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father-son bonding
Aug. 14, 2012
Carl Icahn Gives Son $3 Billion Allowance, Tells Him to Be Amazing
No pressure, Brett.
By
Kevin Roose
the revenue reckoning
Aug. 14, 2012
Groupon at the Crossroads
The daily deals company is trying to be more like Amazon. But it may be too late.
By
Kevin Roose
the robot apocalypse
Aug. 2, 2012
Jersey City Trading Robot Goes Rogue, Imperils Owner
Skynet redux.
By
Kevin Roose
reguloltors
July 31, 2012
Corzine Wasn’t at Gensler Bat Mitzvahs
Ergo, no conflict of interest!
By
Kevin Roose
banker insecurity
July 30, 2012
The Long and Winding Road: Careerist Confusion on Wall Street
How to succeed in business? Nobody really knows anymore.
By
Kevin Roose
banker feuds
July 27, 2012
Wall Street Closes Ranks Against Sandy Weill
Break up big banks, you say? GTFO.
By
Kevin Roose
recessionomics
July 27, 2012
The BBQ Recovery Gets a Little Worse
Low and slow, all the way.
By
Kevin Roose
wall street instagrams
July 26, 2012
The Instagrams of Wall Street
The things bankers photograph.
By
Kevin Roose
weillding out
July 26, 2012
Sandy Weill’s Glass-Steagall Conversion Inspires a Simile Parade
“Kind of like Ronald McDonald saying don’t eat Big Macs.”
By
Kevin Roose
weillding out
July 25, 2012
Sandy Weill Goes H.A.M. on Big Banks
Has Sandy Weill been watching ‘The Newsroom’?
By
Kevin Roose
li-bros
July 24, 2012
Libor Probe Turns Up Possible Rate-Rigging Ringleader
His name? Thomas Hayes.
By
Kevin Roose
wall street
July 20, 2012
Goldman Mortgage Chief Gets It Both Ways
It’s the circle of life.
By
Kevin Roose
casualties of presidential friendships
July 19, 2012
Obama’s ‘Banker BFF’ Is Now Obama’s ‘Self-Employed Consultant BFF’
UBS didn’t like Robert Wolf’s Oval Office ties, so he’s leaving.
By
Kevin Roose
annals of obsolescence
July 19, 2012
How the BlackBerry Died: The Five Mistakes That Killed a Once-Great Device
Rest in peace, sweet smartphone.
By
Kevin Roose
pfgworst
July 19, 2012
Suicidal PFGBest CEO Turned to SpongeBob in His Darkest Hours
What’s wrong with that?
By
Kevin Roose
don’t mess with the es(tonia)
July 19, 2012
Estonian Commoners Prove Shockingly Aware of Economic Twitter Feuds
Paul Krugman: huge in Estonia.
By
Kevin Roose
liborgate
July 19, 2012
Libor Investigation Reveals Existence of VIP Rate-Rigging Club
Introducing the Li-bros.
By
Kevin Roose
the great goldman sachs charm offensive
July 18, 2012
Lonely Goldman Sachs CEO Just Wants to Be Wanted
Won’t somebody love Lloyd?
By
Kevin Roose
tax havens for dummies
July 18, 2012
Tax Havens for Dummies: Ten Places to Park Your Dough
Because Mitt Romney shouldn’t have all the fun!
By
Kevin Roose
and
Margaret Hartmann
private iniquity
July 18, 2012
Private Equity Firms Enjoy Making Money
Scoop!
By
Kevin Roose
the summer of scandal
July 18, 2012
Drug Lords and Terrorists Were Once Welcome at HSBC, Report Says
But no longer!
By
Kevin Roose
the great goldman sachs charm offensive
July 17, 2012
In Shocking Twist, Goldman Sachs Reveals It Is a Bank
Just what it always wanted.
By
Kevin Roose
wall street shenanigans
July 16, 2012
Hedge Funds to Analysts: Wink Once for Buy, Twice for Sell
Front-running for fun and profit!
By
Kevin Roose
pfgworst
July 13, 2012
PFGBest CEO’s Suicide Note Details Massive, Photoshop-Assisted Fraud
The story keeps getting sadder.
By
Kevin Roose
the great goldman sachs charm offensive
July 13, 2012
Goldman Sachs Has Some Thoughts About the Olympics
It’s not looking good for Algeria.
