October 27, 2021
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"A Colleague Drank My Breast Milk and Other Wall Street Tales"; Carson Block launches hedge fund; Dov Charney has a plan; New Yorker Posts Brooklyn Igloo on Airbnb During Blizzard, Only $200 a Night; and more.
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$$$BlackRock Says Clients Are Shifting Away From Stocks [Bloomberg]

$$$Morgan Stanley Names 156 Managing Directors in Latest Class [Bloomberg]

$$$A Colleague Drank My Breast Milk and Other Wall Street Tales [NYT via Matt Levine]

$$$Dov Charney Just Lost His Best Chance to Take Back American Apparel [Bloomberg]

$$$New Yorker Posts Brooklyn Igloo on Airbnb During Blizzard, Only $200 a Night [NYM]

$$$Billionaire battle: Bloomberg's worth versus Trump [CNBC]

$$$Short-seller Carson Block launches hedge fund [Reuters]

$$$Runaway dog joins half marathon, finishes seventh [UPI]

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