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By Dan Geiger 11/22/11 5:36pm

Behold: Among the biggest leases of 4Q11.

Exclusive: In Biggest Lease of 4Q, Credit Agricole Renews 350,000 Square Feet

Credit Agricole has renewed approximately 350,000 square feet at 1301 Avenue of the Americas in one of the largest leases to get done in the second half of 2011. Read More

By Max Abelson 11/23/10 4:41am

Requiem for a Banker

There was a peculiar buzzing sound coming from somewhere inside the Credit Suisse meeting, a mildly annoying vibrating bleep. Paul Calello, the bank’s commodities and derivatives chief, checked his briefcase. The buzzes got louder.

His daughter had decided to send her Tamagotchi toy pet to work with him, and it was hungry. Mr. Calello stopped Read More

By Mike Taylor 10/14/10 12:29pm

Goldman Sachs Is the Least Bad at Picking Financial Stocks

In the land of the blind, the cyclops is king — and when it comes to predicting the fate of Wall Street companies, there’s no bigger cyclops than Goldman Sachs, which got its calls for the financial-services industry right 38 percent of the time, according to Bloomberg.

Bloomberg Markets culled the “buy,” “hold” Read More

By Mike Taylor 9/22/10 7:57pm

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A Few More Banks Tiptoe Down the iPhone Path

A slew of new Wall Street firms are opening up to the iPhone, according to a report by John Carney at CNBC.

According to Carney, Credit Suisse is working letting its bankers use iPhones, Bank of America has begun phasing in the touch-screen smartphones and Wall Street law firm Skadden Arps lets its Read More

By Mike Taylor 8/30/10 6:03pm

Compensation Bonus Rounds

Wall Street Looking to Duck Tax Hikes With Early Bonuses

Wary of the possible expiration of the Bush-era tax cuts, the heads of some Wall Street firms are trying to shovel some money into their employees’ pockets before Uncle Sam or other governments can take a bigger bite, The Wall Street Journal reports.

Credit Suisse, for example, told its London managing directors last week that Read More

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Exclusive: In Biggest Lease of 4Q, Credit Agricole Renews 350,000 Square Feet

Requiem for a Banker

Goldman Sachs Is the Least Bad at Picking Financial Stocks

A Few More Banks Tiptoe Down the iPhone Path

Wall Street Looking to Duck Tax Hikes With Early Bonuses

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