Browsing articles tagged with " muppet"

Possible Titles of Greg Smith’s New Book

Mar 30, 2012
J. Webster
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Yes, Greg Smith is writing a book about the 12 years he spent making loads of money working at Goldman Sachs. But there was a point where Smith got tired of making all that money and he felt the culture had changed. He felt Goldman no longer cared about clients. He wanted no more of the calling clients Muppets business. That's when he quit and famously went on to write the gutsy NY Times Op-Ed piece. The new book is going to turn out to be a nice bread winner for Smith, as in a whopping $1.5 million

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Goldman Sachs Not Just Scanning Emails for “Muppets”

Mar 22, 2012
J. Webster
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So, like yeah, Goldman Sachs is scanning emails for the term "Muppet", which is the word legendary New York Times Op-Ed writing former Goldman Sachs employee, Greg Smith, said executives used to describe less than smart clients. The implication was that "Muppets" were clients who could be duped, suckered, and used, more or less. These "Muppets" were clients who might buy a bunch of mortgage-backed securities that were worthless. However, it seems "Muppet" or "Muppets" aren't the only terms being scanned these days by the vampire squid's tentacles. Here are a few more words or phrases

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