You knew this was coming: The Merrill Lynch execs named in yesterday's Wall Street Journal who received $10+ million accelerated bonuses are now in Andrew Cuomo's crosshairs, and he wants to talk to them: New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo... Presented By: Kingdom of the Blue Whale – Sun Mar 8...

Well as you've probably heard, there's another Bernie Madoff doll on the market, introduced at the American International Toy Fair in New York. The "Smash-Me Bernie doll" comes with the ponz scummy evil doer clad in a devil's red suit,......

The Nation Obtuse hardly does justice to the social stupidity of our late, unlamented financial overlords. John Thain of Merrill Lynch and Richard Fuld of Lehman Brothers, along with an astonishing number of their fraternity brothers, continue to behave like so many intoxicated toreadors waving thei...

    Obtuse hardly does justice to the social stupidity of our late, unlamented financial overlords. John Thain of Merrill Lynch and Richard Fuld of Lehman Brothers, along with an astonishing number of their fraternity brothers, continue to behave like so many intoxicated toreador...

Shortly after Merrill Lynch was purchased by Bank of America, CEO John Thain was publicly demonized for requesting a $10 million bonus and spending $1.2 million on office renovations while his company faced a $15.3 billion loss in the fourth quarter. It's both better and worse than the demon-hunters...

Bank of America's stock slid to a 20 year low today as investors became increasingly convinced that the bank would be nationalized. Share tumbled 18% early today, before climbing back up in the afternoon, says CNNMoney. Bank of America announced that it would try to cut costs by selling 3 jets and a...

Getting mad as hell at tycoon villains is the new buzz....

Embattled and embarrassed Merrill Lynch chief John Thain shot back at critics. This memo has appeared on the internet and this is from The Street Insider.com” Copy of Memo Sent: Sun Jan 25 22:56:11 2009 Subject: To my Merrill Lynch colleagues It has been an honor to lead this company over the ...

New York, NY — What a load. Hits the fan. Runs downhill. A lying sack of it. Enough is enough, according to manure processors and resellers. Image is everything when it comes to marketplace perceptions, and the much-maligned poop business has decided to litigate for respect if it can’t e...

Regarding the $35,000 "commode on legs" ex-Merrill-Lynch CEO John Thain bought for his office, commenter VikramJaffe informs me that it is not as I theorized, a claw-footed toilet, but rather a chest of drawers on legs introduced by the French in the early 18th century. Too bad no one informed me of...