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...What doesn't happen, at any time, is that Gabi says, "OK, forget about it, Mr. Bebe, I'm having the baby." Proceeding with her pregnancy is no more an option for Gabi than an abortion was to the cheerful women with their initially unwanted fetuses in the American movies. It's as if life in Romania is so soul-destroying that Gabi doesn't want to bring another soul into it. Which may be the one thoughtful decision this immature young woman ever made...
Listen, let me tell you something: I knew Nick Leeson. Oh, OK, not personally. But as a reporter, I covered Leeson, the young trader who single-handedly broke the bank at Barings in 1995. And you know what? This kid Jérôme Kerviel, the 31-year-old who managed to lose $7.2 billion (that's with a B) at Paris investment bank Société Générale in just a few weeks, he's ... he's ... so much like Leeson that it's scary...
Kerviel was no superstar either. He had graduated from what's described as an élite school in Lyons with a degree in "trading" (OK, fellow history majors, once but only once: Hah! Hah! Hah!). But at SocGen, a bank that had made a name for itself trading derivatives - the ever more exotic instruments now available to investors worldwide - he worked in what his colleagues sniffily called "the mine": a trading desk that made uncomplicated up-or-down bets on the direction of Europe's largest stock markets. Kerviel made about $145,000 a year...
...TIME: OK, let's talk about some of these 8,000 documents you could use if an oral declaration wasn't convincing. What are some examples...
...world, en-gee-oh things all the kids want to work for before they end up working for Goldman. I assume you started this organization? (Incredulous, you shake your head.) (Angrily) Look, you’re not giving me much to work with here. This is your future, OK? Not mine. I have plenty of students who are ready and willing to use the embarrassment of riches we provide for future financiers. Now, let’s get down to business. And by business, I mean finding you a career in business. You’ll want to start applying...