The Lament of the Laid-Off Trader
"I used to have three cars. Now I share one." —Joe Morrone, a trader who was laid off from Prudential Equity Group when the unit was closed in the wake of an SEC investigation. (The rest of the story is legitimately sad, though.) [WSJ]

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