1. white men who aren’t afraid to cry
    Bill Ackman Explains How He ‘Lost Control of His Emotions’ at Last Week’s Target MeetingThe activist investor explains himself in a 5,000-word letter.
    By Jessica Pressler
  2. heinous optics
    AIG Now Taking Money From Charities to Pay BonusesSoon they’ll be robbing blind people on the subway.
    By Jessica Pressler
  3. the greatest depression
    Former Wall Street Interns Start Cute New Business Using Chinese Labor, Cheap Materials “We are recessionista entrepreneurs!”
    By Jessica Pressler
  4. the greatest depression
    GM Bankruptcy Declared ‘Anticlimactic,’ TitillatingGM’s bankruptcy filing is emotional for some.
    By Jessica Pressler
  5. aig
    Departing CEO Edward Liddy Recommends AIG Hire Someone Who’s Going to Stick AroundSomeone who cares.
    By Jessica Pressler
  7. real estate porn
    Sleep Where Marc Dreier Slept!(With hookers.)
    By Jessica Pressler
  8. ackmanimal
    Bill Ackman Had a DreamThe activist investor cries, evokes Martin Luther King Jr. and JFK, after losing fight with Target board.
    By Jessica Pressler
  9. white men with money
    David Einhorn Strikes AgainEinhorn attacks Geithner, Buffett, “hope” at annual hedge-fund conference.
    By Hugo Lindgren
  10. white men with money
    ‘I’ve Given So Many Depositions I Swear to Tell the Whole Truth When I Order Dinner in a Restaurant’Pequot Capital founder Arthur Samberg is closing his hedge fund after being targeted by the SEC yet again.
    By Jessica Pressler
  11. chatwal chatter
    Vikram Chatwal, Mortgage-Crisis VictimThe lender who held the Dream Hotel’s mortgage has collapsed, and rates are way down.
    By Jessica Pressler
  12. the greatest depression
    Unemployed Now Need to Compete With People Who Will Work for FreeSorry, jobless.
    By Jessica Pressler
  13. white men with money
    Never Ask Warren Buffett to Help You PukeLessons learned from ‘The Snowball.’
    By Jessica Pressler
  14. white men with money
    Richard Fuld Not Selling His Park Avenue Apartment After AllLast week’s brief listing was just a tease.
    By Jessica Pressler
  15. white men with money
    Hedge-Funder Cliff Asness Admits He Has a Little Problem With AngerThe scribe behind one of the best eff-you letters of the financial crisis is open about his personal demons.
    By Jessica Pressler
  16. the downturnaround
    The Good Times Are Over, Long Live the Okay TimesSo you have to trade your filet for a ham sandwich. Big deal.
    By Hugo Lindgren
  17. scandals
    Dick Parsons Has a ‘Love Child’But it will likely not grow up in a cold, run-down tenement slum.
    By Jessica Pressler
  18. ink-stained wretches
    NYT Mag Writer Edmund Andrews Neglected to Mention One Little Thing in His Mortgage OpusBut it was kind of an important thing.
    By Jessica Pressler
  19. aig
    Edward Liddy To Step Down at AIGAnd we think we know why.
    By Jessica Pressler
  20. the greatest depression
    Breaking: Wall Street Isn’t Going to Go Back to Being Exactly Like It Used to BeA startling report issued by the Independent Budget Office reveals that the economic crisis will likely impact the financial community.
    By Jessica Pressler
  21. the gorilla
    Richard Fuld Resigns As Lehman Brothers ChairmanWe know – we totally forgot he still had that job, too.
    By Jessica Pressler
  22. kelly land
    CNBC’s Jeff Macke Doesn’t Understand Why People Are Confused When He Speaks “Am I going crazy? Yes or no?”
    By Jessica Pressler
  23. white men with exotic collections
    Further Evidence That Former Lehman CEO Richard Fuld Is Pure EvilPhotos of his apartment reveal the Gorilla had some odd trinkets.
    By Jessica Pressler
  24. white men with money
    If We Were Friends With John Paulson, Part IIIWhat our conversation with the billionaire hedge-funder would be like if we were, like, buddies.
    By Jessica Pressler
  25. terrible optics
    Bank Executives Get Bonuses When Their Employees DieMore bad PR for Bank of America, and others.
    By Jessica Pressler
  26. white men with money
    J. Ezra Merkin Forced to ResignAttorney General Cuomo has ousted the Madoff investor, accused of fraud, from his managing position at what’s left of his three hedge funds.
    By Chris Rovzar
  27. the greatest depression
    Banks Could Start Paying Back TARP Funds As Early As Next WeekMorgan Stanley has already requested to be allowed to repay its $10 billion in TARP debt.
