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• Tax Havens Suddenly Not All the Rage – Thanks IRS. Our dreams of having a Swiss bank account are totally dashed. What’s the point if we’re still paying taxes? [Tax Girl]
• Benmosche Says He Is ‘Totally Committed’ to A.I.G. – That thing this morning? Never happened. [DealBook]
• Citigroup stands by deferred tax asset valuation – Last we checked, banks are not in the habit of saying, “GD, you’re right. We totally jacked that valuation up. Thanks for letting us know.” [Reuters]
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Review Comments | 11.23.09
• Judge Allows CIT to Borrow Up to $500 Million – They promise not to mess it up this time. [DealBook]
• EADS Braces Itself for Insider-Trading Trial – Someone that isn’t you knew those Airbus A380s weren’t going to be ready. [WSJ]
• Being A Bank CEO Worked Out Pretty Well For Jim And Dick – Failure pays. [DB]
• Macy’s Promoting Blenders Signals Reluctant Consumer – Or maybe people really do want blenders. [Bloomberg]
Review Comments | 10.07.09
• Democrats Block G.O.P. Move on Rangel – Rangs is still in charge of Ways & Means, thanks to him and his a couple hundred of his friends telling the Republicans to suck it. [The Caucus/NYT]
• Wells Fargo Will Raise Credit-Card Rates Ahead of Law – ” Wells Fargo & Co. plans to raise interest rates on a majority of credit-card customers by 3 percentage points before new rules limiting such increases take effect, according to a company executive.” Get pissed people. [Bloomberg]
• Feds sue Colorado tax preparer, alleging $55M in bogus refund claims – No criminal charges yet but Curtis Morris and his company, Numbers and Beyond, are looking at an injunction getting slapped on their asses. [Denver Business Journal]
• Dell to Build Android Phone for AT&T – Because Ma Bell has done so well handling the iPhone bandwidth sucking problem. [WSJ]
Review Comments | 09.18.09
• L’shana tovah to all our friends celebrating!
• Thain Says He Should Have Furnished Merrill at Ikea – Don’t laugh, those Swedes know what they’re doing. JT wouldn’t probably know what to do with the allen wrench though. [Bloomberg]
• The End of the World Is Upon Us – In Dubai you fools. [Daily Intel]
• Wall St. vs. Sports: a Look at the Top Paychecks – Think of it as motivation. For what, we’re not exactly sure. [DealBook]
• Going Concern Audit Opinions: Why So Few Warning Flares? Seriously. Bad news is the best news. [RTA]