(The people who questioned his artistic integrity re: the whole “Chooch” thing don’t count, right? Okay, cool, then no one, ever.) Continue reading »
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(An Indignant) Steve Rattner: Andrew Cuomo Is The First Person To Ever Question My Ethics Or Integrity
By Bess Levin
A few months ago, a number of Goldman Sachs shareholders suggested that they have some sort of say on Lloyd Blankfein and the rest of his team’s pay. At the time LB and Co humored them because of the whole public image crap, and since it’d been suggested in their sensitivity training classes to “take a second and listen to what others have to say,” no matter how stupid they may be. Finally the torturous period of enforced “acting like you care” ended and my god, it felt so good to fire off a note letting clients know that next time, before drafting a letter full of feelings and ideas re: how the company should be run, to ask thyself, “Does anyone in the c-suite give a shit about what I think?” Most people feel in line but either the scamps at the Christian Brothers Investment Services didn’t get the memo or they’re trying to workshop some sort of comedy routine because what they’re suggesting is a real gas. Continue reading »
If the methodology used to determine the effect of government stimulus on employment is the new blueprint for important economic data, we are going to be able to guesstimate ourselves out of the recession. The Deputy Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, Rob Nabors, has cautioned states that they will be required to utilize groundbreaking sampling techniques to estimating the number of jobs created through the stimulus.
Recipients won’t be asked to grapple with complicated estimates. Instead, they may use their best guess whether a job would have been created or saved in the absence of a recovery plan, and to not count it if they are uncertain.
States Given Leeway in Tallying New Jobs from Stimulus [WSJ]
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