Think you don’t need to perform your own quarterly audits of your husband’s business to check for any discrepancies? Think again. Choose not to take regular looks at your meal ticket’s book and you could go from dining on the finest shellfish money can buy (“Some of those black-tie events were so fucking boring. We went to one at Blackstone? Their holiday party? I was like, I can’t believe I spent so much time getting ready for this”), chairing charities (that include pole-dancing fundraisers), residing in a $7.5 million townhouse on the Upper East Side (screening room and pool, natch), receiving all the trinkets you could ever desire (“She got whatever she wanted: diamonds—at least a quarter-million dollars’ worth, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office—designer clothes, even a new pair of boobs”) living, blissfully, prenuptial agreement free, and thinking you’d never have to go back to working the late shift at Scores… Continue reading »
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Diane Passage is the wife of accused Ponzi schemer Kenneth Starr, who last fall announced that while she’s not technically (or at all) single, she’s out there and ready to mingle with men who are not currently in jail awaiting sentencing for white collar crimes (she also noted that while husband number one is a millionaire, she’s looking for a billionaire when it comes to the new guy). In addition, she’s looking to keep herself busy by becoming a reality TV star, on a show that follows women who work as pole dancers. Continue reading »
Earlier this morning, Goldman Sachs was sued by three former employees who alleged the bank discriminates against females when it comes to pay, promotions and other opportunities within the firm. And while the women of Goldman Sachs are apparently not excluded from company outings to topless bars, which would be really unfair, they are treated to some unwanted touching afterward that it’s not clear their male counterparts are offered. Continue reading »
If she has to, she has to.
When you marry a rich man whose income affords you the opportunity to quit your job, it’s important to have a skill-set to fall back on in the event it turns out he’s running a Ponzi scheme. Luckily, Diane Passage, who was told by an SEC lawyer today that regulators will “oppose any attempt to unfreeze [her husband Kenneth] Starr’s crooked assets to cover living expenses for her and her 12-year-old son Jordan” has got some extremely monetizable skills as a former stripper. Continue reading »
I Have Been Waiting For The Perfect Time To Wheel The Dry Bar Back Onto The Trading Floor, And This Is It!
By Equity Private“Alcohol brings everyone together.” Absolutely goddamn right. I’ve been saying for months the the answer to this liquidity shortage is more liquid courage. No, it wasn’t the repeal of Glass-Steagall that slowly ate away at the market, it was the partial revival of the Volstead Act in the hallowed halls of our investment banks.
The wind is changing, and here was the first clue:
…Kipton Davis, a Prudential Douglas Elliman broker from Virginia, thinks a little bourbon could be good for sales.
Just as a few drinks may coax timid traders onto a dance floor, it could help them muster the courage to buy multimillion-dollar apartments.
That’s why on Wednesday night, Ms. Davis lured a half-dozen bankers, traders and friends on a condo tour of four TriBeCa buildings by offering wine and whiskey at every stop.
Any day now and we can expect Deutsche to quietly re-authorize expenses at strip clubs. We’re calling a bottom. We are counting the days. Go long financial hedonism, friends.
For Apartment Shoppers, Some Liquid Courage [The New York Times] via [Daily Intel]
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