Ben Bernanke’s a hard one to shop for. But his underlings are dropping some clear hints. And he’s OK with the fact that you’ve already missed Hannukah, as long as it gets to him sometime next year. Read more »
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Other Banks Ask ‘How Are We Supposed To Compete With That?’ After UBS Sets The Anniversary Presents Bar Impossibly High
By Bess Levin
Apparently we spoke too soon when reporting UBS had presented every employee with a “specially commissioned watch” to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the bank’s birth, as the gift was actually just one piece of a gift basket that also included fine china (which one recipient described as being of “pretty decent quality”). Read more »
Yesterday afternoon we noted that in commemoration of its 150th anniversary, UBS had given out special edition watches to all of its employees. We’re not sure where the bank came up with the money to do so but it was a nice gesture nevertheless. Now we’ve been informed that free boat rides are also for the taking, assuming you can answer some simple geography questions correctly and reside in Switzerland, a condition we were unaware of until after scoring 100 percent without consulting any guides.
Greenlight Capital Sent Investors Home From Annual Dinner With Apple-Themed Goodie Bags
By Bess Levin
You get an iPod! And you get an iPod! Read more »
September 28, 2010: “If you don’t own a home buy one,” Paulson recommended. “If you own one home,* buy another one, and if you own two homes** buy a third and lend your relatives the money to buy a home.” Read more »
The search for the gift to please all is over. Read more »
Who wants a nice ski lodge? Anybody interested in a place on the beach? Today’s your lucky day. Read more »
…where they’re engraving flasks, $10/pop. One of Uncle Vik’s many little ideas for up the joint. Read more »
We’ve always wanted to be friends with Blackstone co-founder Pete Peterson because he’s sure to have some side-splitting tales about watching Steve Schwarzman try to masturbate and/or sleep in a water bed, two activities which, anatomically speaking, are damn near impossible for SS to do. The whole him being loaded thing was secondary, and besides, who’s to say he’s not one of those super cheap billionaires who insists on dividing up the bill according to what each person ate when out to dinner with friends? Recent news, apparently. The Observer‘s Max Abelson reports that Peterson just bought his pal Leslie Gelb a little apartment on East 69th Street and there was nothing in it for PP. Wasn’t anything too flashy, just a $3,040,000 co-op, but he knew living in squalor would make Gelb and the family happy.
“It’s perfect for them,” Mr. Peterson said. “It’s not a large apartment–has kind of a small dinning room and a small living room, and I don’t know whether there are two bedrooms or three but they’re rather small. … What I really like is that they like it.”
What a Mensch! Pete Peterson Buys Pal Les Gelb a $3 M. Co-op [The Observer]
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