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Entry: “Kristen,” Ken Stiffed

posted by BSD

Mar 19, 2008 5:37PM

@4:17 - who exactly in Bear's upper management GOT "hundreds of million" from the sale?

Entry: Alan Schwartz's Web Of Lies

posted by BSD

Mar 19, 2008 12:58PM

@12:24 - why? Maseratis aren't that expensive.

Entry: Alan Schwartz's Web Of Lies

posted by BSD

Mar 19, 2008 12:22PM

Here's a nugget for you. I'm happy for Warren.

March 19 (Bloomberg) -- Warren Spector, forced out as
president of Bear Stearns Cos. last August, may have outdone his
former mentor James ``Jimmy'' Cayne as the 85-year-old brokerage
firm imploded.
After a spat over politics in 2004, Cayne, then Bear
Stearns's chief executive officer, changed the company's deferred
compensation plan, prompting Spector to sell $382 million of
stock. As of last March, his stake in the New York-based firm had
dwindled to 0.06 percent, worth about $8 million when he left.

Entry: How To Think About Jim Cramer’s Insane Confidence--Even For A Crazy Person--In Bear Stearns

posted by BSD

Mar 17, 2008 4:04PM

BamBam,
I doubt that Jim was fielding calls from a HNW or PB client of Bear's, so yeah it was a stock question...

Entry: Is Bear Stearns The New Enron?
The Answer Is Yes But Not For The Reasons Many Think

posted by BSD

Mar 17, 2008 2:35PM

How about Cramer, still-battered from the Spitzer fallout, recommending that nobody get out of Bear?
http://www.businessandmedia.org/articles/2008/20080317110946.aspx

Entry: In Case You Were Wondering

posted by BSD

Mar 14, 2008 3:42PM

Ok, technically S&P cut BSC to A to BBB for LT, and A1 to A3 for ST. Negative on both.

Entry: In Case You Were Wondering

posted by BSD

Mar 14, 2008 2:06PM

BSC just got cut to A3 by S&P, concerned about liquidity and ability to create "sustainable revenue". Still on downgrade watch, will cut further if liquidity stabilization fails.
Someone's gonna pick them up ...when they're trading @ $10.

Entry: Spitzer’s Hooker Found?
Page Six Thinks They Discovered Kristen!

posted by BSD

Mar 12, 2008 8:20PM

Here is the real real Kristen: http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0312084kristen1.html

And @5:43 - I've used several different operators. Rates definitely vary greatly, and to be fair $5.5K is on the low end of an empty leg flight for a G4, but you can definitely find that assuming you just want an hour of flight time with the mile-high money-honey.

Entry: The Pimp Is You, Jimmy

posted by BSD

Mar 12, 2008 4:47PM

@4:17 - as has already been said ad naseum, this would all be fine and dandy if Spitzer didn't PROSECUTE PROSTITUTION RINGS WHILE GOING TO ONE HIMSELF.

Entry: No Amount Of Atoning Can Make Up For This Sin, Eliot Spitzer

posted by BSD

Mar 12, 2008 3:02PM

..or to paraphrase:
Jim Cramer:James Cramer::Borat:Sacha Baron-Cohen

Entry: No Amount Of Atoning Can Make Up For This Sin, Eliot Spitzer

posted by BSD

Mar 12, 2008 3:02PM

This, once again, brings to light the difference between "Jim Cramer" the essentially fictional character on Mad Money/CNBC and the real "James Cramer", who by all accounts is a decent and fairly intelligent guy.

Entry: Spitzer’s Hooker Found?
Page Six Thinks They Discovered Kristen!

posted by BSD

Mar 12, 2008 2:55PM

With the blurred out photo she looks like an anorexic BJ Bartiromo, but with way worse tits. You can charter a G4 for about $5.5K/hour, so you do the math...

Entry: Where Do I Fit Into The Spitzer Story?
And: How to Think About Ness-Related Euphemisms for Bareback Rectal-Steamrolling

posted by BSD

Mar 11, 2008 8:35PM

If it was S&M, 7:45, it would have had to have been Spitzer dominating which is statistically unlikely (most big ego nutjobs secretly want to be spanked) - but definitely the sort of dangerous thing that no ordinary hooker would provide a john with. I like the theory...

Entry: Where Do I Fit Into The Spitzer Story?
And: How to Think About Ness-Related Euphemisms for Bareback Rectal-Steamrolling

posted by BSD

Mar 11, 2008 5:38PM

@5:16 - Holy fucking crap, Batman. Could Miss Alina Khaykin be the same lady as "Alana" from Emperors [sic] Club?
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/politics/ny-emperorsclub,0,3779667.photogallery

Entry: Eliot Spitz'or Swallow

posted by BSD

Mar 10, 2008 7:21PM

I believe 7:14 actually mistook Mozillo for Bess Levin.
Wow. Baffoon, indeed.

Entry: Eliot Spitzer Vows To Crack Down On Excess Prostitute Pay

posted by BSD

Mar 10, 2008 6:24PM

You're on fire today, John. Concise and spicy.

Entry: Eliot Spitz'or Swallow

posted by BSD

Mar 10, 2008 3:39PM

Bye, bye this old monoline,
Spitz parked his chevy in the levy -
While apparently high.
Now Ambac is stuck drinking moonshine and rye,
Singing this will be the day that I die.
This will be the day that I die.

Entry: Stiffed

posted by BSD

Mar 07, 2008 2:24PM

You are both correct. Unfortunately, Washington likes to keep things simple (even if that's totally wrong) and pointing a finger at one person per company (even better if that person is easily villinified) is just that much easier for them. Plus people on boards often have close ties to lobbyists...

Entry: Falcone Buys Penthouse Penthouse

posted by BSD

Mar 05, 2008 7:14PM

The place had a fucking solarium and the Moz didn't buy it? THIS is how much the man is giving up by not taking his well-deserved package, and yet he still has to testify, even if in Florida? For shame!