Wall Street Folly » John Thain http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress Thu, 29 Apr 2010 13:18:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 It’s all Goldman’s fault: Front page NYT article essentially blames them for AIG mess (as if no firms play hardball in negotiations….); Never say never: Geithner says U.S. will never lose AAA; John Thain is back now heading CIT; Blankfein gets $9M in stock; Toyota recall fears spreading to Lexus; Argentina debt swap?; Hell freezes over at Google with Super Bowl ad; Health summit to be on TV http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2010/02/its-all-goldmans-fault-front-page-nyt-article-essentially-blames-them-for-aig-mess-as-if-no-firms-play-hardball-in-negotiations-never-say-never-geithner-says-u-s-will-never-lose-aaa-jo/ http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2010/02/its-all-goldmans-fault-front-page-nyt-article-essentially-blames-them-for-aig-mess-as-if-no-firms-play-hardball-in-negotiations-never-say-never-geithner-says-u-s-will-never-lose-aaa-jo/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:54:56 +0000 WSF http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/?p=9832 http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2010/02/its-all-goldmans-fault-front-page-nyt-article-essentially-blames-them-for-aig-mess-as-if-no-firms-play-hardball-in-negotiations-never-say-never-geithner-says-u-s-will-never-lose-aaa-jo/feed/ 0 Obama will detail new bank tax plan on Thursday (fees that the banks will no doubt pass on); Get the popcorn ready: Bankers all set to get smacked around today as they testify before the latest congressional inquisition panel; Galleon tipper uncloaked; Rajaratnam slams the “cherry picked” wiretapped recordings; High frequency trading in the SEC spotlight; Thain talking to CIT; Google could exit China; Apple’s Steve Jobs still a bargain at $1 / year http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2010/01/obama-will-detail-new-bank-tax-plan-on-thursday-fees-that-the-banks-will-no-doubt-pass-on-get-the-popcorn-ready-bankers-all-set-to-get-smacked-around-today-as-they-testify-before-the-latest-congre/ http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2010/01/obama-will-detail-new-bank-tax-plan-on-thursday-fees-that-the-banks-will-no-doubt-pass-on-get-the-popcorn-ready-bankers-all-set-to-get-smacked-around-today-as-they-testify-before-the-latest-congre/#comments Wed, 13 Jan 2010 12:49:51 +0000 WSF http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/?p=9718 http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2010/01/obama-will-detail-new-bank-tax-plan-on-thursday-fees-that-the-banks-will-no-doubt-pass-on-get-the-popcorn-ready-bankers-all-set-to-get-smacked-around-today-as-they-testify-before-the-latest-congre/feed/ 0 Big talent drain at Goldman says Whitney; Small businesses dialing for Goldman dollars; Former Galleon #2 guy emerges as another Galleon ring link; Citadel looking to bounce back from dreadful ‘08; Geithner: “This credit crunch is not over”; Lehman creditors’ claims $824M so far; Thain for B of A CEO? We’d bet not; Mack says more regulation ok with him; Chrysler may ax 145 dealers http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/11/big-talent-drain-at-goldman-says-whitney-small-businesses-dialing-for-goldman-dollars-former-galleon-2-guy-emerges-as-another-galleon-ring-link-citadel-looking-to-bounce-back-from-dreadful-08/ http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/11/big-talent-drain-at-goldman-says-whitney-small-businesses-dialing-for-goldman-dollars-former-galleon-2-guy-emerges-as-another-galleon-ring-link-citadel-looking-to-bounce-back-from-dreadful-08/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:41:41 +0000 WSF http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/?p=9450 http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/11/big-talent-drain-at-goldman-says-whitney-small-businesses-dialing-for-goldman-dollars-former-galleon-2-guy-emerges-as-another-galleon-ring-link-citadel-looking-to-bounce-back-from-dreadful-08/feed/ 0 Op Ed: Meredith Whitney sees more problems; Does John Thain really think that Lewis’ exit will repair his tattered reputation? (Can you spell ‘Commode’?); Lewis “combative mother******”?; The search for a successor; Citadel’s banks from high frequency trading; Lehman: Improper payment to Fed?; CIT starts exchange; GE *IS* in talks over NBC Universal http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/10/op-ed-meredith-whitney-sees-more-problems-does-john-thain-really-think-that-lewis-exit-will-repair-his-tattered-reputation-can-you-spell-commode-lewis-combative-mother-the-sea/ http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/10/op-ed-meredith-whitney-sees-more-problems-does-john-thain-really-think-that-lewis-exit-will-repair-his-tattered-reputation-can-you-spell-commode-lewis-combative-mother-the-sea/#comments Fri, 02 Oct 2009 10:46:32 +0000 WSF http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/?p=9057 http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/10/op-ed-meredith-whitney-sees-more-problems-does-john-thain-really-think-that-lewis-exit-will-repair-his-tattered-reputation-can-you-spell-commode-lewis-combative-mother-the-sea/feed/ 0 If John Thain had a do over, he’d have redecorated his office in Ikea not fancy commodes; Maxine Waters getting probed