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 New York Post | Gothams Sun Alley New York Post Zaslav's winter-themed party at his $35 million apartment on Central Park West attracted the cream of media, Madison Avenue and the banking crowd. Goldman Sachs chief Lloyd Blankfein was in good spirits, cracking jokes with guests. |
 Executive | Culling the small fish Executive I would be living up in the mountains with my family,” he jokes. They will not be the only ones. Mahmoud Halawi, head of the Lebanese Money Changers Association (LMCA), estimates that the new regulations might put up to three quarters of their members ... |
A Film Noir Photo Essay on the Secretive World of Swiss Banks The Atlantic If one spends some time hanging around outside a bank, sooner or later the security is going to get interested, and rather than men with guns and scowls, in Switzerland, it's usually polite gentlemen in suits, who make jokes about just wanting to check ... |
Russia's Ulyukayev to Ruble Market: 'I'll Be Back' Wall Street Journal (blog) Terminators aren't normally supposed to laugh at their own jokes, of course, and is quick to point out that the central bank's preferred stance “is to do nothing” in the currency market. “Our second choice is to buy or sell small amounts,” he said in ... |
In Orlando, Occupy and Ron Paul Supporters Reframe Their Exclusion From ... - Huffington Post (blog)
In Orlando, Occupy and Ron Paul Supporters Reframe Their Exclusion From ... Huffington Post (blog) With a strong police presence around the event, the protestors were peaceful, chanting "Gingrich, Santorum, / those racist jokes we don't support 'em," and "we got sold out / banks got bailed out" as they marched toward police barricades. |
 New York Times (blog) | Commerzbank Chief Defends Not Paying Past Bonuses New York Times (blog) By JULIA WERDIGIER LONDON — Martin Blessing, the chief executive of Commerzbank, said on Monday that he thought he had acted “honorably” when the bank decided not to pay 2008 bonuses to 104 investment bankers. During a cross examination at the Royal ... |
Former banking industry employee aims to remove stigma of being laid-off PR NewsChannel (press release) Jokes are no longer funny, and you'd rather hang out alone rather than go home to your significant other. Rob Harper believes that the same feeling can happen with someone's job. Written for anyone who has been laid off, “That Job Just Isn't Into You! |
 MarketWatch | Just add items to create a portfolio now: MarketWatch Unlike many gloom and doomsters, Shilling is a genial sort who likes cracking jokes and keeps bees as a hobby. But when it comes to economics he's dead serious: He's been consistently gloomier than the economic fraternity and consistently right over ... |
There's no business like social business, says IBM Computerworld New Zealand The theme was social business, and it was evident from the number of sessions with the word “social” in the agenda, that IBM is banking on it to drive growth in businesses (including its own) in the future. “Ultimately, social business is a competitive ... |
Debt restructurings: CSI Goldman Euromoney Magazine Perhaps the most famous example is Deutsche Bank's ownership of Las Vegas joint The Cosmopolitan, which has prompted endless jokes about its exposure to casino banking. Some of these holdings can be surprisingly successful. For example, Goldman Sachs ... |
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