Just To Be Different, CFO Jeff Edwards Said Later That He Wasn't Disappointed In The Results "At All"
During this morning’s conference call to discuss Merrill Lynch’s $8.4 billion writedown and $2.24 billion loss, CEO Stan O’Neal, quite predictably, attempted to steal the spotlight and hog all the firm’s third-quarter glory by saying, "No one is more disappointed than I am," the greedy bastard. At the time, no one said anything like, “Now wait there one minute, bub,” not even Deutsche Bank’s Mike Mayo, but we’ve been thinking that actually, Stanley, you might not be the one who’s most disappointed in your utter and complete failure.