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Nothing right with California (except for Apple Inc.)
Pension funds go boom bust (via Balloon Juice): Reporting from Sacramento—California’s huge government pension fund is expected to report today a whopping annual loss of an estimated $56.8 billion, al… more →
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Nothing right with California (except for Apple Inc.)
wrote 5 months ago: Pension funds go boom bust (via Balloon Juice): Reporting from Sacramento—California’s huge governme … more →
Fed and FDIC are fighting the creation of the new consumer protection agency
wrote 5 months ago: They are, after all, fighting a proxy fight on behalf of their corporate overlords and bribers funde … more →
Cash4Crap
wrote 5 months ago: Why wouldn’t Morgan sell more crap when they know that Geithner and Summers will come riding t … more →
Greed is due to return to Wall Street
wrote 6 months ago: Whew. I missed unbridled greed and corruption the last few weeks: “Greed will come again. But for no … more →
Maybe Gramm is on UBS's tax evader list
wrote 6 months ago: UBS must cough up names of tax evaders: Swiss bank UBS AG “systematically and deliberately … more →
There will be bonuses for Legg Mason CEO
wrote 6 months ago: So what if they had a loss: Equally interesting is that while the board set Fetting’s bonus at 21% o … more →
Harvard staff dropping like its endowment
wrote 6 months ago: Nice job, HBS grads: Harvard to cut 275 jobs, cites dropping endowment Harvard University is cutting … more →
Famous last words: BlackRock edition
wrote 6 months ago: Chief Says BlackRock Isn’t ‘Too Big to Fail’ … more →
Shareholderswell protecetd in BGI-BlackRock deal
wrote 6 months ago: Because he led them through the wilderness and sold a firm with $2.7T in assets for $13.3B: Barclays … more →
Another thing Larry Summers screwed up
wrote 6 months ago: Haavard: While the failed presidency of Lawrence Summers generated more headlines, this quiet crisi … more →
Barclays: a fail of immense proportions
wrote 6 months ago: Didn’t these fools just buy Lehman Brothers? Wow: Under terms of the deal, BlackRock (BLK 182. … more →
SEC finally gets around to investigating pension fund corruption
wrote 6 months ago: Lock ‘em up: The Securities and Exchange Commission has asked more than two dozen pension fund … more →
Financial engineering
wrote 7 months ago: Built with chinese drywall: Noble Partners reportedly told investors that it was closing down and re … more →
Suffering the fate of many of their grads on wall street
wrote 7 months ago: Haavard: According to the university’s 2008 financial report, in the next 10 years it must pay vario … more →
Because Goldman knows that their back is always covered
wrote 7 months ago: Why do they have to worry about consequences of their actions or even know what the fuck the actions … more →
AIG retention bonus
wrote 7 months ago: So that’s how retention bonuses work Retiring From A.I.G., but Staying on the Payrol Back in M … more →
It's not the press that's killing AIG
wrote 7 months ago: It’s your management: Adverse publicity and public reaction to events concerning AIG has had a … more →
How Goldman closed the earnings gap
wrote 8 months ago: Besides being helped by Goldman shills in the administration: Goldman’s value at risk, a figure that … more →
Jack Mehoffer threatening hedge funds
wrote 8 months ago: “Jerkhoff” Targets Hedgefunders. Expect a Jake DeSantis op-ed about how a Mr. Jack Mehof … more →
