CME CEO Leaves Under Cloud of MF Global Collapse
Craig S. Donohue, the CEO of the CME Group, has announced that he will retire in December 2012, which marks the end of his contract. CME touts itself as “the world’s leading and most diverse derivatives More...
Wall Street 2011 Bonuses Lowest since 2008 But Still Exceed GDP Of Paraguay
Wall Street bonuses for 2011 were $19.7 billion, which reflects a decrease of 14% from 2010 and is the lowest since 2008. That works out to an average $121,000 bonus per employee. The decrease was due to significant More...
Bill Gates Says “You Should Go To College” Even Though He Dropped Out
Bill Gates did an interview on cnn.com where he fielded questions from young reporters around the globe. As most people know, Bill Gates was a college dropout but still managed to become the 2nd richest person. More...
BP and Transocean Settle With Injured Worker
BP and Transocean have settled a lawsuit filed by an employee that was injured on the Deepwater Horizon rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, reported businessweek.com. The employee, Oleander Benton, More...
Hard Work Doesn’t Always Pay But Talent + Hard Work Pays BIG
Some sayings / quotes contain such a big caveats that at face value they’re pretty much lies. One of the biggest lies is: “Hard Work Pays Off”. No it doesn’t. Hard work on it’s own More...
Avoid Working For A Scam Company By Looking For These Red Flags
Being scammed is one of the worst experiences ever, especially when we are sucked in “hook, line and sinker”. Unintended involvement can take place in one of several ways. For example: a) You buy products More...
Dude. You Screwed Up Valentines Day – Now What?
Yes guys – I’m talking to you. Girls can’t screw up Valentines Day because they are the judge and jury of the main event. Yes – Valentines Day is a performance and your job is to put on a More...
Athens Burns as Greece Approves Budget Cuts to Receive a 2nd Bailout
The Greece debt crisis has cast a shadow over the economic recovery in the USA. Investors and major banks have been fearful of what the impact would be if Greece were to default on its 350 billion euro debt. Today, More...
STOCK Act Passes to Prevent Insider Trading on Political Intelligence
On February 9th, the House of Representatives passed a bill that prevents members of Congress from trading on Wall Street using non-public information obtained as a result of their involvement in congress. The More...
Is This What a Cover Letter to Join the 1% on Wall Street Looks Like?
Despite being able to do 35 pull ups – there is still an error in the letter. See if you can find it (answer below) The applicant forgot to find and replace all the “Morgan Stanley’s” from More...
