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Though she’s been a favorite around these parts for almost a year now, it wasn’t until May 10 that Mandy Drury became a permanent member of the CNBC stateside team, an achievement which I’ve told you people I take an enormous amount of credit for. To celebrate this momentous occasion we decided it was high time to have a little chat about how things have been going so far.

Do you prefer to be called Mandy or Amanda?
Always Mandy. The only time I’m ever called Amanda is by my mother when I’m in big trouble.

Let’s just get the crushing of Wall Street’s dreams over with– are you single? Continue reading »

So you're saying the latex bodysuit would not work for you, Dick?

As you might’ve noticed, things are on the up and up at Citi. The firm actually turned a ($4.4 billion) profit, the government said it would remove its foot from Vikram’s ass, and hey, did you hear? The bank has nothing to do with the shit going down at Goldman. What’s more, Pandit is his shiny, happy self again, now that the day when he’ll earn more than a $1 a year is in sight. To celebrate all this joyous news, Prince Alwaleed flew in his li’l CEO that could to enjoy a little hookah and to gift him with his own falcon. But lest Uncle Vik get too excited about all the good stuff that’s been going on, lest he forget for one second who he works for, lest he think to himself that he’s such a great chief exec that he can start making quirky sartorial choices that will be overlooked due to his immense talent, Citigroup chairman Dick Parsons is here to say ah, ah, ah, not so fast my little Pandito. You may have eked out a profit from this bitch for the first time in forever, but that doesn’t mean that you, my little friend, will get a free pass when dressing like shit. Continue reading »

  • 14 Apr 2010 at 3:00 PM
  • MBAs

Columbia Business School Outrage

A distraught listener writes: “Bess-

I stumbled onto this Columbia Business School Vineyard Vines logo tie on the clearance rack at Century 21 the other night. It’s the same tie our investment management club gave to Buffett in Omaha last October. That tie was full price in our bookstore – $65. Century 21 is unloading it for $35.” Continue reading »