As you may have heard, the first big snowfall of the season, back in December, turned out to be a little embarrassing for Mayor Bloomberg and the people tasked with removing said snow, given that on many streets, the latter failed to do so, and that the former’s initial response was “Yeah, and? Grow a pair.” This time around, they vowed not to be made fools and allocated approximately 50 snow-blowers and 100 trucks per block. With the precipitation beginning around 10PM last evening, Hizzoner and Co plowed like there was no tomorrow, working diligently in the early hours of the morning (waking some people up circa 2AM). As those of you traversing Manhattan today can see, an extremely thorough job was done. A bit too thorough if you ask a couple topless gals. Continue reading »
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Kenneth Polcari knows, and planned accordingly. Continue reading »
Remember a few weeks back when– OMG!– it snowed a few inches and nobody would shut the hell up about it? These people actually did something productive about it, other than coining terms like ‘snowpocalypse.’
“To put it simply, we were bullish on the weather,” Henrik Wennberg, a portfolio manager, said in a telephone interview from Zurich. “We saw this already in the middle of December and started buying then to take long positions.”
JPMorgan just sent out a memo to employees notifying them that in the event the snowpocalypse is really bad, they can reserve cots to stay over. And if they run out, Jamie Dimon will be happy to take people into his home, located not far from headquarters. TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE OFFER.
As many of you might’ve heard, earlier today, the New York City public school system decided to cancel school for tomorrow, due to the reports of snow and the fact that every seems to be losing his/her shit over a little powder. These people included the employees of Morgan Stanley, who’ve apparently been spending the afternoon trying to get out of coming into the office tomorrow. In fairness, the bank had kind of given people an opening by sending out a note earlier that everyone should “expect delays in your business travel, so plan accordingly.” Gorman and Co, however, have had enough of this “I’m commuting all the way from downtown,” “I’m a pussy,” etc. crap, and blasted out the following just now: “The Firm will be open for business throughtout this weather event.” So, please plan accordingly, by growing a pair. This is not DC.
Bernanke won’t be able to testify tomorrow before the House Financial Services Committee on the Fed’s exit strategy, because he’s “snowed in.” Right.
What should Ben do with his snow day, besides snow angels with Timmy?
This came in handy, as he was thinking of calling out anyway due to the Super Bowl hangover.
