Oval Office Humor
Did you hear the one about Ben Bernanke, Dick Cheney, President Bush, and the tan socks?
Posted 10/28/08 in Daily Intel
The Greatest Depression
This Halloween, Be the Specter of Socialism
Masks of our favorite government apparatchiks are available.
Posted 10/21/08 in Daily Intel
Early and Often
Bernanke’s Support of Democrat Bailout Plan Was Obama ‘Endorsement,’ Says ‘Journal’
'Perhaps Mr. Bernanke's blunderbuss political intrusion will win him more Democrat friends,' says the 'Journal.'
Posted 10/20/08 in Daily Intel
The Greatest Depression
Posted 10/08/08 in Daily Intel
The Greatest Depression
Central Banks Announce Coordinated Rate Cut
The central banks of England, China, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States all cut interest rates this morning in an effort to stave off a further global financial crisis.
Posted 10/07/08 in Daily Intel
The Greatest Depression
Stocks Plunged Despite Rate-Cut Promises by Bernanke, and AIG Execs Went on Posh Vacation
The Dow lost 200 points in the last hour of trading alone today. But not everybody has been having a bad couple of weeks! Somebody got a MANICURE.
Posted 10/07/08 in Daily Intel
The Greatest Depression
Tuesdays Are Always Better Than Mondays
Your Saturday-night hangover is finally cleared, and the anticipated response to the credit crisis on behalf of European banks is like an Alka-Seltzer Morning Relief for the economy.
Posted 09/24/08 in Daily Intel
The Greatest Depression
Paulson Concedes Point About Executive Pay
The secretary of the Treasury agreed to cap executive pay as part of the bailout, and we concede we feel bad for him.
Posted 09/23/08 in Daily Intel
The Greatest Depression
Wait, What Exactly Is the Problem Here?
The sticking points on the bailout plan do not seem all that complicated.
Posted 09/23/08 in Daily Intel
The Greatest Depression
Henry Paulson and Ben Bernanke Star in National Treasure 3: The Great Bailout
The secretary of the Treasury and the head of the Federal Reserve are starring in a movie inside their own minds.
Posted 09/22/08 in Daily Intel
The Greatest Depression
The Greatest Depression
Just because there's a Depression on doesn't mean we have to be depressed about it.
Posted 09/19/08 in Daily Intel
Scenes from a Meltdown
Bush Addresses the Financial Crisis, Again
Says Bush: ‘Government intervention is not only warranted, it is essential.’
Posted 09/19/08 in Daily Intel
Scenes From a Meltdown
New Plan! Government to Save Us by Buying Up Bad Debt With Our Money
Oh, not all bad debt. Just financial institutions' bad debts. You still get to keep yours.
Posted 08/18/08 in Daily Intel
Company Town
Lehman Brothers Cannot Get Off the Roller Coaster
Richard Fuld’s bank has another up-and-down day; NBC’s Jeff Zucker is pleased with himself; and J.Crew brings Nantucket red to Tribeca.
Posted 07/29/08 in Daily Intel
Photo Op
‘Nothing Too Raunchy, and Stay Off the Face’
Wall Street's preeminent — and probably only — portrait artist Geoffrey Raymond encourages people to have at his painting of Fed chairman Ben Bernanke.
Posted 07/08/08 in Daily Intel
Company Town
In China’s New York, Twin Towers Still Standing
Plus the latest from the Federal Reserve, Skadden, Condé Nast, and Warren Buffett, in today's industry report.
Posted 05/28/08 in Daily Intel
Company Town
John Koblin of the ‘Observer’ Is Probably Just Jealous
Blogger Emily Gould's 'Times Magazine' cover continues to ruffle feathers, Scarlett Johansson relocates to a totally boring neighborhood, and Baker & McKenzie partner Martin Weisberg is indicted — again. All that and more in our daily roundup of media, real-estate, law and finance news!
Posted 04/02/08 in Daily Intel
Company Town
Bernanke Says That a Recession Is ‘Possible’
As both the economy and the media seem to be contracting, Jared Kushner solidiers on, throwing himself into a new project after his breakup with Ivanka. All this and more in our roundup of finance, media, law, and real-estate news.
Posted 04/02/08 in Daily Intel
White Men With Money
Will Ben Bernanke Tell Us the Secrets of the Island?
Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke is testifying in front of the Joint Economic Committee today about Bear Stearns and all of the other crazy stuff the Fed has been doing lately.
Posted 03/13/08 in Daily Intel
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