1. the darkness
    Wall Street Will Award Record Pay This YearUgh.
    By Jessica Pressler
  2. white men with money
    JPMorgan Posts $3.59 Billion ProfitBut hold the bubbly: Credit cards are still a problem.
    By Jessica Pressler
  3. wall street
    Pay Czar Tells AIG to Start SlashingFeinberg demands AIG reduce $198 million in bonuses.
  4. ballsy crime
    Buy Sam Israel’s Getaway WheelsAnother piece of financial-fraud history is yours for the taking.
    By Jessica Pressler
  5. white men with money
    Two Jurors Rejected in Bear Stearns TrialOne prospective juror wrote that big financial firms “always try to bend the rules to make as much money as possible.”
    By Jessica Pressler
  7. white men with money
    CIT CEO Jeffrey Peek Resigns, FinallyHis legacy isn’t looking so good.
    By Jessica Pressler
  8. ballsy crime
    Marcus Schrenker Wants to Tell You How He Really FeelsThe would-be financial fugitive plans to write a memoir.
    By Jessica Pressler
  9. feuds
    Sheila Bair Rains on Vikram Pandit’s ParadeThe FDIC chairwoman thinks the A+ grade the Citigroup CEO got for his performance sounds a little too good to be true.
    By Jessica Pressler
  10. schnabulosity
    Andrew Hall Is Free!Of Citigroup, we mean. The commodities trader still needs his $100 million paycheck.
    By Jessica Pressler
  11. Citi May Part Ways With Castle-Owning TraderThe specter of public furor over Andrew Hall’s bonus may cause the bank to let go of one of its star traders. But at what price?
    By Jessica Pressler
  12. men of science
    Citigroup Turns to ScienceThe bank has put a physicist in charge of strategy.
    By Jessica Pressler
  13. early and often
    Pay Czar May Curb Wall Street Salaries by 50 PercentKenneth Feinberg is set to propose that up to 50 percent of employees’ salaries at bailed-out banks be shifted into stock.
    By Jessica Pressler
  14. italian men with money
    Hedge-Fund Manager Paolo Pellegrini Is a Jazz Lover With ‘Entry-level Supercars’John Paulson’s former right-hand man is charming in a Hannibal Lecter kind of way.
    By Jessica Pressler
  15. white men with money
    John Thain Pops Champagne at News of Ken Lewis’s DepartureMeanwhile, inside Bank of America, some employees are quietly celebrating the CEO’s resignation.
    By Jessica Pressler
  16. white men with money
    Ken Lewis Will Retire With Ginormous Pile of CashThe Bank of America CEO will get $53 million.
    By Jessica Pressler
  17. white men with money
    What Prompted Ken Lewis to Suddenly Resign, Anyway?And were a sweat lodge and/or peyote involved?
    By Jessica Pressler
  18. white men with money
    Who Will Succeed Ken Lewis?Assessing the Bank of America chief’s possible replacements.
    By Duff McDonald
  19. white men with money
    Bank of America’s Ken Lewis ResignsThe North Carolina–based CEO is “really tired of all the mud that was being piled on him,” says a source.
    By Jessica Pressler
  20. the rich hunt
    Who’s Stealing Americans’ Jobs Now?Another reason to be annoyed at the finance professionals who got us into the recession.
    By Jessica Pressler
  21. if we were friends with john paulson
    If We Were Friends With John Paulson, Part VIIThe conversation we might have had with rock-star hedge-funder John Paulson over Instant Messenger today, if we were, like, bros.
    By Jessica Pressler
  22. a man named hsu
    Norman Hsu Sentenced to 24 Years in PrisonThe big-headed bundler is headed to the big house.
    By Jessica Pressler
  23. white men with money
    Jamie Dimon Appoints Successor, Weighs His OptionsWill the JPMorgan CEO choose public service? Or the service industry?
    By Jessica Pressler
  24. aggravating insurance giants
    Notorious AIG Executive’s Home Is Disappointingly ModestJoe Cassano’s house “only has two bedrooms,” according to a spy. And his ride is uncool, too.
    By Jessica Pressler
  25. goldmanfellas
    Unknown Terror Keeps Goldman Sachs Employees SilentEmployees will not even speak to a playwright, for fear of retribution.
    By Jessica Pressler
  26. G-20 Leaders Vow to Curb Bank Bonuses“For real.”
    By Jessica Pressler
  27. made-off
    For Bernie Madoff’s Victims, the Horror Never EndsBernie’s victims have a new problem.
