1. white men with rugs
    CEO Who Spent $1 Million Redecorating Office While Firm Imploded Thinks Washington Should Take It Easy on CEOsFormer Merrill Lynch CEO John Thain thinks the FCIC hearings will be a waste of time if they’re just “an opportunity to pummel the CEOs.”
    By Jessica Pressler
  2. the geithnerator
    Angry Lawmakers Want to Bring Tim Geithner to Justice“It is past time for this Committee to hold Secretary Geithner accountable for his decisions that have affected the lives of millions of Americans.”
    By Jessica Pressler
  3. white men with money
    Reuters Editors Increasingly Testy Over Hedge-Fund Story QuestionsThey didn’t kill a story about Steve Cohen just because he asked, okay?
    By Chris Rovzar
  4. great indignations
    Another Financial Institution Grapples With Enforced FrugalityThe cafeteria at UBS’s Park Avenue office is charging employees for their lunch trays.
    By Jessica Pressler
  5. a stickler for details
    Whatever You Heard About Bank of America’s Huge-Ass Bonuses Is WrongHow wrong? They’re not even going to dignify that question with an answer.
    By Jessica Pressler
  7. ink-stained wretches
    Nikki Finke Has the Post by the BriefsThe ‘Post’ crossed the wrong Hollywood blogger.
    By Jessica Pressler
  8. hova
    Everything Comes Easier to Jay-ZAll he has to do is swear and the room erupts into laughter.
    By Jessica Pressler
  9. ballsy crime
    McKinsey Employee Pleads Guilty in Galleon CaseSad Anil Kumar “choked up and wept” as he apologized for insider trading.
    By Jessica Pressler
  10. early and awesome
    Peter Orszag’s Ex-Girlfriend Does Not Buy Her Own Self-Help BooksClaire Milonas is a shipping heiress with an Amazon wish list.
    By Jessica Pressler
  11. the geithnerator
    Geithner’s New York Fed Tried to Cover Up AIG PayoutsNot really “cover up.” Just make it a “less transparent event.”
    By Jessica Pressler
  12. Unemployed? It Might Be Because You Are a Dumb Slob With No MannersHope that doesn’t make you nervous, because that’s bad, too.
    By Jessica Pressler
  13. white men who look like gigantic babies
    Citigroup’s John Havens Was Paid $9 Million in 2009But it’s not because he is Vikram Pandit’s BFF.
    By Jessica Pressler
  14. hell of a closet
    Executive Sue Sachdeva Spent $31 Million of Her Company’s Money on ClothesIn WISCONSIN.
    By Jessica Pressler
  15. white women with money
    Bank of America’s Lisa Carnoy Uses Mom Skills in the BoardroomThe executive at Bank of America recently engineered a huge deal to sell $19 billion worth of shares in the bank. How?
    By Jessica Pressler
  16. ballsy crime
    Raj Rajaratnam’s Insider Trading Was Worse Than Anyone ThoughtWe hope he enjoyed the dwarfs, because the rest of his life is going to suck.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  17. things we’ve always wanted to say
    Design Within Reach Having to Reevaluate EverythingWe have an idea of where to start.
    By Chris Rovzar
  18. ballsy crimes
    Raj Rajaratnam Liked Dwarfs, Stun Guns, and Hot Sauce“In the conference room was a dwarf whom Mr. Rajaratnam introduced as an analyst hired to cover ‘small-cap’ stocks.”
    By Adam K. Raymond
  19. international intrigue
    Jamie Dimon to London: Happy New Year! You May Not Get Our HQ After AllThe JPMorgan CEO had some harsh words for Britain’s chancellor of the exchequer.
    By Chris Rovzar
  20. early and awesome
    Peter Orszag Is Getting Married!To a woman!
    By Adam K. Raymond
  21. ballsy crimes
    AP Declares 2009 the Year of the Ponzi SchemeWere you taken in by a Ponzi scheme this year? Don’t be ashamed. You’re not alone.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  22. toxic asshats
    Goldman’s Jonathan Egol Helped the Firm Short Its Own ClientsWhile pure capitalists might appreciate the genius of this maneuver, on a human level it seems like an uncool thing to do.
    By Jessica Pressler
  23. love this guy
    Which ‘Part of His Anatomy’ Did AIG CEO Robert Benmosche Claim Was Bigger Than the Government’s?The ‘Journal’ is too shy to tell us what part he was referring to, so we have to guess!
    By Jessica Pressler
  24. the bonus buster
    AIG Execs Still Haven’t Returned Their BonusesSomebody call the Bonus Buster.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  25. profiling
    What’s Really Driving the Crackdown on Financial Criminals?“You’re under arrest for fraud, and possession of a Bedazzler.”
