Now That He Singlehandedly Got Obama To Release His Birth Certificate, Donald...
“I am really honored, frankly, to have played such a big role in hopefully, hopefully, getting rid of this issue,” Trump told reporters, his helicopter sitting behind him. He said he still wants to see...
View ArticleEavesdropping In: Thai Lesbian Chic; L.A. Cracks Down On Unpaid Parking...
Holy Lilith Fair, Lesbian Chic is all the rage in Thailand. [HuffPo] Hey scofflaws, L.A. is “cracking down” on all of you with unpaid parking tickets after realizing it is missing $15 million in...
View ArticleMatt Taibbi Now Resorting To Calling Goldman Sachs Fat
Defenders of Goldman have been quick to insist that while the bank may have had a few ethical slips here and there, its only real offense was being too good at making money. We now know, unequivocally,...
View ArticleIf Eliot Spitzer Were Attorney General, He’d Be Bringing The Thunder All Up...
“Once the steam stopped coming out of my ears, I’d be dropping so many subpoenas,” Spitzer told Matt Taibbi of the Levin report. “And I would parse every potential inconsistency between the testimony...
View ArticleOpening Bell: 05.13.11
SEC Eyes Charges For Bond Players (WSJ) Securities and Exchange Commission officials are pushing hard as part of their ongoing probe of collateralized debt obligations and other mortgage-related...
View ArticleGeorge Bush Tells Hedge Fund Community What He Was Eating When He Got The...
“I was eating souffle at Rise Restaurant with Laura and two buddies,” Bush said on Wednesday at the SALT Conference in Vegas, when asked what he was doing when he received the call from President...
View ArticleOpening Bell: 05.17.11
IMF chief claims consent in hotel ‘attack’ (NY Post) “The evidence, we believe, will not be consistent with a forcible encounter,” said Ben Brafman, the high-powered lawyer of IMF chief Dominique...
View ArticleOpening Bell: 05.18.11
For States, a Glimmer of Hope on Deficits (NYT) From stronger-than-expected tax collections in deficit-ridden California to projected surpluses in struggling states like Michigan and Pennsylvania, a...
View ArticleOpening Bell: 06.01.11
S.E.C. Case Stands Out Because It Stands Alone (NYT) But [Fabrice] Tourre’s world would soon be turned upside down. In fall 2009, the S.E.C. issued him a Wells notice, a formal warning that he was...
View ArticleAn Issue of National Securities
The following post is by Dealbreaker reader and commenter Infinite Guest. President Obama has nothing to gain by negotiating with Republicans in Congress in order to raise the debt ceiling. The...
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