    By Chris Rovzar
  28. the great stimulation
    Tim Geithner Would Prefer You Not Use the Words ‘Federal’ or ‘Bailout’ When Talking About the Federal Bailout of CaliforniaThe state just needs a “little something to tide it over” is all.
    By Jessica Pressler
  29. ink-stained wretches
    Only a Moron Would Go Into Journalism, Harvard Prof Tells JournalistAnd everyone knows Harvard kids “aren’t stupid.”
    By Jessica Pressler
  30. white men with money
    What’s Donald Trump’s Worth?Depends on how he’s feeling that day.
    By Jessica Pressler
  31. seeking help
    The Crippling Guilt of Not Caring About the EconomyAs a journalist, what do you do when you can’t feign interest?
    By Tim Murphy
  32. made-off
    Madoff Sentencing Postponed So Judge Can Hold Essay ContestIt’s more fun this way.
    By Jessica Pressler
  33. white men with sweaters
    Hank Morris Further Sullied by Association With That Pothead Jimmy CayneThe ‘Times’ discovers a link between the alleged pension schemer and Bear Stearns CEO.
    By Jessica Pressler
  34. the fabulous noels
    Noel Sisters Had ‘Supreme Self-Confidence’Walter and Monica were likable, says a former employee, whereas their daughters were, um…
    By Jessica Pressler
  35. orange men with money
    SEC Readying Charges Against Angelo Mozilo, FinallyThe former Countrywide CEO may be charged with violating insider-trading laws and failure to disclose material information to shareholders.
    By Jessica Pressler
  36. the greatest depression
    Unstyling the RichDuring the boom, everyone wanted to be a stylist. Now, the hot new career is unstyling.
    By Jessica Pressler
  37. aig
    Congress, Liddy Spar Over Details of AIG Restructuring PlanCongress, for the good of the American public, wants details — but AIG, for the good of the American public, doesn’t want to give them.
    By Jessica Pressler
  38. made-off
    Some Madoff Investors Made Off Better Than OthersAs the smoke clears, Madoff’s investors are finding out that some of the people that they’ve been commiserating with made off a lot better than they did.
    By Jessica Pressler
  39. this is not a cheerocracy
    Obama Now Planning to Cut Basically Everyone’s PayThe Obama administration is considering regulating compensation in the financial-services industry, and beyond.
    By Jessica Pressler
  40. the greatest depression
    Tomorrow, AIG Plans to Bring ItEdward Liddy and three of AIG’s trustees are due in front of Congress tomorrow, and they are pumped.
    By Jessica Pressler
  41. the greatest depression
    Westchester Wife Forced to Downgrade to HondaThey’re the new “It” cars, apparently.
    By Jessica Pressler
  42. the fabulous noels
    Noels Not Banned From Country Club After AllSorry, Schadenfreudenkinder.
    By Jessica Pressler
  43. the greatest depression
    Victoria Gotti Is the New ‘Face’ of Subprime DebtGetting foreclosed upon could be the best thing to happen to Victoria Gotti.
    By Jessica Pressler
  44. ink-stained wretches
    Stephen King Is Too Rich to Care About People Stealing His BooksLet them eat Funyuns.
    By Jessica Pressler
  45. white men with money
    Bill Ackman Doesn’t So Much Raid Companies As Cuddle Them Really HardThe gadfly investor discussed his proxy battle against Target at a “town hall”-style meeting with investors yesterday.
    By Jessica Pressler
  46. ballsy crime
    Marc Dreier Has Joined the Group ‘Most Egregious Frauds in History’The New York lawyer pleads guilty to a $700 million fraud, and gains admittance to the last elite club that will have him.
    By Jessica Pressler
  47. the rich hunt
    Oprah: ‘It’s Great to Have a Private Jet’Let the healing begin.
    By Jessica Pressler
  48. ink-stained wretches
    Those Who Steal NYT Content Will Be Squashed Like BugsIf the paper so chooses.
    By Jessica Pressler
  49. made-off
    Bernie Madoff’s Cameltoe: More Evidence of WrongdoingThough of what nature we’re not even sure.
    By Chris Rovzar
  50. it’s funny because it’s true
    America Ready for Government to Start Lying Again“What I want is for someone to tell me with a straight face that the GDP is through the roof so that I can feel better and instantly forget what all these terms even mean.”
    By Jessica Pressler
  51. the greatest depression
    The Last Meals of Bear StearnsA new book details the nail-biting, or just biting, last days of the storied investment firm.
    By Jessica Pressler
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