harold’s blog…a work in progress

observations through among other things, a financial lens

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lehman sale

September 16th, 2008 · No Comments

barclays is paying $250 million in cash for the lehman businesses and $1.5 billion for the securities firm’s new york headquarters and two data centers…the purchase includes the equities and fixed-income sales, trading and research businesses, commodities and foreign exchange, merger advisory and prime brokerage units…

that’s gotta hurt.

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merrill sale

September 15th, 2008 · No Comments

was thinking about how stan o’neal was lambasted for talking about a deal last october. stock was at about $60 then.

but i am oversimplifying.

cheers.

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fwiw: thursday

August 28th, 2008 · No Comments

Roof-deck

i like

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two weeks

August 20th, 2008 · No Comments

coconut

…the yeartext was keep watch, heeded never spoken much/over time she opened up, buttermilk coconut…

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fwiw: tuesday

August 19th, 2008 · No Comments

i like

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