    By Jessica Pressler
  28. goldmanfellas
    Michael Moore’s New Movie Was Brought to You by Goldman SachsBig surprise: ‘Capitalism: A Love Story’ was funded by capitalists.
    By Jessica Pressler
  29. maybe snoopy tolerated that mouth but not uncle sam
    Economic Adviser Scolds AIG CEO for His ‘Cheekiness’CEO Robert Benmosche had better watch his mouth around the people who pay his salary.
    By Jessica Pressler
  30. Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein’s Cup Runneth OverHe is just TOO successful, and it’s embarrassing.
    By Jessica Pressler
  31. white men who secretly still wear flamboyant boxers
    Lloyd Blankfein: ‘I Think It Is Bad Form to Be Ostentatious’Well, of course the Goldman Sachs CEO thinks that NOW.
    By Jessica Pressler
  32. white men with money
    Michael Moore’s New Documentary Was Made for a Very Specific AudienceAnd it’s not just liberal conspiracy theorists.
    By Jessica Pressler
  33. made-off
    Most Madoff Victims Only Lost Pretend MoneyA report from federal prosecutors reveals that half of Bernie’s customers made money from his Ponzi scheme.
    By Jessica Pressler
  34. Crisis-Defining Moment Occurs at Michael Moore PremiereWe know: annoying.
    By Jessica Pressler
  35. white men with money
    The Day Andrew Ross Sorkin Was Touched by Guy HandsIn which a ‘Times’ reporter is seduced over mint tea.
    By Jessica Pressler
  36. fi-cri fallout
    Sheila Bair Would Rather Eat Worms Than Ask Tim Geithner for HelpAnd that’s the least of what she’s willing to do.
    By Jessica Pressler
  37. brainiacs
    Paul Krugman: ‘The End of the World Has Been Postponed’The economist concedes that the sky is not falling — yet.
    By Jessica Pressler
  38. nuts
    Congress Does Not Want to Hear About How ‘Mammoth’ Bank of America’s Nuts AreIn response to a subpoena, Bank of America drops a pile of useless e-mails on a congressman’s desk.
    By Jessica Pressler
  39. white men with money
    Please Adopt Citigroup’s Toxic Assets!They’re just like adorable, cuddly puppies, according to CEO Pandit.
    By Jessica Pressler
  40. digital dickweeds
    Dennis Kneale Will Not Go Quietly Into That Good NightThe CNBC host kicks and screams as his show is canceled.
    By Jessica Pressler
  41. annoying things
    Former Finance Professionals Stunned to Find There Are Jobs That Don’t Require Them to Be JerksWell, unless they want to be.
    By Jessica Pressler
  42. tragicomedy
    The Pandit-Blankfein Dialogues: Wait, Did I Call You or Did You Call Me?A financial-crisis comedy of errors.
    By Jessica Pressler
  43. early and often
    Financial Pundit Peter Schiff Launches Senate RunLike everything else about the bearish Euro Pacific Capital president, this scares us.
    By Jessica Pressler
  44. voices carry
    Which ‘Titan of Finance’ Nearly Burst Into Tears During a Phone Call With the Treasury?We know, probably all of them. But one had a particularly difficult time holding it together.
    By Jessica Pressler
  45. the greatest depression
    The Greatest Depression: 9/15/2008 – 9/15/2009Ben Bernanke says the recession is over, but we will not forget it. A video tribute.
    By Jessica Pressler
  46. sad things
    CEO Dead in Apparent SuicideJames McDonald, the head of New York–based investment-advisory firm Rockefeller & Co, committed suicide this weekend.
    By Jessica Pressler
  47. white men who can still use private jets whenever they feel like it
    TARP-Supported Companies Outline Conditions Under Which They Can Still Use Private Jets1. It’s for business. 2. They’re afraid of swine flu.
    By Jessica Pressler
  48. the long arm of the law
    Judge Smacks Down Bank of America’s Settlement With the SEC, Wilde-StyleThe judge quoted Oscar Wilde’s “Lady Windermere’s Fan” in the end of his ruling.
    By Jessica Pressler
  49. huge lectures
    Obama: ‘The Old Ways That Led to This Crisis Cannot Stand.’The president chews out Wall Street on its own turf.
    By Jessica Pressler
  50. lucky lloyd
    Lloyd Blankfein Just Happened to Get Into Harvard“I never expected it,” the Goldman Sachs CEO recalls. Hmmm.
    By Jessica Pressler
  51. ballsy crime
    Danny Pang Dies As Mysteriously As He LivedThe California financier, accused of running an $83 million Ponzi scheme, has died.
    By Jessica Pressler
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