HBO, cannily playing off of the current economic maelstrom, is giving viewers another chance to catch Too Big to Fail, their TV movie about the 2008 stock-market crash based on Andrew Ross Sorkin’s book. The network often reruns its own programming–but rarely sends journalists press releases citing topical tie-ins. (Granted, there’s very little to tie, Read More
A few hours after HBO’s Too Big to Fail, the star-studded adaptation of New York Times financial reporting wunderkind Andrew Ross Sorkin’s best-selling account of the 2008 collapse of Lehman Brothers, made its debut before a national audience, a broadcast journalist who reports for a financial news channel gave The Observer her postmortem.
“There’s just Read More
Homeless men idled outside the Four Seasons restaurant as financial titans and celebrities shuttled in from the rain, assisted by burly bouncers. Upstairs, at Monday’s postpremiere party for HBO’s Too Big to Fail—based on the book by New York Times financial reporter wunderkind Andrew Ross Sorkin—sprawling platters of sushi and ceviche awaited consumption.
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The pool was closed for private parties last week, but the grill was bumping. On Monday, Chelsea Clinton came in for lunch with Sandy Weill. The Post reported that she went to Michael’s, though, so maybe I need to get my eyes checked–or the media needs to fact-check. Ha! I’ve been working for three weeks Read More
Well! New York Magazine helpfully points out that Billy Crudup will be playing former New York Federal Reserve Chairman and current Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner in HBO’s adaptation of Andrew Ross Sorkin’s bailout tome, Too Big to Fail.
Crudup’s recent portrayals of government employees include J. Edgar Hoover in Public Enemies and the Read More
New York Times business columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin’s book Too Big Too Fail is out in paperback today and Penguin, Mr. Sorkin’s publisher, has bought up every inch of ad space on Business Day’s site to drive sales.
The words “New York Times bestseller” appear in the advertisements a total of four times. Read More
In prepared remarks delivered to the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission today, Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said it’s super important that the government establish a way to wind down behemoth financial institutions, and that elimination of the “too-big-to-fail” phenomenon is key to averting any future crisis.
“The creation of a resolution regime for systemically critical Read More
Curbed reports that Dealbook editor Andrew Ross Sorkin and his wife recently paid $2.315 million for an Upper West Side co-op at 118 West 79th Street, which was listed at $2.295 million. The three-bedroom pad is prewar and features “pristine hardwood oak floors” throughout.
In addition to penning the Read More
