“Outside the courtroom, the men’s lawyers brought them together with an awkward handshake.” [BH, earlier]
BMW drivers
Hedge Fund Manager Who Threw The Keys To His BMW X5 SUV In A Valet’s Face, Accused Said Valet Of Hiding Said Keys And Proceeded To Throw An Obscenities-Laced “Curbside-Fit” Settles, Has Another Awkward Interaction With Same Valet
By Bess Levin
Kiss these babies good-bye.
Have you not been getting your panties in a bunch over the potential expiration of the Bush tax cuts? Have you not been working yourself into a lather over how your life will be ruined– RUINED!!!– if what people are saying might go down does in fact go down? Maybe that’s just because you haven’t stopped to think about what you’re going to be losing. Bloomberg wants you to take this seriously so today they’ve brought out the big guns. Brace yourself, because this is going to hurt:
Wealthy Americans have the price of a BMW convertible riding on the outcome of the Congressional battle over tax cuts set to expire this year. A married New Yorker earning about $1 million in income, with an additional $50,000 in capital gains and $5,000 in dividends may pay about an extra $45,300 in federal income taxes, $2,500 in capital gains and $1,230 on dividends if Congress doesn’t extend the 2001 and 2003 tax reductions scheduled to end Dec. 31, says Alan Dlugash, a partner at Marks Paneth & Shron LLP, a New York-based accounting firm. That’s about a $50,000 hit, he said.
Not sure if any of you have learned this lesson yet but let it be known, there is no justice in the world of parking your damn car wherever you want. Richard Grubman learned this the hard way Tuesday night, when he attempted to leave his vehicle, a 2007 BMW X5 SUV, in a lot at the Ritz reserved only for residents. After being informed by a valet that the mom-mobile would have to be moved, the Highfields Capital manager chose to do what anyone in his position probably would, which was to throw an obscenities-laced “curbside fit.” Not feeling his message was sufficiently being communicated, Grubs then threw his keys in the valet’s face, “striking him in the upper lip area.” It was at that moment, while the blood gushed from the worker’s face that Rich asked himself a serious question– “What can I do to top this? People are going to talk about the incident and when they do I want them to focus so not much on the fact that I’m a self-important prick but the total fucking lunatic aspect.” And that’s when it came to him. Continue reading »
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