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  • 19 Jan 2011 at 2:05 PM

Someone Get Matt Taibbi On The Horn

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The Times has something huge on you know who. Continue reading »

  • 12 Jul 2010 at 1:17 PM

Astounding Research Reveals Highly Compensated Bosses May Not Give Rat’s Ass About Their Organization’s Peons

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According to a new study, a high salary may actually make your company’s CEO meaner. In the study’s white paper, “When Executives Rake in Millions: Meanness in Organizations,” professors from Harvard, Rice and the University of Utah argue that rising income inequality between executives and ordinary workers results in “power asymmetries in the workplace such that top executives come to view lower level workers as dispensable objects not worthy of human dignity.” [HP via HNM] Continue reading »

  • 25 Mar 2010 at 12:15 PM

Breaking: Ivy Leaguers, Rarity On Wall Street, Try Hands At Finance

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Trailblazer

Kids, we live in a crazy time. What’s up is down, what’s down is up. Nothing is predictable and you never know what’s gonna happen. Take this groundbreaking piece of news: Mark Coury, a forward on the Cornell basketball team and finance major will be interning at Goldman Sachs this summer. Even crazier, despite being a college athlete, Coury demonstrates remarkable comparative analysis skills and a basic understanding of numbers.

Coury, a finance major, is good with numbers. So he knows that 12th-seeded Cornell (29-4), the first Ivy League team to reach the regional semifinals of the National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament since the University of Pennsylvania in 1979, faces a daunting task against the Wildcats.

But the shocks don’t end with Mark. Apparently, and I know this going to sound crazy, other people from this Ivy League school have gone down this road less traveled. Continue reading »