by Ethics Committee; Larry Fink railing against broker commissions and trading fees; Meet Allen Stanford’s new public defender criminal defense team; Wall Street allure fading with grads; Ex Morgan Stanley HK banker gets 7 yrs for insider trading http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/09/if-john-thain-had-a-do-over-hed-have-done-his-office-in-ikea-not-fancy-commodes-maxine-waters-getting-probed-by-ethics-committee-larry-fink-railing-against-broker-commissions-and-trading-fees-me/ http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/09/if-john-thain-had-a-do-over-hed-have-done-his-office-in-ikea-not-fancy-commodes-maxine-waters-getting-probed-by-ethics-committee-larry-fink-railing-against-broker-commissions-and-trading-fees-me/#comments Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:22:09 +0000 WSF http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/?p=9019 http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/09/if-john-thain-had-a-do-over-hed-have-done-his-office-in-ikea-not-fancy-commodes-maxine-waters-getting-probed-by-ethics-committee-larry-fink-railing-against-broker-commissions-and-trading-fees-me/feed/ 0 Fed wants more control on banker pay; Pandit says $100M too much to pay a banker; Thain says B of A knew everything about Merrill losses & bonuses; Barclays still can’t get no respect; Flash order ban; Hedge fund liquidations down; Pang had drugs in his system when he died; Madoff Montauk crib already sold to undisclosed buyer for over $8.75M http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/09/fed-wants-more-control-on-banker-pay-pandit-says-100m-too-much-to-pay-a-banker-thain-says-b-of-a-knew-everything-about-merrill-losses-barclays-still-cant-get-no-respect-flash-order/ http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/09/fed-wants-more-control-on-banker-pay-pandit-says-100m-too-much-to-pay-a-banker-thain-says-b-of-a-knew-everything-about-merrill-losses-barclays-still-cant-get-no-respect-flash-order/#comments Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:46:37 +0000 WSF http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/?p=9016 http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/09/fed-wants-more-control-on-banker-pay-pandit-says-100m-too-much-to-pay-a-banker-thain-says-b-of-a-knew-everything-about-merrill-losses-barclays-still-cant-get-no-respect-flash-order/feed/ 0 Kucinich to the Treasury and the Fed: About those Merrill bonuses — what did you know and when did you know it? ($BAC) http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/03/kucinich-to-the-treasury-and-the-fed-about-those-merrill-bonuses-what-did-you-know-and-when-did-you-know-it-bac/ http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/03/kucinich-to-the-treasury-and-the-fed-about-those-merrill-bonuses-what-did-you-know-and-when-did-you-know-it-bac/#comments Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:22:00 +0000 WSF http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/03/kucinich-to-the-treasury-and-the-fed-about-those-merrill-bonuses-what-did-you-know-and-when-did-you-know-it-bac/ http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/03/kucinich-to-the-treasury-and-the-fed-about-those-merrill-bonuses-what-did-you-know-and-when-did-you-know-it-bac/feed/ 0 FT chronicles his spectacular rise and fall: “The shaming of John Thain” http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/03/ft-chronicles-his-spectacular-rise-and-fall-the-shaming-of-john-thain/ http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/03/ft-chronicles-his-spectacular-rise-and-fall-the-shaming-of-john-thain/#comments Sun, 15 Mar 2009 19:36:00 +0000 WSF http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/03/ft-chronicles-his-spectacular-rise-and-fall-the-shaming-of-john-thain/ http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/03/ft-chronicles-his-spectacular-rise-and-fall-the-shaming-of-john-thain/feed/ 0 Merrill will be in deep doodoo if they misled Congress on those bonuses; Stanford flips off the SEC and pleads the Fifth; 2 new Ponzi schemes; Will bank bondholders take a hit? http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/03/merrill-will-be-in-deep-doodoo-if-they-misled-congress-on-those-bonuses-stanford-flips-off-the-sec-and-pleads-the-fifth-2-new-ponzi-schemes-will-bank-bondholders-take-a-hit/ http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/03/merrill-will-be-in-deep-doodoo-if-they-misled-congress-on-those-bonuses-stanford-flips-off-the-sec-and-pleads-the-fifth-2-new-ponzi-schemes-will-bank-bondholders-take-a-hit/#comments Thu, 12 Mar 2009 02:09:00 +0000 WSF http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/03/merrill-will-be-in-deep-doodoo-if-they-misled-congress-on-those-bonuses-stanford-flips-off-the-sec-and-pleads-the-fifth-2-new-ponzi-schemes-will-bank-bondholders-take-a-hit/ http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/03/merrill-will-be-in-deep-doodoo-if-they-misled-congress-on-those-bonuses-stanford-flips-off-the-sec-and-pleads-the-fifth-2-new-ponzi-schemes-will-bank-bondholders-take-a-hit/feed/ 1 Charlie Gasparino: Cuomo is focused on Thain in the Merrill Bonus flap; Cuomo and Frank tag teaming; Ken Lewis: We’re not a financial mess like Citigroup; Meanwhile at Citi, Pandit cites its best quarter since ‘07 — they’re PROFITABLE! 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