Mon, May 21, 2012

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The (Elizabeth) Warren Report

Posted 2 years, 5 months ago

Elizabeth Warren is one of the few voices in the financial world who gets respect from both Wall Street and its strongest critics. She knows her stuff better than almost anyone, so she gets respect from the finance world, but she made a name for herself as an opponent of bankruptcy “reforms”…

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Goldman Sachs Bans Parties

Posted 2 years, 5 months ago

Per The Business Insider, Goldman Sachs head honcho Lloyd Blankfein has decreed that not only will there be no company holiday party, but company employees are forbidden to celebrate together in groups of more than 12, even at their own homes.

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Real Estate: It’s All about the Details

Posted 2 years, 6 months ago

This is the hilarious, infuriating, depressing story of a half-finished Atlanta housing development, from today’s Wall Street Journal. The developer folded, then the FDIC closed the developer’s bank, making the government the new owner.

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