Posted on 19 May 2011
Tags: absolute-travesty, alignleft-size-medium, lenny dykstra, linkedin, michael reinstein, preposterous, reinstein, spoiler-alert, thing
Here’s what he’s had to say so far (spoiler alert: he would not put it in the “one of the greats” category alongside Lenny Dykstra):
* “LinkedIn is outrageously overvalued”
* “It’s preposterous”
* “It’s an absolute travesty”
* “This thing is making a mockery of NetFlix”
* “It’s horrible and should be stopped”
* “I lived through this with TheStreet.com”
* “We need a government to come in and say ‘this is wrong’”



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Posted on 09 March 2011
Tags: alignleft-size-medium, clients, coffee, competition, empty-parking, guys-want, gym enthusiasts, horn, m&g investments, mike reinstein, Video, video-production, volume-down, your-clients, your-court
You guys want to hang onto your clients? Get video production on the horn and find an empty parking garage ASAP (turn your volume down, this one’s on auto-play).
Ball’s in your court, guys.



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Posted on 24 February 2011
Tags: alignleft-size-medium, attachment-wp-att-36874, been-doing, charlie gasparino, entire, gasparino, mike reinstein, news, nydn, reinstein, street, the-big
“I like to take on the big guys,” Gasparino says. “I’ve been doing it my entire career. Before it was fashionable to beat up on Wall Street, I was doing it.” [NYDN]



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Posted on 10 February 2011
Tags: alignleft-size-medium, attachment-wp-att-35837, cnbc, current, egypt, mubarak, news, over-the-presidency, presidency, reinstein, sources-said, suleiman, will-take
Current vice-president Omar Suleiman will take over the presidency, sources said. [CNBC]



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Posted on 03 February 2011
Tags: alignleft-size-medium, attachment-wp-att-35215, bearded economists, ben bernanke, congress, michael reinstein, national, national-press, news, no further questions, very-bad, wide-open, wsj
The Fed is wide open, okay? Now, if you wanna talk about these “audits” of monetary policy some people in Congress are calling for? That would have “a very bad outcome.” [Bernanke At The National Press Club;WSJ]



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Posted on 28 January 2011
Tags: alignleft-size-medium, attachment-wp-att-34843, base-salary, compensation, firm, gary cohn, goldman sachs, mike reinstein, news, petty cash, reinstein, salaries, the-firm
Lloyd’s base salary has been raised from $600,000 to $2 million, according to the firm’s latest filing. Wingman Gary Cohn got bumped from $600,000 to $1.85 million.



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Posted on 28 January 2011
Tags: 500-hours, alignleft-size-medium, attachment-wp-att-34813, his-role, kickbacks, larry wilcox, news, operations-run, pleaded-guilty, sec, securities-fraud, stock-promoters, three-years, wilcox
Larry Wilcox, pleaded guilty in November to securities fraud conspiracy, has been sentenced to three years probation and 500 hours of community service. For his role in “one of several kickback operations run by more than a dozen small-company stock promoters,” Lar faced five years in prison. [NPR]



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Posted on 14 January 2011
Tags: alignleft-size-medium, attachment-wp-att-34049, breathing-down, centaurus energy, fund, hedge funds, john arnold, michael reinstein, mike reinstein, natural gas, news, one-investor, performance, reinstein, the-fund
According to one investor, a lot of this had to do with “authorities breathing down [the fund's] neck.” [Reuters via BI]



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Posted on 12 January 2011
Tags: alignleft-size-medium, ask-questions, attachment-wp-att-33871, chicago, flashmobs, i mean, mike reinstein, news, reinstein, single ladies
Don’t ask questions, just accept it.



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Posted on 12 January 2011
Tags: alignleft-size-medium, attachment-wp-att-33772, barcap, barclays, few-hours, Finance, global, going-down, layoffs, layoffs-kicked, michael reinstein, morning, news, reinstein
Cuts going down circa now.
“BarCap US IBD layoffs kicked off this morning — the Global Finance target is around 10% of headcount, affecting all levels. London employees got the ax a few hours ago.”



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