Politics
Former Prosecutor Mary Jo White Nominated to SEC Head
12:30 pm, January 25th | by Colette McIntyre
She’s a smart woman as well the SEC’s first former prosecutor — most SEC chairman have been plucked directly from Wall Street or the pools of private securities lawyers. But she also has experience defending the architects of the 2008 financial crisis. Whose interests will she serve at the SEC?
Head Scratchers
Citigroup Takes The Wall Street Boys’ Club To A New Level
9:30 am, January 15th | by Meredith Lepore
We all know Wall Street is a boys’ club, but Citigroup just took it to a new level. Chief Executive Michael Corbat announced a long list of promotions and executive changes at Citigroup on Monday and not a single woman made the list.
Wall Street
Gillibrand: We’ll See A Female Bank CEO Before A Woman Is Elected President
11:00 am, April 5th | by Rebecca Srulowitz
Kirsten Gillibrand believes that a woman will become chief executive of a major bank before we have a female president.
These Wall Street Bankers Conned Their Way Into Frequent $90 Lobster Dinners
11:30 am, March 5th | by Hillary Reinsberg
Ordering in food to the office, in our case, means we were either too lazy to bring something in, or it’s raining and we don’t want to trek it to the deli across the street. We’ll usually end up with some $10 Chinese food lunch special and call it a day. On Wall Street, it’s a little different. Like, “I just scammed a $90 surf and turf meal that I didn’t pay for” kind of different.
Head Scratchers
Huh? Deutsche Bank Trader Compares Wall Street To Hip NYC Italian Eatery “Torrisi”
2:43 pm, October 12th | by Hillary Reinsberg
Wall Street denizens have all kinds of things to say about the current state of the financial services industry. Some say it’s going to be okay, while others say doomsday is imminent. But one says it reminds him of an of-the-moment Italian restaurant in downtown Manhattan. Well, there’s a new one.
























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