1. the greatest depression
    Where Citigroup’s Going, They Don’t Need RoadsCiti is becoming a “bank of the future” by catering to folks just like us.
    By Jessica Pressler
  2. celebrities we are actually rooting for
    Annie Leibovitz Strikes Deal With Dastardly LendersThe celebrity photographer will get to keep the rights to her work.
    By Jessica Pressler
  3. greek men with money
    Owner of World’s Ugliest, Most Expensive Chair Revealed!A Greek shipping magnate has been fingered as the buyer of a $28.5 million chair.
    By Jessica Pressler
  4. aggravating insurance giants
    Feds May Finally Be Ready to Put the Screws to Joe CassanoThe AIG Financial Products head widely accused of burning down the place might face criminal charges. Maybe.
    By Jessica Pressler
  5. white men with money
    Morgan Stanley’s John Mack Steps Back, to Shrugs“Mack wasn’t the best CEO and he wasn’t the worst.”
    By Jessica Pressler
  7. made-off
    Madoff on SEC: ‘You Don’t Have to Be Too Brilliant With These Guys’A tape of Bernie Madoff is released at an awkward moment for the SEC.
    By Jessica Pressler
  8. the long arm of the law
    The Punishers: The New York Judges in Charge of Smacking Down Wall StreetThe New Yorkers sentencing Wall Street wrongdoers are a feisty bunch.
    By Jessica Pressler
  9. the bonus buster
    Bank of America Blasts Andrew Cuomo With Fifty-Cent WordThe bank fights back against the attorney general’s accusations that they were “hindering” his investigation into Merrill Lynch bonuses.
    By Jessica Pressler
  10. made-off
    Brown, Everything Brown! Bernie Madoff’s Penthouse Revealed to Critical MediaThe media is unimpressed with Bernie and Ruth’s New York penthouse. What do you think?
    By Jessica Pressler
  11. white men with money
    Maybe Goldman Sachs Partner Rich Kimball Didn’t Get the Memo About Laying Low for a WhileBecause he’s in “Page Six” today for his “wild parties.”
    By Jessica Pressler
  12. made-off
    Madoff Rage Turns Florida Residents Into Poop-Throwing PsychosU.S. Marshals prepping the Ponzi-schemer’s homes for sale have run into some trouble with the locals.
    By Jessica Pressler
  13. knockoffs
    Brooklyn’s Philip Barry May Have Perpetrated World’s Worst Ponzi SchemeWe don’t mean he stole the most money. We mean he was bad at it.
    By Jessica Pressler
  14. the fuldinator
    You Want a Piece of Richard Fuld? ‘Line Up’“I can handle it,” says the Gorilla.
    By Jessica Pressler
  15. white men with money
    CIT CEO Who Lost Billions Gets to Keep JobJeff Peek is doing such an awesome job, he got his contract renewed for another year!
    By Jessica Pressler
  16. scenes from a meltdown
    BBC’s Lehman Brothers Movie Actually Sounds Pretty AwesomeThe British dramatization of the collapse of Lehman Brothers may not be as poncey as we feared.
    By Jessica Pressler
  17. made-off
    Madoff Was ‘a Wonderful Storyteller,’ According to SEC EmployeeOh, the yarns he could spin!
    By Jessica Pressler
  18. white men with deep mediterranean tans
    Bob Benmosche Had a Long Talk With Bob Benmosche About His MouthThe board doesn’t have to tell the AIG CEO to tone it down, he says. “I’ve already told it to myself.”
    By Jessica Pressler
  19. ballsy crime
    Hassan Nemazee Fooled Banks TwiceAt least!
    By Jessica Pressler
  20. the downturnaround
    Bob Benmosche Is an Equal Opportunity BullyThe Downturnaround is heartened to see that Andrew Cuomo isn’t the only person the new AIG CEO is talking tough to.
    By Hugo Lindgren
  21. made-off
    Bernie Madoff’s Wooden Ducks Could Be YoursLet’s get the bidding started!
    By Jessica Pressler
  22. white men with deep mediterranean tans
    AIG CEO ‘Regrets’ Threatening to Purple-Nurple Andrew CuomoAIG CEO Robert Benmosche reportedly “regrets his comments regarding Mr. Cuomo and the tone of those comments.”
    By Jessica Pressler
  23. the greatest depression
    Bank of America Wants Out of Special EdKen Lewis no longer wants his bank to be designated as an ‘exceptional’ TARP recipient.
    By Jessica Pressler
  24. aggravating insurance giants
    Robert Benmosche Promises Andrew Cuomo the Worst Day of His Life“The worst thing that will ever happen to him is when he and I meet in the room and I close the door,” the new AIG CEO warns.
