The New York Post‘s always acerbically witty columnist Terry Keenan lines up this year’s Wall Street Turkeys and knocks ’em down. The names on the list are fairly predictable even to the lay person, in light of how much ink our favorite captains of finance have recieved nationally this year. They include Vikram Pandit, Timothy…
Larry Summers
Larry Summers' "To Do" List
Today, President Barack Obama announced his reappointment of Federal Reserve Chairman Benjamin Bernanke to another term. Economic advisor Larry Summers, whom many had speculated would be Bernanke’s replacement, must not have taken the news well. The following To Do List was found in a trash can on Pennsylvania Avenue… Read Also: Lucan Van Praag’s “To…
Hot Links: CNBC, Fox Biz & Larry Summers
Hot Links for Weekend Reading… Bronte Capital takes on these phony baloney explanations of how Goldman Sachs could have made $22 billion in High Frequency trading. (Bronte) Speaking of Goldman, how has Warren Buffett fared with his stake? (Hint: he kicked ass so far). (DealBook) I thought this faux-CNBC homepage artwork was hysterical. (TBP) Even…
Breakfast Links: Meatbags & the Cheese Purse
Stuff I’m Reading this Morning… Are you ready for the torrent of earnings as 143 of the S&P 500 companies report this week? Here’s a preview: (TheStreet.com) Dissecting Joseph Stiglitz, this era’s “rockstar” economist. (Economist’s View) Pimco and a group of bondholders bail out CIT. Yay, I think… (Reuters) The battle for White House influence…
Hot Links: Chairman Mao, Larry Summers & Lenny Dykstra
Hot Links for Weekend Reading… How did Chariman Mao deal with unwanted “Green Shoots” amongst capitalist-leaning peasants in the Chinese countryside? (Mises.org) Bernie Madoff can still afford a prison consultant, so that’s a green shoot for sure! (LOLFed) David Merkel puts up the 1000th post on his excellent Aleph Blog…start reading him if you haven’t…
