Oh No, Alan Greenspan Says the Stock Market Will Keep Going Up
Alan Greenspan, the guy who saved the world right up until we realized he was responsible for destroying everything, says stocks are headed up. PANIC.
Gay or Not Gay?: Alan Greenspan
This is a new series that names people who are not publicly gay, but have been shackled by rumors throughout their careers which warrant further discussion. The evidence provided has been gleaned from various Gawker sources enamored with this sort of outing process. If you have any evidence proving their gayness or…
You Should Have Sold Your Alan Greenspan Portraits Earlier
Some people, with a twisted sense of aesthetic value, purchased portraits of former Fed chairman Alan Greenspan when he was lauded as an economic hero. Now those works of art are worth less. And Alan Greenspan is still ugly. [WSJ]
Every Time a Man Touches Rihanna's Butt, a Paparazzo Gets His Wings
L.A. Dodger Matt Kemp squeezed Rihanna. Who's happier, him or the photographer who shot it? Vince Vaughn gets married. Gaga gets a new look. Jeremy Piven has a lobotomy scar? Tuesday gossip has room for argument.
Behold the Power of Alan Greenspan
ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos scored higher ratings than NBC's Meet the Press for the first time since 1999 this past weekend. Stephanopoulos' guests on the show were Alan Greenspan, Timothy Geithner and Larry Summers. [Yahoo]
Paul Krugman Will Be Wrong In Ten Years
Paul Krugman writes in his column today about "the magazine cover curse." Funny he should mention it!
Andrea Mitchell Sings A Song About How Her Husband Broke the Country
DC's annual "Gridiron Club Dinner" is pretty much just like the White House Correspondents Assocation Dinner, except it's White Tie. Barack Obama skipped it, god bless him.
Bernie Madoff Is Your Most Loathsome Financial Villain
You've disappointed us, but we shall abide by the will of the People: Bernard Madoff won our poll to identify the face of the New Depression with 29% of the vote.
There's Still Time to Vote in Our Most Loathsome Poll!
Bernie Madoff is leading our Most Loathsome Financial Villain poll, but there's still time for second-place Alan Greenspan to make a comeback. Go vote for your candidate!
Pick the Most Loathsome Financial Villain
The New Depression rolls on and those overpaid AIG failures are this week's target for populist wrath. But do you hate them more than last week's villains? Embrace your hate and vote in our poll.
Bailouts Spike Atlas Shrugged Sales
All of the government's pesky market intrusions have people snapping up copies of Atlas Shrugged like they were bailout packages. Since it's not like Ayn Rand's laissez-faire fantasies got us into this mess.
Andrea Mitchell: Gay Icon
We always thought of NBC's Andrea Mitchell as a prime example of the utter failure of television news departments to police glaring conflicts of interest, but apparently she is a gay icon!
Greenspan Hits Broad Street
Publicity-seeking artist Geoffrey Raymond is downtown today with his painting of former Fed chief Alan Greenspan, in case you happen to have nothing to do and you'd like to add your commentary to his portrait of the "Fallen Prince." [Dealbreaker, previously]
Another Bad Day Ahead
♦ This could get messy: Asian and European markets were mauled on Friday, pointing to another monumental beating for the U.S. market today. [MW]
♦ A recap of Alan Greenspan's humiliating day in front of members of a congressional panel yesterday. [NYT, NYP]
♦ One of the very few people who is having an exceptional…
Goldman Plans Layoffs, Market Woes Continue
♦ Yesterday's sell-off is expected to continue today. [WSJ]
♦ Even Goldman Sachs is cutting. The firm plans to cut 10 percent of its 32,000 employees. [WSJ]
♦ The glory days of hedge funds are over, as you're probably aware. [NYT]
♦ Credit Suisse reported a $1.08 billion loss during the third quarter. [DB]
♦ The…
Shock: Andrea Mitchell In Bed With Greenspan!
NBC political correspondent Andrea Mitchell is one of the network's news stars, so it's only natural that we've been seeing a lot of her lately. Even when the topic turns to the government's and the candidates' responses to the current financial crisis. But you will not see her, supposedly, when the discussion turns…
"We Don't Want To Think About It Today, And It's Actually Happening!"
CNBC is usually sort of like commercial hip-hop for really nerdy people: even if you are totally broke, it is still kind of fun to get in on the giddy clubby lingo of the wealth creating classes, babbling incomprehensibly about the ETFs and munis and benchmark outperformers financing the ice and Benzes and G4 jets of…
World's Best Magazine Can't Get Site Name Back From Lazy Maryland Guy
This is just the type of stupid internet thing that helps us keep the faith that the web is not yet a medium totally co-opted by corporate media powers such as Gawker: Highfalutin magazine of the gods The Economist lost a fight to gain control of the domain name TheEconomist.com, which for the past decade has been…
Your 'Portfolio' Has Finally Arrived
After years of anxious anticipation, the debut issue of Portfolio, Conde Nast's new entry into the crowded biz mag field, has hit the stands. We'll have more—much more—on this important launch later, but if the premiere issue's centerfold is anything to go by, Business Week, Fortune and Forbes should definitely be…
Media Bubble: Memoirs May Be Beautiful, and Yet
• Fortune editor to co-write Alan Greenspan's memoir. He's say he's excited, but that might be viewed as irrationally exuberant. [NYT]
• And Ted Turner will likely have a memoir coming, too. [NYP]
• More and more newspaper advertising is shifting to web. Um, duh. [NYT]
• Elizabeth Vargas needed that anchor chair like…
