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Sorkin v. Stumpf on Wells Loan Losses
nakedcapitalism.com - 10/7/2009
Sorkin v. Stumpf on Wells Loan Losses
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This tidbit from a hedge fund reader: From the eagerly-read Andrew Ross Sorkin Vanity Fair excerpt of his book “Too Big to Fail” on the meltdown: Meanwhile, Jon Pruzan, the Morgan Stanley banker who had been assigned to review Wachovia’s $122 billion mortgage portfolio—to crack ...
Press Release: Andrew Ross Sorkin, Too Big to Fail: Vanity Fair
vanityfair.com - 9/30/2009
Press Release: Andrew Ross Sorkin, Too Big to Fail: Vanity Fair
— vanityfair.com — Jim Wilkinson, Paulson s chief of staff, realized that such a deal would be a public-relations nightmare... at the worst possible time just as they were trying to pass TARP. Hank, if you do this, you ll get killed, Wilkinson frantically told his boss. It ... (more) Press Release: Andrew Ross Sorkin, Too Big to Fail: ...

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blogs.reuters.com - 10/5/2009
When Morgan Stanley almost died
— blogs.reuters.com — It's a day for long readings: not only Ryan Lizza in The New Yorker , but also... Andrew Ross Sorkin , whose book excerpt in Vanity Fair -- all 12,000 words of it -- is now online in full. (more) When Morgan Stanley almost died

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FT Alphaville — ... near-death experience . - How to take advantage of Australia’s interest rate. - “Who is going to benefit from bank [property] sales ?” - The Fed’s own commercial real estate crash presentation. - A divergence in the four bad bears chart. - The EC bank debt riddle. - Lloyd Blankfein didn’t like watching Gasparino . - “It seems likely that the recovery will be less robust than desired.” - Sorkin vs Stumpf on Wachovia loan losses . - Further, further reading .

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What Really Happened a Year Ago on Wall St. — DealBook
In an excerpt from his upcoming book, Andrew Ross Sorkin reveals that the government sought a series of shotgun mergers for both Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley in the week after Lehman Brothers collapsed into bankruptcy protection.
Charlie Gasparino Knows If Lloyd Blankfein Were Ever Mad At Him It Must've Been For A Good Reason — Dealbreaker
So! As previously mentioned , Andrew Ross Sorkin writes in his new book that at one point last September, Lloyd Blankfein was so "disgusted with what he believed was CNBC's Charlie Gasparino's 'rumor-mongering'" that he turned the TV off in his office out of protest. Obviously, we wanted to ...
What Movie Did Lloyd Blankfein Quote To Jamie Dimon During Last Year's Crisis? — Dealbreaker
If you need a hint, the context: Thursday, September 18, 2008. Andrew Ross Sorkin reports in his new book that Lloyd Blankfein had just received an email from one of his traders claiming that JPMorgan was trying to steal Goldman hedge fund clients by spreading rumors the firm was going under. ...
Morning Reading: Andrew Ross Sorkin in Vanity Fair - Wall Street's Near Death Experience — Fund My Mutual Fund
Andrew Ross Sorkin of the New York Times has a book to sell " Too Big to Fail " but as I was saying in 2008... as historical and fascinating and earth shaking events at the time were, when the dirt all comes out on what was done, how it was done, and why it was done - that's where the true ...
links for 2009-10-06 — J. Bradford DeLong's Grasping Reality with All Eight Tentacles
Jeremy Siegel: Long-term stocks win through Andrew Ross Sorkin: 'Too Big to Fail': Wall Street's Near-Death Experience Felix Salmon: When Morgan Stanley almost died If the excerpt gives any indication of the quality of the book as a ...
Sorkin Book Excerpt: "Too Big to Fail" — Calculated Risk
From Vanity Fair: Wall Street’s Near-Death Experience (ht jb) The Vanity Fair piece is an excerpt from Andrew Ross Sorkin's " Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System---and Themselves " to be released on October 20th. Sunday, ...