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  • 09 Aug 2010 at 1:15 PM

Hedge Fund Managers Shorting For-Profit Schools Have New Ally In Stripper Carrianne Howard

By Bess Levin

Last Friday, Bloomberg printed a hilarious story about a girl named Carrianne Howard, who’s fallen on hard time. Currently, Howard works at a topless bar called Lido Cabaret in Cocoa Beach, Florida. But, wait, that’s not the funny part. What made the story a laugh riot was that the reporter/editor made the hugely tenuous (at best!) link that Howard’s travails– her parents had spent $70,000 for her to earn a bachelor’s degree in game and art design from the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, which helped her score an entry level job in her industry of choice after graduating in December 2007, from which she was later laid off and had to turn to showing her tits for money– were the fault of Goldman Sachs, as the bank owns 38 percent of the Art Institute’s parent, Education Management Corp. Over the weekend, Carrianne took to YouTube to respond, clarifying the facts. Continue reading »

  • 08 Jun 2010 at 4:02 PM

Shots Fired

By Bess Levin

Chase bank will lose ample assets if it cans the “too hot” Debrahlee Lorenzana. Customers at the bank’s Williamsburg, Brooklyn, branch said yesterday that they’d take their business elsewhere if Chase fires her for talking about her lawsuit against her previous employer Citibank. “It’s bad and it’s not fair. She should be allowed to talk, and if Chase fires her, I will stop banking with them,” said Annie Borow, 79, of Bushwick.

[NYP via DI]