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Belly Up to the Bar

Posted on April 17, 2009 by riverdaughter

Those of us who work for Big Satan, er, Pharma, are still waiting for the other shoe to drop.  And to make the anticipation of the pink slip even more dreadful than it already is, those of us over 45 will likely not find a job ever again.  It’s sort of like what happens as [...]

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Friday: Now, let me get this straight…

Posted on April 17, 2009 by riverdaughter

Goldman-Sachs (G-S) and AIG go to the government last fall for money.  Hank Paulsen, our former Treasury secretary is a former CEO of G-S.  AIG hires a new CEO because the old one was under fire.  The new one, Edward Liddy, takes up the thankless task for token compensation- and $3M dollars for sitting on [...]

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