Cash bonuses on Wall Street are expected to drop by 14 percent during this year's "bonus season," according to a new report by State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli. And, sadly, there isn't a laboratory in the world with the nanotechnology capable of constructing a violin tiny enough for the bankers quoted in this Bloomberg News article by Max Abelson. Headlined "Wall St. Bonus Drop Means Trading Aspen for Discount Cereal," the story was bravely filed from the war-torn front lines of the financial industry, where Abelson traveled to get the untold story of those hit hardest by the Great Recession: the financial industry workers who made the recession happen. more ›

Gothamist's Spitzerpimp image made it on to page 4 of the New York Post today. That is both awesome and puzzling at the same time. Here's a bit from the article:

At Credit Suisse and Merrill Lynch, which also had been on Spitzer's hit list, doctored pictures of the governor decorated their trading floors. more ›