DealBreaker bought their pads in cash, but for the one or two of you with mortgages, listen up: make those payments. And we don't say this because we care about you losing your house...
Start Juicing!
Apr 14, 2008, 5:05pm
Posted by Bess Levin
...the higher a trader's morning testosterone level, the more money he'll likely have netted before the close of business that day. Testosterone, in other words, can be good for business. Anyone in Connecticut care to weigh in? Related: People Moves:...
