Ari Weinberg
More Fine than Finance
BancVue to Acquire Large Credit Card Portfolio From FDIC
Interesting business shift for a company that had been mostly a service provider.
Tiger has that ‘gone rogue’ look. Often used in movies when a character changes to their “Mr. Hyde” persona. Highlights include stubble and bulk. Witness Louis Winthorpe III.

Stummies?

More Stummies?
Quite sure that the founder of WikiLeaks is simply trying to sell us Stummies.
Poor picture choice by The New York Times. Good thing Michelle is out there fighting the good fight.
FT: Spill costs to cut BP tax bill by $10bn
Here’s proof that reporters are running out of angles on the BP oil spill story.
The headline above and subsequent story by the FT, includes this quote:
The shortfall, representing a drop of more than a quarter in BP’s tax payments, is a particular concern for the British government attempting to cut the country’s budget deficit.
The consequence of diminished profits is undoubtedly lower taxes. There’s no two ways about it. So how is this a front page story?
Standard & Poor's Licenses S&P 500 to Vanguard
How many years did it take to make this happen?