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It’s Best Not To Have Checks Reading ‘Home’ From Your Girlfriend After You Deny Living With, Talking To Her To FINRA
Especially when there’s insider-trading allegedly involved.
Opening Bell: 12.3.21
Didi hails a ride to Hong Kong; omicron shmo-micron; Libor lovers; Donald Trump continues to uphold the dignity of the presidency; and more!
SPAC That Merged With WeWork A Lot More Like WeWork Than Previously Thought
This is not a compliment.
The Idea Of Broken Compliance Culture Has Failed To Penetrate The Corporate Defense Bar
Surely the Justice Department can’t be serious about holding companies to account for all of the hundreds of illegal things they’ve done?
Opening Bell: 12.2.21
Shutdown shutdown; Tony James goes out to pasture; a Clayton/Gensler kaffeeklatsch; Square goes 3-D; and more!
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Defrauded Temple MBA Students Can’t Have Their Money Back, But They Can See The Guy Who Defrauded Them Go To Jail
Turns out lying to U.S. News is a federal crime.
Bizarro Elizabeth Warren To Bedevil Banks At Fed
The first head of the Consumer Protection Financial Bureau wasn’t doing anything anyway, so…
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Opening Bell: 12.1.21
Keep the coffee flowing in Stamford; tech market moves to tech future; Novi leader runs screaming from the metaverse; and more!
Meet The Australian Wells Fargo
Westpac even (allegedly) conjured a scheme that eluded Wells’ most enterprising fraudsters.
Vampire Squid Proving Downright Maternal
With paid bereavement leave and six-week sabbaticals, you can just call it Goldman Snowflake.
Hertz Now The Only Thing Willing To Buy Hertz Shares
Turns out when you’re not calling yourself worthless, no one else is interested.
Opening Bell: 11.30.21
Get out of Giphy; Fed footwork; Dalio’s distress; hot Hudson Yards; and more!
Now That They No Longer Have To Listen To Jared Kushner, Most Middle Eastern Rulers Would Rather Not
To say nothing of giving him any of their money to lose.
Bill Ackman, Who Got Annoyed When People Listened To His First COVID Pronouncement, Makes Another
On the bright side, he didn’t say “hell is coming” this time.
Opening Bell: 11.29.21
Dorsey adrift; private equity parties; newspaper chains opts for suicide over hedge-fund murder; and more!
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Holiday Bell: 11.24.21
Back in the autumn of ’69; Jamie Dimon may not be going back to Hong Kong any time soon; stubbornness to be thankful for; and more!
Hedge Fund’s Bloodlust For Local Newspapers Has Not Been Sated
Alden Global is back on the newsprint prowl.