Jimmy Cayne: News & Coverage on Daily Intel

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Posted 10/21/09 on Daily Intel
The Greatest Depression

The Financial-Crisis Lit Cheat Sheet

The best bits from the flood of books recapping last year's Wall Street meltdown.

Filed Under: andrew ross sorkin, bear stearns, books, business, charlie gasparino, erin callan, henry paulson, jamie dimon, jimmy cayne, jp morgan, lehman brothers, richard fuld, richard posner, the greatest depression

Posted 7/20/09 on Daily Intel
White Men With Money

Don’t Hate the Player, Hate the Game

The former Bear Stearns CEO might not have been so cocky if he hadn't succeeded at bridge.

Filed Under: bear stearns, business, games, jimmy cayne, jon stewart, white men with money

Posted 5/14/09 on Daily Intel
White Men With Sweaters

Hank Morris Further Sullied by Association With That Pothead Jimmy Cayne

The 'Times' discovers a link between the alleged pension schemer and Bear Stearns CEO.

Filed Under: alan hevesi, ballsy crimes, business, hank morris, james cayne, jimmy cayne, politics, white men with money, white men with sweaters

Posted 3/4/09 on Daily Intel
Daffy Old People

Jimmy Cayne on Tim Geithner: ‘This Guy Thinks He’s Got a Big Dick. He’s Got Nothing, Except Maybe a Boyfriend’

The former Bear Stearns CEO also called the former New York Fed chairman, now Treasury secretary, a "clerk," but that kind of pales compared to the rest of his rant.

Filed Under: daffy old people, dirty funny things, james cayne, jimmy cayne

Posted 8/4/08 on Daily Intel
White Men With Money

Jimmy Cayne Almost Died Trying to Save Bear Stearns

But he's okay! Even if Bear is not. The 73-year-old former Bear Stearns CEO talks about his near-death experience, how he did not smoke pot with that woman (not in a bathroom, anyway), and how he became "roadkill" on the brink of the firm's collapse, all in an epic interview with 'Fortune.'

Filed Under: bear stearns, business, jimmy cayne, marijuana, white men with money

Posted 6/20/08 on Daily Intel
Company Town

‘Martha Wanted to Wash and Blow-dry the Chickens’

Martha disrupts plans to make her seem like less of a perfectionist, Bear Stearns CEO Jimmy Cayne may face arrest (he'd better hide his stash!), and the FBI is slapping anyone who's ever said the word "mortgage" with criminal charges, in our daily roundup of media, finance, real-estate and law news.

Filed Under: bank of america, bear stearns, citigroup, company town, countrywide, craigslist, fbi, hearst, jimmy cayne, martha stewart, matthew tannin, nyu, ralph cioffi, victor ganzi, vikram pandit

Posted 6/4/08 on Daily Intel
Company Town

Ana Marie Cox Comes Full Circle at ‘Radar’

The founding Wonkette editor signs on to do irreverent political coverage for Maer's magazine, another Charles Kushner associate goes down, and Andrew Cuomo noses around Dick Grasso's package, in our daily roundup of news from the worlds of media, real estate, law, and finance.

Filed Under: ana marie cox, bear stearns, charles kushner, chuck prince, company town, dick fuld, dick grasso, elle, goldman sachs, greenwich village, jimmy cayne, ken thompson, lehman brothers, nbc, radar, richard grasso, richard stadtmauer, rob morrison, st. vincent's, stan o'neal, william simon, wonkette

Posted 5/29/08 on Daily Intel
Company Town

‘Words Can't Describe’ How Jimmy Cayne Feels About Bear’s Collapse. Fortunately, Figures Can.

Also, more news on Bear Stearns, the MTA, and Betsey Johnson, in our daily industry roundup.

Filed Under: abc, andrew cuomo, barry diller, bear stearns, betsey johnson, charlie gibson, citigroup, company town, jimmy cayne, morgan stanley, mta, rupert murdoch, scott mclellan, wall street journal

Posted 5/29/08 on Daily Intel
In Other News

Bear Stearns, R.I.P.

Viva the Bear alumni network!

Filed Under: bear stearns, business, finance, henry paulson, in other news, jimmy cayne

Posted 4/15/08 on Daily Intel
Company Town

Manhattan Rents Finally Dropping

Cerberus' founder goes on the record, Richard Butler goes free, and Bloomberg strong-arms Wal-Mart in today's news roundup.

Filed Under: barack obama, bear stearns, cerberus, christie's, company town, david polk, dunkin donuts, hillary clinton, jimmy cayne, magazines, manhattan, mayor bloomberg, met gala, rachel weisz, real estate, rentals, richard butler, richard gere, walmart, williamsburg

Posted 3/28/08 on Daily Intel
White Men With Money

Jimmy Cayne Sells Out

For a moment last week, it seemed like Jimmy Cayne, the chairman of Bear Stearns who was CEO for nine years before resigning in the wake of poor performance this past January, might rally to save the firm where he'd spent most of his working life. But not so much.

Filed Under: bear stearns, jimmy cayne, white men with money

Posted 3/24/08 on Daily Intel
Company Town

Jimmy Cayne Gets His Body Guarded

Wall Street goes back to work, Bob Schieffer postpones retirement, and a cat owner is charged with cruelty in our roundup of finance, media, and law news.