I live by Columbia. Tonight I went for a walk & saw 10+ blocks rapidly barricaded, dozens of police vehicles flying by, large groups of NYPD in riot gear gathering.
I study protest in E Europe. What I saw tonight was some of the most wildly disproportionate policing I've seen
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What explains the disconnect between how the US economy is performing and how people feel about it?

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Peter Orszag, Lazard's chief executive officer, shrugged off the investment bank's 'underdog' label as it posted record first-quarter results in a competitive field

Lazard aims to double revenue by 2030 and is hiring aggressively after a tough period ⬇️
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Embattled LA-based bank B. Riley Financial sent its stock soaring by finally delivering its overdue annual report, which provided fuel both for its fans — and for skeptics who say its accounting is deeply flawed

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Bloomberg Interesting update to the B. Riley saga: it has finally filed its overdue audited 10K. Auditors Marcum sign off on accounts while noting multiple serious 'material weaknesses' in controls. Shares surge in pre-market trading. Story via Todd Gillespie

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Delighted to be shortlisted by The Wincott Foundation for its data journalist of the year award for our series examining how Europe's biggest energy companies saddled UK consumers with millions of pounds of additional costs. Todd Gillespie Jason Grotto Will Mathis Eric Fan

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JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon met with the heads of the world’s top development banks on Thursday in DC, a sign of engagement from the top of the financial world on asks for more private investment in emerging economies

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NEW FOIA Files newsletter exclusive

This edition is guaranteed to raise everyone’s blood pressure

A cherished letter to former President Barack Obama should have been relinquished upon leaving the WH in accordance with the Presidential Records Act. It wasn't. NARA hunted it…

Goldman Sachs President John Waldron warned that high spending by the US government could expose its markets to a crisis like the UK's LDI chaos triggered by Liz Truss' budget in 2022

Story here ⬇️ Bloomberg Bloomberg Markets
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.Houlihan Lokey has hired David Gadmer (ex Lazard ) to lead the newly set up practice to advise countries and sovereign entities.
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⚡️👉👉 Big Take: Iran's attack on Israel heightens the risk of wider war. Now, US-led diplomats are working to prevent retaliation that further raises the stakes bloomberg.com/news/features/…

A few months before the regional banking crisis, McKinsey gave a talk to a prominent bank in Texas

They said it could find a lucrative niche, like specialty banks it spotlighted in slides — including SVB, First Republic & Signature

Full interview here ⬇️
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Can’t believe it’s been a year. We won’t stop fighting until Evan is back home where he belongs. #FreeEvan #IStandWithEvan

Harassment and drug use marred Citigroup's equities unit for years, according to interviews with 22 people who worked in or closely with the unit.

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extremely incomplete list of fellow women on wikipedia who are iconic to me

Really great, harrowing story by Amelia Pollard Fiona Rutherford

Biden has outperformed Trump on a number of fronts, from inequality and green spending to stocks and crime.

But not all 📊⬇️

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