2020 Election
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Steve Schwarzman Ensures He’ll Be Remembered For More Than Just Making A Ton Of Money
His obituary will now include lines like, “providing aid and comfort to an insurrectionist” and, maybe, “man whose odiousness inspired the legislative dismantling of the private equity industry.”
Bank PACs To Think About Financing Efforts To Shred Constitution For A Little While
And private equity firms have even bigger concerns.
Nelson Peltz Admits To Being The Stupidest Person In America
In fairness to the hedge fund manager, it may be a 12 million-way tie.
Mick Mulvaney, Who Promised A Graceful And Peaceful Presidential Transition, Makes His Own Craven And Hasty Exit
If Exegesis Capital will invest based on the ex-chief of staff’s ability to read people in Washington, we might steer clear.
What, Did Something Happen In Washington Yesterday?
Because Wall Street sure as hell didn’t notice.
Now Kelly Loeffler Can Trade Stocks With Abandon
Her days on Capitol Hill are numbered, but she’s gonna make the least of them!
Next SEC Chair Could Save Kelly Loeffler, David Perdue From Themselves
That is, if they’re still in a position to enjoy political salvation after today.
Senator Asks Constituents Whose Gas Bills She Helped Jack Up On Behalf Of A Speculative Hedge Fund To Vote For Her, Anyway
Shame has never been a big part of Kelly Loeffler’s constitution.
Senator Procrastinated About Selling Stock Until He Got A Cryptic E-Mail From His Buddy, The Company’s CEO
We’re sure it just reminded David Perdue of something he was totally going to do anyway once he got around to it, and not evidence of something seriously crooked.
Jay Clayton Giving Himself Second-Best Christmas Present Imaginable
A one-way ticket out of the swamp.
Dan Loeb Has $400 Million To Console Himself Over Joe Biden’s Victory
While the winner of last week’s election may have mattered a great deal to the Third Point chief, he knew it wouldn’t to markets.
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Wall Street May Not Have Biden’s Ear, But Two Guys Who Hate It Do
Gary Gensler and Ted Kaufman are not the kind of people big finance want to see in positions of influence.
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British Chancellor Closes Eyes, Wishes Real Hard That London Will Remain Relevant
Barring that, it welcomes your green finance dreams.
Pfizer Is Sure You’ll Agree That A Little Alleged Bribery Can Be Forgiven In Exchange For Saving The World
It hopes the SEC and Justice Department do, too.
Add Florida To The Long List Of Things Paul Singer Doesn’t Care For
Not even his designated successor and the lure of tens of millions in tax savings could get the Elliott Management chief to live among those people.
Warren Buffett Wants Trump To Lose, Just, Like, Not Before He Settles This Little Sanctions Violation Thing
It’s clock-striking-midnight dealmaking time at the Justice Department.
Goldman Sachs Urges Elect To Vote, But Not Before It Squares This Nasty 1MDB Business Away
Luckily for David Solomon, Bill Barr is super-busy destroying democracy these days.
President Trump Pledges “Biggest Tax Cut Ever”
The President sent a flurry of tweets from Walter Reed on Monday.
Jacob Wohl Finally Succeeds At Something (Getting Charged With A Crime)
The MAGA child prodigy managed to set up a robocalling operation, so good for him.