Charles Gasparino
by Charles:
Street Brawler
Section : High Low
June/July 2007
Jimmy Cayne built Bear Stearns from the ground up with one key ingredient: guts. We induct a Wall Street icon.
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Crunch Time
Section : High Low
June/July 2007
The next two months are crucial for the NYSE, with some predicting that the specialist firms might bolt by Labor Day. Could this really be the end of the floor?
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Crunch Time
Section : High Low
June/July 2007
The next two months are crucial for the NYSE, with some predicting
that the specialist firms might bolt by Labor Day. Could this really be the end of the floor?
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Fightin’ Fuld
Section : HIGHLOW
April/May 2007
Whether trading blows with an obnoxious hockey fan or locking horns with a star banker, Dick Fuld is as tough as they come in this business. Mixing it up with Lehman’s fearless CEO
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Over the Hedge
Section : High/Low
September 2007
Having spent his career creating enemies in the financial world, attorney Jake Zamansky is suddenly the trader’s best friend.
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Little Big Man
Section : High/Low
October 2007
Four years after Dick Grasso left the NYSE, his legacy — and the pay scandal that felled him — still casts a shadow over the Street.
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Little Big Man
Section : High/Low
October 2007
Four years after Dick Grasso left the NYSE, his legacy — and the pay scandal responsible for his downfall — still casts a shadow.
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Berating the Raters
Section : High/Low
November 2007
The jig might soon be up for the credit-rating agencies, among the most conflicted industries ever concocted.
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Berating the Raters
Section : HighLow
November/December 2007
The game might soon be up for the credit-rating agencies, among the
most conflicted industries ever concocted
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Out Comes The Knife
Section : High/Low
February/March 2008
John Mack didn’t get his famous nickname on account of his culinary skills. Behind the scenes of a Wall Street whacking.
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The Beat Of The Street
Section : High Low
April/May 2008
Saving the bond insurers was the last noble cause of Eliot Spitzer. But like Spitzer, the plan, at its core, wasn’t all that noble.
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The Beat Of The Street
Section : High/Low
May/June 2008
Saving the bond insurers was the last noble cause of Eliot Spitzer. But like Spitzer, the plan, at its core, wasn’t all that noble.
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The Cayne Mutiny
Section : High/Low
June/July 2008
Bear Stearns's Jimmy Cayne was a living legend. Now his firm is on the brink of permanent hibernation. Where did he go wrong?
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Once More Unto the Breach
Section : High/Low
September 2008
Richard Fuld helped Lehman steer clear of a black hole in 1998. Can he pull it off twice?
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Death of a Supermodel
Section : High/Low
October 2008
The four remaining Wall Street independents created a business model that relied on leverage. Now their way of life is crumbling before their eyes. Will the last one left please turn out the lights?
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Losing Lehman
Section : Directions
November/December 2008
Whether you blame short sellers, toxic credit instruments, Hank Paulson or Dick Fuld, the loss of one of Wall Street's most prestigious firms was a painful episode few in the industry will ever forget. We take a look back at those final tragic days.
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