The Bandit gets himself a million-dollar handler: Citigroup Inc. chief executive Vikram Pandit reached outside the Wall Street financial world to enlist a top deputy to New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg to buff up his and the bank’s image and mend often-stormy relations with regulators. Edward Skyler, 36-year-old New York Deputy Mayor for operations, will [...]
Entries from March 31st, 2010
Extreme Makeover: Goldman Sachs Edition
March 29th, 2010 · 6 Comments · goldman sachs
A few posts ago, in “Goldman Sachs Fears The Material Adverse Affects Of Haterade,” we talked about the $GS image problem and whether or not it might ever actually cost them some business. And it looks like it might actually have: The decision announced earlier Monday that the Treasury Department has chosen Morgan Stanley to [...]
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Banker Bonuses, First World Problems
March 28th, 2010 · 1 Comment · links
Ken Feinberg is reviewing bank bonuses, sure. That might be something to worry about if you still have TARP funds on your books, and maybe even worth paying attention to if you don’t; if Lloyd Blankfein approached him to get a tentative OK, that probably means everyone should bow and kiss the ring a little [...]
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Sunday Afternoon Links
March 28th, 2010 · No Comments · links
- Please, won’t somebody think of the cheeses? – Breaking news: “Paper gold” more “paper” than “gold” – $STI has a record number of multibillion-dollar depositors… via computer glitch – Casting call for financial crisis movie actors. As always with Dealbreaker, there’s gold in the comments, e.g., “Dog The Bounty Hunter as Meredith Whitney”. (h/t [...]
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Anti-Shopping Blue Laws Likely To Die In A Fire
March 27th, 2010 · 5 Comments · retail
For most of us, “blue laws” are those antiquated things that let us know what counties to avoid stopping over in on a weekend road trip, but if you live in Bergen County, New Jersey, you’re probably used to the malls not being open on Sunday. Yeah, in most of Bergen you can get some [...]
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