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About halfway through, as the plot of the novel gets rolling, a young man, Webster Carlton Westward III, enters Kenton’s life with seemingly suspect intentions. Just as happens often today, Westward positions himself for the opportunistic memoir, the “tell-all” of the title. At this point, Palahniuk proves he still has the incredible ability to build suspense and surprise his reader with twists, though the story moves toward a fairly predictable end, given his hints earlier in the novel. The book ends with Palahniuk’s penchant for the macabre, though...
...need to buy back $1 billion single names and $2 billion of the stuff below—today." Daniel L. Sparks, the former head of the firm’s mortgage division, wrote to a group of traders in reference to deals—including the one with Harvard—that would lock in profits from shorting the housing market. "I know that sounds huge, but you can do it—spend bid/offer, pay through the market, whatever to get it done...
...Goldman CEO Lloyd C. Blankfein ’75, who is speaking before a Senate committee today, admitted that the public could perceive the firm’s actions as an example of uncontrolled Wall Street speculation...
...It’s done badly all the time.” He promises to give it a new angle. “We sort of recreated the show,” he says, “doing the essence of the script, but as if it was written today, as opposed to doing a piece from the 1970s...
...have seven seniors on the team, and this [win] was definitely for them,” Pataki said. “All week, our mindset was to give it our all today. The seniors have given so much to the program, especially during the turnaround period...