Iconix – the licensing company that usually sticks to products I’m not into, like Candie’s, Rampage and, yes, Ed Hardy – has now coughed up a significant amount of scratch to pick up two brands that might actually be near and dear to some of your hearts, dear readers. They’ve bought 80% of the rights [...]
Entries from April 29th, 2010
Wednesday Night Linkage
April 28th, 2010 · 1 Comment · links
(h/t for the above to Casey Research) – Speaking of $GS, here’s some insight into their PR machine. – Infographic on the trustworthiness of various beards. Find Benny! (h/t WallStreetFighter) – Pairs trade: Long IHOP, atherosclerosis drugs. I kid, of course, and that’s not real investment advice… but I shudder for the future of the [...]
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Bank Of Granite: One Feisty Dollar Menunaire
April 27th, 2010 · No Comments · all ur bankz
FTAlphaville reports on the North Carolina edition of “Pimp My Stock Price”: Scott Anderson, chief executive of Carolina-based Bank of Granite, managed to put his institution in play after admitting occasional interest in a takeover at the bank’s annual general meeting. “It’s like a used-car lot. A lot of people come by and kick the [...]
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Giant, Ravenous Banker To Descend On DC
April 27th, 2010 · No Comments · breaking news
DC residents — tomorrow is your chance to get chewed up n’ spit out by Big Finance, literally: Consumers Union, the benevolent entity that publishes Consumer Reports and parent company of our own little operation, would like to warn all of you that a giant banker will be devouring innocent consumers on “The Hill” Wednesday. [...]
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Carl Levin and Triumph The Comic Insult Banker
April 27th, 2010 · 4 Comments · goldman sachs
Usually when I’m talking about Thomas Montag (the ex-$GS trader now heading global and i-banking matters at $BAC) I subject you guys to these horrible pictures of Heidi Montag instead because Tom doesn’t seem to have posed for many photos. Maybe now that he’s found his way into OMG TEH GOLDMAN SCANDAL I’ll get some [...]
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