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Archive for: July, 2008

Paul Penrose - Finextra - London | 23/07/2008 | 3551 views

Wall Street got drunk

Words of wisdom from President George W Bush on the financial malaise gripping the world economy and the sub-prime mortgage crisis, captured surreptitiously on video at a private event and posted on YouTube. More hilarity - only this time of the genuinely funny kind rather than hysterical - from the Daily Show with Jon Stewart, comparing and contr... Tags: Retail banking, Wholesale banking

Paul Penrose - Finextra - London | 23/07/2008 | 3811 views | 1 comment

Cityboy: The musical

I fear the exploits of Cityboy at the Glastonbury music fest may have gone to the poor chap's head. The ex-DrKW analyst is back on YouTube promoting his catchy new single 'Cityboy'. All together now: 'I'm just a Cityboy Another lonely pretty boy Columbian exports in my brain I'm off my face again' Burt Bacharach he ain't. Maybe he should have... Tags: Dealing rooms, Wholesale banking

Paul Penrose - Finextra - London | 04/07/2008 | 2391 views | 1 comment

Cityboy goes Glasto

Cityboy, Beer and loathing in the Square Mile, is a fictionalised account of rampant egotism, greed, prostitution and drug-taking in the heart of London's financial centre. The lurid tome was penned by Geraint Anderson, a former utilities research analyst at DrKW, who grew tired of the City's excesses after a debauched ten year's at the sharp end. ... Tags: Dealing rooms, Wholesale banking

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