    By Jessica Pressler
  25. the greatest depression
    Hey, Congress, Hank Paulson Thinks You’re Idiots“I amuse myself a lot by thinking what would happen if I said, ‘Do you realize what an idiotic question that is?’”
    By Jessica Pressler
  26. the greatest depression
    Wait: Are Taxpayers Really Seeing a Profit From the Bailout?The ‘Times’ says yes, our (admittedly poor) math says no.
    By Jessica Pressler
  27. whither josh hartnett?
    Brooklyn Judge’s Influences Include Obscure Bruce Willis MoviesFormer high-school teacher Arthur Schack tells banks where to stick it while showing his cinema savvy.
    By Jessica Pressler
  28. ballsy crimes
    Robert Allen Stanford HospitalizedGod, will you stop trying to be Bernie Madoff already?
    By Chris Rovzar
  29. the greatest depression
    The Rise of Ben BernankeThe best politician in Washington isn’t an elected official. It’s Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke.
    By Heidi N. Moore
  30. white men with all the money
    Blankfein’s Terrible Win-Win-Win ConundrumThe Goldman Sachs CEO can’t sleep at night because he needs to find a way to hugely reward his executives without the public knowing.
    By Chris Rovzar
  31. white men with money
    The Times Blows Its Story on the Fall of the MegarichThey profiled one of the few megarich dudes that we actually kind of like.
    By Chris Rovzar
  32. the greatest depression
    It’s Your Fault the Recession Isn’t Over YetWay to go, American Consumer.
    By Jessica Pressler
  33. toxic asshats
    Ex–Lehman Brothers Executive Starts Unfortunately Named Hedge FundIt’s called Ground Zero.
    By Jessica Pressler
  34. ballsy crime
    Would-be Fugitive Marcus Schrenker Thoroughly Humiliated at SentencingAlso, he was sentenced to four years in prison.
    By Jessica Pressler
  35. ink-stained wretches
    What the Newspaper Industry Can Learn From the Adult Entertainment IndustryThey need to focus on their talent.
    By Jessica Pressler
  36. made-off
    As Far As Evil Geniuses Go, Bernie Madoff Fails to ImpressIn the end, he was just a neat freak with a small penis.
    By Jessica Pressler
  37. web wedgies
    Paul Krugman vs. Niall FergusonHow a fight between the nation’s most prominent economist and a Scottish historian devolved into bitchy name-calling.
    By Jessica Pressler
  38. recession gardens
    Companies Are Creating Gardens to Improve Employee MoraleVikram may get his garden after all!
    By Jessica Pressler
  39. ballsy crime
    Identity Thief Apparently a Big Fan of Seinfeld, 50 CentThe work of the man arrested for stealing data from 130 million credit-card accounts is rife with pop-culture references.
    By Jessica Pressler
  40. the bonus buster
    Andrew Cuomo Has ‘Commenced a Lawsuit’ Against SchwabThe message of which is: Don’t mess with the AG.
    By Jessica Pressler
  41. trivia
    How AIG’s Private Golf Course Got Its NameA bit of lore that makes America’s insurance giant even more endearing than it already is.
    By Jessica Pressler
  42. atrocities
    Former Madoff Employees’ Suffering Can Be Compared to Only One ThingDecember 11 is a day Bernie’s former employees will Never Forget.
    By Jessica Pressler
  43. Child Entrepreneur Harassed by CopsFirst Skip Gates, now this.
    By Jessica Pressler
  44. Brooklyn’s Bernie Madoff Spent $40 Million on Shag Carpeting and Cheese Sandwiches“Brooklyn’s Bernie Madoff” is way less glamorous than the Ponz.
    By Jessica Pressler
  45. goldman made me do it
    The Collapse of Harvey Weinstein’s Empire Is Goldman Sachs’s FaultNaturally. Those people are responsible for EVERYTHING.
    By Jessica Pressler
  46. rupert take me away
    Sleep Where Rupert and Wendi Sleep!Rupert Murdoch’s sailboat is available for rent.
    By Jessica Pressler
  47. If We Were Friends With John Paulson, Part VIWhat our IM conversation with hedge-fund billionaire John Paulson would have been like today, if we were friends.
    By Jessica Pressler
  48. Wife of Recently Retired Goldman Hedge-Fund Chief Drove Her Car Into a TreeSee? This is what happens when they’re home all the time.
    By Jessica Pressler
  49. ballsy crime
    Shocking: Bernie Madoff Cheated On His WifeA new book reveals “intimate descriptions” of the Ponzi-schemer.
    By Jessica Pressler
  50. If It’s Not One Thing, It’s AnotherThe hazing of AIG’s new CEO continues.
    By Jessica Pressler
  51. The Idea That Danny Pang Would Have A Secret Girlfriend Is Just OutrageousHow the SEC could suggest a thing is beyond his lawyers’ comprehension.
    By Jessica Pressler
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