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This interview is mostly unintelligible on LD’s end but: “Go to the website– Nails Investments– and it says 160 wins, zero losses. You can’t say that unless it’s true. Otherwise they’ll put you in jail.” Also: “Yeah we have clients but we lost them all.” Plus: “Jim Cramer is the only one that’s been right.” And: “You mess with the Nails, you get the hammer.” Continue reading »
Ex-RBS Chief’s Best Friend Getting Out There To Randomly Defend The Guy, Making It About Anti-Semitism
By Bess Levin
Almost a year and a half ago, a bunch of hoodlums attacked the Edinburgh home of former RBS chief Fred “The Shred” Goodwin, smashing several windows and the windshield of his Mercedes-Benz S600. At issue: the matter of FG’s £700,000/year pension despite the minor matter of the bank reporting the largest annual loss in British corporate history a month prior. Over the weekend, one of his buddies who maybe hadn’t heard about it ’til now or who he’d perhaps lost touch with until they recently reconnected on Facebook, weighed in on the matter. Continue reading »
Perhaps you thought the employees of 200 West Street would rather take a Taibbi Pie to the face than participate in the new game the kids are playing these days, wherein you surprise a “bro” with a bottle of Smirnoff Ice, any time, any place and he has to get down on one knee and chug it, unless he happens to whip out his own bottle, in which case, you got owned and have to drink both? That the Masters and Mistresses of the Universe would rather leave such Plebeian pursuits to the employees of Citi and Bank of America? That they would have more pressing things to deal with during work? Or if not, that they would have more sophisticated drinking games to play? Well ya thought wrong, ladies. So far there has been at least one confirmed icing taking place on the premises. Not sure if it was on the trading floor or C-suite but senior execs would be wise to look out for Gary Cohn, who was seen earlier this morning stuffing his pants with bottles, lest he be caught off guard. For those unfamiliar (not saying Viniar, just saying Viniar), a quick demo: Continue reading »
As you’re aware, Governor Paterson won’t seek reelection ’cause of a few little bombshells in the Times. So Mr. P is having a press conference at 3 and we’re hoping he’s going to announce a Spitzer involvement in some capacity (as we wrote last week, the Gov has been asking Spitzer to “advise” him on several matters). Any ideas how?
Dr. Doom and the man responsible for Wall Street 2, Oliver Stone, celebrate something, the day after Halloween. [Gawker]
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