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The five worst days for the economy in 2008 video

Jacopo Kane — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 07:39:17 +0000

“You know it has been a bad year when you’re arguing about what the five worst days have been…”

A video salute to the 2008 economic crisis

Jacopo Kane — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 20:25:25 +0000

And so the hackneyed use of O Fortuna continues.

Credit Crunch Christmas video

Jacopo Kane — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 19:34:31 +0000

A group of British bankers are selling a song on iTunes that has pissed off plenty of people because of its tounge-in-cheek treatment of the financial crisis.. The Daily Express has the full story, we have the video:

Paparazzi photographer shoves Ponzi plutocrat Madoff

Jacopo Kane — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:04:41 +0000

Bernie Madoff was mobbed by cameras as he left court wearing a not-so-very incognito baseball cap. This video from CNBC shows the Ponzi king getting shoved by some prick photographer with a papparazi mindset.

[Wall Street Fighter] The Madoff Shove Match

Screw You Yahoo music video

Jacopo Kane — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:01:00 +0000

A music video about the Yahoo layoffs sung by Michelle Chappel. It’s a catchy enough tune, but half of the non sequiturs written on the cards are misspelled. Freinds?

Bernie Madoff discusses the stock market in video from 2007

Jacopo Kane — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 02:04:57 +0000

Bernie Madoff the (alleged) $50 billion Ponzi scheme maestro discusses the modern stock market in this video. Check out the swooning introduction from the moderator.

Be sure to take note of this line: “By and large, in today’s regulatory environment it is virtually impossible to violate rules… It’s impossible for a violation to go undetected, certainly not for a considerable period of time.”

Walmart employee who asked about security is trampled

Jacopo Kane — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 04:47:34 +0000

How oblivious do dumbass shoppers have to be to trample a large black man to death?

Bernard Madoff’s ponzi scheme analyzed by CNBC

Jacopo Kane — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 23:27:39 +0000

CNBC’s Charlie Gasparino analyzes the alleged $50 billion Ponzi-scheme pulled off for years by Bernard Madoff. The ex-chairman of Nasdaq was arrested yesterday for a slew of white-collar crimes and posted a $10 million bond. Gasparino explains how Madoff leveraged his $17 billion in cash and wonders how the SEC was in the dark for so long.

Vikram Pandit video interview with Charlie Rose

Jacopo Kane — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 06:50:40 +0000

Here is a one-hour long video interview with Vikram Pandit, the CEO of Citigroup. Watch for his sputtering answer when asked whether or not Citi is too big to manage. Poor Charlie has to help him come out with a coherent answer.

Spank Bank video

Jacopo Kane — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 01:14:26 +0000

Finally! a bank that the recession can’t hurt.

[CollegeHumor] Spank Bank

Senator David Vitter calls the bailout plan “ass backwards”

Jacopo Kane — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:28:54 +0000

The Republican Senator from Louisiana thinks we’re putting the car before the horse.

iRobot short circuits 10% of workforce

Jacopo Kane — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:25:37 +0000

The maker of the Roomba cleaning robot, iRobot, is vacuuming 10% of its employees, 35 workers. The company claims that the firings are going down in order to “position ourselves right going into the ‘09 global market environment.” The positions are being eliminated at the company’s American and Indian offices.

And now, a video of Sam Waterston pitching robot insurance:

[Danger Room] iRobot Cuts 10% of Human Workforce

Thanks to Ricky for the find!

Negotiation video from WallStrip

Jacopo Kane — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:30:16 +0000

If you want to close the deal with Lindsay Campbell, you have to put those negotiating skills to work. Sorry about the lame-ass ad before the video.

[WallStrip] Negotiation

Chrysler to cut 5,000+ salaried workers

Jacopo Kane — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:19:50 +0000

In a desperation move likely to help out its merger prospects, Chrysler has announced that the company will be cutting 25% of salaried workers. CEO Bob Nardelli said that “These are truly unimaginable times for our industry.” Actually Bob, the only news to come out of Chrysler that is “truly unimaginable” lately was that they were exiting the hybrid business until 2010.

The great office war video

Jacopo Kane — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 22:38:53 +0000