40 Photos Of Ripped Wall Streeters
This weekend, some real alpha males competed in The RBC Decathlon at Columbia University's Wien Stadium for the title of "Wall Street's Best Athlete."The popular annual charity event also featured the...
View ArticleHISTORY LESSON: How A Hungover Wall Streeter Invented Eggs Benedict
Here's something we just learned... In the Smithsonian Magazine's fascinating piece on the origin of popular hangover foods, the author writes that that Eggs Benedict was apparently invented by a...
View ArticleGOLDMAN SACHS MANAGING DIRECTOR: Here's How To Turn Your Summer Investing...
Every year, college and MBA students flock to New York and other financial centers for highly-coveted summer analyst positions at investment banks.A Wall Street intern who works hard and is a great...
View ArticleAn RBS Banker Is Missing After His Private Plane Crashed In The Sea
A Royal Bank of Scotland banker has gone missing after his private plane crashed in the sea last week, Josh Pettitt from the London Evening Standard reports. From the LES: Sascha Schornstein, 36, from...
View ArticleMichael Lewis Has A Story On One Man's 'Goldman Sachs Nightmare' In The Next...
Award winning financial author Michael Lewis has a new Goldman Sachs piece in the upcoming issue of Vanity Fair.You can see the tantalizing headline at the top of the cover. The September issue hits...
View ArticleGoldman Sachs Is Throwing Cold Water On Michael Lewis' New Vanity Fair Expose...
Now we know what that tantalizing Michael Lewis "One Man's Goldman Sachs Nightmare" cover story in the upcoming issue of Vanity Fair is about... According to a Goldman source familiar with the...
View ArticleHipsters Are Going To Take Over The Financial District
Manhattan's Financial District, as the name suggests, has long been home to America's banking giants.Now it could be home to America's burgeoning tech companies and their hipster employees."Wall...
View ArticleNew Michael Lewis Story Makes Goldman Sachs Look Absolutely Ruthless
Financial author Michael Lewis has a sprawling new piece in Vanity Fair about former Goldman Sachs programmer Sergey Aleynikov, who was tried, convicted, and then later acquitted of stealing...
View ArticleCheck Out Former Credit Suisse Intern 'DJ 3LAU's' New EDM Jam
Former Credit Suisse intern/Washington University St. Louis finance major Justin Blau (a.k.a. 3LAU) recently released his new electronic song "Escape" with Paris & Simo featuring Bright Lights....
View ArticleThe 'Wolf Of Wall Street' Trailer In German Is Even Funnier Than The English...
We stumbled across "The Wolf of Wall Street" movie trailer in German and it's amazing. The movie, which is an adaptation of former stockbroker Jordan Belfort's memoir, premieres in November. Check it...
View ArticleHow The Financial Crisis Helped Turn Big Banks Into Global Commodities Kings
Wall Street's biggest banks are currently under the gun for their massive role in global commodities markets. But what many don't realize is the vast expansion of that role was, in large part, an...
View ArticleMichael Lewis Talks Goldman Sachs, Totalitarianism, And High Frequency...
In this month's issue of Vanity Fair, Michael Lewis wrote a compelling piece on Serge Aleynikov, the former Goldman Sachs computer programmer convicted of stealing the bank's secret algorithms. Now...
View ArticleWhat To Do When Your Wall Street Summer Internship Sucks
“Hi Brian,Hope you’re doing well.I am halfway through my internship and, frankly, I am not enjoying it.Our firm is only working with its portfolio companies and I’m mostly doing market research and...
View ArticleHow One Goldman Sachs Managing Director Hires His Team Of Tech Geniuses
The technology department at Goldman Sachs is not only one of the biggest divisions at the Wall Street giant, but it's also one of the most crucial. The firm executes millions of trades on exchanges...
View ArticleMORGAN STANLEY: No Matter What, Wall Street's Controversial Warehousing...
Wall Street can cry if it wants, but its warehousing business is about to change, says a Morgan Stanley note out this morning.They're talking about the business that has been making headlines for the...
View ArticleFormer 'Manhattan Madam' And NYC Comptroller Candidate Kristin Davis Arrested...
Kristin Davis, a former hedge fund VP and former "Manhattan Madam" who provided call girls for Eliot Spitzer, has been arrested for selling prescription drugs, according to a press release from the...
View ArticleAOL's Adap.TV Deal Hides The Ugly Truth About The Video Ad Market (YUME)
Video ad company Adap.TV should be congratulated for its deal to be acquired by AOL for $405 million. The company had raised $48.5 million from investors — now they have their money back and Adap.TV...
View ArticleThe Time Carl Icahn Fought An Entire Virginia Town And Lost
At the time, the press talked about it like it was another War of Northern Aggression.Back in 1982, a 46 year-old Carl Icahn tried to take control of a 100 year old textile company called Dan River...
View ArticleThere Was A Guy Hanging Out Near Goldman Sachs Handing Out Donuts And Coffee...
A tipster sent us this photo of an enterprising young man outside the Battery Park ferry terminal near Goldman Sachs and the NYMEX giving out free donuts and coffee so he can get hired. His name is...
View ArticlePrivate Equity Firms Bumped Up Their Fundraising Volume 147% Since Last Quarter
U.S. private equity firms' fundraising volume rose to $42 billion last quarter, a 147% jump from the first quarter of 2013.The level was the highest since March 2009.After a slow first quarter,...
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