    By Jessica Pressler
  26. ballsy crime
    Raj Rajaratnam and Danielle Chiesi Plead Not Guilty to Insider TradingBut one of them is guilty, at least, of being sultry in the first degree!
    By Jessica Pressler
  27. renter beware
    As More Landlords Stagger Under Debts, Thousands of Tenants Face AbandonmentThe impending financial disaster at Stuyvesant Town has gotten plenty of ink, but it may only be the beginning of a nightmare for tenants citywide.
    By Eileen Markey
  28. tiger catches tail
    Tiger Woods Will Always Have DubaiThere’s one mistress, at least, that is sticking by him.
    By Jessica Pressler
  29. early and often
    Senate Banking Committee Approves Bernanke NominationThe Fed chairman will serve another term.
    By Jessica Pressler
  30. white men with money
    Bank of America Gets a New CEOHis name is Brian Moynihan.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  31. goldmanfellas
    Goldman Sachs Adviser Arthur Levitt Will Withstand Your AbuseBecause the rewards are so worth it.
    By Jessica Pressler
  32. the ceo whisperer
    Andrew Ross Sorkin Detects a Note of RegretThe ‘Times’ CEO whisperer explains why top Wall Street figures missed a meeting.
    By Jessica Pressler
  33. scoldings
    Obama Rips ‘Fat Cat Bankers’“Some people on Wall Street still don’t get it.”
    By Adam K. Raymond
  34. refunds
    Citigroup Wants to Repay Bailout MoneySayonara executive pay limits.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  35. sophomore slumps
    Matt Taibbi Is Doing His Wild Crazy Gonzo Journalism Thing Again!Should you care? No.
    By Jessica Pressler
  36. early and often
    House Approves Financial-Overhaul BillDespite Republican dissent.
    By Jessica Pressler
  37. made-off
    Bernie Madoff Is the Most Popular Guy in Prison“To every con artist, he is the godfather, the don,” says an inmate.
    By Jessica Pressler
  38. goldmanfellas
    Top Goldman Executives Won’t Get Cash Bonuses This YearScore one for the loudmouth populace.
    By Jessica Pressler
  39. made-off
    Mark Madoff Is Having a Tough Time Finding WorkThe son of the world’s largest Ponzi schemer would like a new job in finance. Anyone?
    By Jessica Pressler
  40. the cuddle muddle
    In Praise of Bonuses, David Paterson Heads to Wall StreetRichard Parsons, the chairman of Citigroup, thought the speech terrific.
    By Zeke Turner
  41. goldmanfellas
    Are Goldman Sachs Bankers Really ‘Loading Up On Firearms’?Of course not, silly.
    By Jessica Pressler
  42. sorkinfreude
    Morgan Stanley Exec Changes License Plate After No One Finds Joke That FunnyThe owner of a 2BG2FAIL plate downgrades to a more demure MNAGUY.
    By Jessica Pressler
  43. squeaky wheels get the grease
    Kenneth Feinberg Backs Down on AIG PayThe special master for compensation lifts the compensation restrictions on “some” (whiny) employees.
    By Jessica Pressler
  44. the most important people in the world
    Sundered: Uma Thurman and Arki BussonThe union between the movie star and financier comes to a screeching halt. And by screeching, we mean Cindy Adams reported it.
    By Jessica Pressler
  45. wunderkinder
    Meet Jan Sramek, the 22-Year-Old Goldman Sachs Trader in Charge of Millions “The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.”
    By Heidi N. Moore
  46. you call that art?
    Goldman Employees Don’t Much Like Modern ArtMaybe they just don’t understand it.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  47. the office of financial instability
    Neel Kashkari Gets a New GigAnd it isn’t chopping wood.
    By Jessica Pressler
  48. the greatest depression
    Bankers Now Taking Jobs Away From Old People, High-School StudentsFirst they blew up the economy. Now they’re stealing what few jobs are left.
    By Jessica Pressler
  49. aggravating insurance giants
    Bailed-Out AIG Employees Consider Bailing Out of CompanyInformed that their golden parachutes might soon expire, five executives threaten to leap.
    By Jessica Pressler
  50. finance nonfiction
    Neel Kashkari on Stress Eating, Hank Paulson’s Dry Heaves, and the ‘Enduring Headache at the Center of His Brain’The former TARP inspector general tells his epic story.
    By Jessica Pressler
  51. if we were friends with john paulson
    If We Were Friends With John Paulson, Part IXWhat our IM conversation with the billionaire hedge-funder would have been like today, if we were, like, pals.
    By Jessica Pressler
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