By
Kevin Roose
ceo-bstinacy
July 13, 2012
Dimons Are Forever: Why Jamie Dimon Won’t Resign
He’s too proud, and too necessary.
By
Kevin Roose
the london whale
July 13, 2012
JPMorgan Beaches London Whale, Suggests Traders May Have Lied
It also restated its earnings for last quarter.
By
Kevin Roose
pfgworst
July 12, 2012
Jorts-Clad Auditor Was PFGBest Red Flag
Which movie director will option this?
By
Kevin Roose
white guys with paintings
July 11, 2012
The Scream
Is Now a Private Equity Plaything
After layoffs, it will be known as ‘The Scr.’
By
Kevin Roose
roose family economics
July 11, 2012
Li-bored: Why Some Wall Street Scandals Stick
According to my Aunt Deborah.
By
Kevin Roose
the claaaaaw
July 11, 2012
The Politics of Wall Street Clawbacks
Who gets the claw? Who doesn’t?
By
Kevin Roose
wall street morality
July 10, 2012
Breaking: Wall Street’s Morality Not Spotless
*Sirens*
By
Kevin Roose
scandals
July 5, 2012
Bob Diamond Uses Parliamentary Hearing to Blame Everyone Else for Libor Scandal
Sure, what Barclays did was wrong, but all the banks were doing it!
By
Margaret Hartmann
watch the loan
July 3, 2012
Bob Diamond, Illuminati Member?
He even knows the secret hand gesture.
By
Kevin Roose
banker hara-kiri
July 3, 2012
Why Bob Diamond, London’s Adopted Banker Son, Had to Go
He had an American response to a British problem.
By
Kevin Roose
wall street
July 2, 2012
Hedge Funds Are Not Like Banks (and That’s Okay!)
For proof, let’s go to the Cayman Islands.
By
Kevin Roose
smartphone nostalgia
June 28, 2012
BlackBerry Maker to Cut 5,000 Jobs, Continue Dying Slowly
They’re screeeeeeewed.
By
Kevin Roose
charts and stuff
June 28, 2012
Weight Watchers Among the Health-Care Ruling’s Winners
The company should send Justice Roberts an Edible Arrangement (twelve points).
By
Kevin Roose
the unmaking of phil falcone
June 27, 2012
Phil Falcone Responds to Securities Fraud Charges: ‘Piece of Cake’
Seriously, that’s what he said.
By
Kevin Roose
and
Jessica Pressler
<3<3<3 libor <3<3<3
June 27, 2012
Barclays Traders E-mail Like Teenage Girls
“Dude, thanks a lot for the libor, can you PLEASE thank [Submitter-1] as well :-)”
By
Kevin Roose
sabametrics
June 26, 2012
Boaz Weinstein Is Hanging Up His Harpoon
*Exits trade, drops mic.*
By
Kevin Roose
business
June 25, 2012
Morgan Stanley Employees Now Allowed to Say Boring Things on Twitter
The bank is getting its tweet on.
By
Kevin Roose
annals of heroism
June 25, 2012
Tax Accountant Urges Fellow Heroes to Keep Fighting the Revolution
“Think of John Hancock.”
By
Kevin Roose
business
June 22, 2012
Judge Calls Goldman Sachs ‘Orwellian’ in CDO Suit Opinion
But is Lloyd Napoleon or Snowball?
By
Kevin Roose
the good ship galleon
June 22, 2012
Goldman-Rajaratnam Connections Surface
Chunky’s the name, sending info to clients is the game.
By
Kevin Roose
mystery economics theater 3000
June 21, 2012
Australian Comedians Say Actual Insightful Things About Euro Crisis
“Let’s imagine that Greece has an economy.”
By
Kevin Roose
bad moody’s
June 21, 2012
Moody’s Takes Big Banks Down a Notch or, in Most Cases, Two
Oddly, some banks are relieved.
By
Kevin Roose
atten-hut!
June 21, 2012
Wall Street Recruits Military Vets to Fight a More Lucrative Kind of War
A war for profits!
By
Kevin Roose
bad investment decisions
June 21, 2012
Astrology-Based Investment Firm Was, Shockingly, a Ponzi Scheme
Allegedly!
By
Kevin Roose
the stamford smoke-out
June 21, 2012
SEC Brings Steve Cohen In for a Little Talking-To
The Keystone Kops head to Stamford.
By
Kevin Roose
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