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Posted 11/21/08 in Daily Intel

The Greatest Depression

Hedge-Fund Manager Disgusted by Her Own Kind

Sandra Manzke, a manager of a Darien-based hedge fund, sent out a mass e-mail this week to investors and members of the financial community decrying the sins committed by her contemporaries in the marketplace.

Posted 11/19/08 in Daily Intel

The Outer Outer Boroughs

There Goes Greenwich

Once infested with wealthy hedge funders, Greenwich, Connecticut, is now infested with an entirely different species.

Posted 11/19/08 in Daily Intel

The Greatest Depression

For John Paulson and Friends, the Gilded Age Hasn’t Ended

1999 Chateau Margaux and 1999 Lafite-Rothschild, anyone?

Posted 11/13/08 in Daily Intel

The Greatest Depression

Hedge-Fund Hearing Gets Personal

Mark Souder from Indiana confronts George Soros.

Posted 11/03/08 in Daily Intel

White Men With Sunglasses on Their Penises

Disgraced Hedge-Funder Sam Israel Goes Long in the Bedroom

Holy moly. The paramour of convicted hedge-funder Sam Israel talks to 'Marie Claire' all about their sex life this month.

Posted 09/02/08 in Daily Intel

Company Town

Why Do Weather Reporters Need to Stand IN a Hurricane to Report on It?

Do we really need Anderson Cooper, Katie Couric, and Brian Williams in Louisiana when they could cover the hurricane and the RNC at the same time? Plus, all your daily finance, real estate, law, and media news.

Posted 08/18/08 in Daily Intel

Cultural Capital

Developer Mark Mariani Shows Off His Own Personal Walden

Developer Mark Mariani Shows Off His Own Personal Walden

The New Yorker treats us to a surreal tour of the land of hedge funds.

Posted 08/07/08 in Daily Intel

In Other News

Jonathan Adler Helps New Yorkers With Their Decorating, and So Much More

Jonathan Adler Helps New Yorkers With Their Decorating, and So Much More

Bare walls? Tacky linoleum? Gay husband? The interior-design maven shares his expertise.

Posted 07/22/08 in Daily Intel

White Men With Money

Hedgies of the Apocalypse

Hedgies of the Apocalypse

As the markets decline, hedge funds like Philip Falcone's and John Paulson's still manage to rake in the dough.

Posted 07/10/08 in Daily Intel

Company Town

Horizon Strategy’s John Devaney Says He Is ‘Bleeding, Personally’ After Loss of Hedge Fund

Clearly, he doesn't know Daily Intel's golden rule. That and more, in our daily roundup of need-to-know news from the fields of finance, media, law, and real estate.

Posted 07/09/08 in Daily Intel

White Men With Money

Harbinger Capital Founder Philip Falcone Will Always Be ‘A Little Iron Ranger’ to the Folks Back in Duluth

Harbinger Capital Founder Philip Falcone Will Always Be ‘A Little Iron Ranger’ to the Folks Back in Duluth

The hedge-fund "big shot" gets taken down to size by his hometown newspaper.

Posted 07/03/08 in Daily Intel

In Other News

Samuel Israel’s Lost Weekend

Samuel Israel’s Lost Weekend

The missing hedge-funder decided that jail would be better than camping.

Posted 06/23/08 in Daily Intel

In Other News

Ralph Cioffi Hangs On to His Dream House

Ralph Cioffi Hangs On to His Dream House

The indicted Bear Stearns hedge-funder may lose almost everything, but he won't lose that tony Hamptons address.

Posted 06/20/08 in Daily Intel

White Men With Money

Samuel Israel’s Escape Plan Appears To Fall Apart

Samuel Israel’s Escape Plan Appears To Fall Apart

As long as he stays in the area driving his big honking RV around, the hedge-fund swindler is bound to be scooped up by the fuzz. Or will he?

Posted 06/16/08 in Daily Intel

White Men With Money

Where in the World Is Samuel Israel III?

Where in the World Is Samuel Israel III?

Unlike Carmen Sandiego, the former hedge-fund manager hasn’t supplied fun little clues or entertainment in the form of Rockapella (the FBI is pissed about this).

Posted 06/10/08 in Daily Intel

In Other News

Hedge-Fund Maybe-Suicide Detective Has A Lenny Briscoe Moment

Hedge-Fund Maybe-Suicide Detective Has A Lenny Briscoe Moment

Cracks a joke at the crime scene.

Posted 04/14/08 in Daily Intel

White Men With Money

Daily Intel: STCU (Special Taste Crimes Unit)

Daily Intel: STCU (Special Taste Crimes Unit)

We're in a recession, and the ultrarich are spending money like it's, well, going out of style. Spending one's own money, you might say, is not a crime. But as far as we're concerned, bragging about it to the 'Times' should be.

Posted 03/17/08 in Daily Intel

Ink-Stained Wretches

Vagilante Scott Galloway Crashes Onto ‘Times’ Board

Posted 02/27/08 in Daily Intel

Ink-Stained Wretches

Pinch, Feeling the Pinch, Agrees to Meet With Harbinger Nominees

Posted 02/27/08 in Daily Intel

White Men With Money

Two Manhattan Hedge Funds Face Off in Cold War Over Software