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Citigroup to Cut at Least 3,000 Jobs

Started by sjtmd
over 14 years ago
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"New York is feeling the pain. Some 10,000 securities industry workers could lose their jobs through 2012, bringing the total to 32,000 since January 2008, according to a report by the New York state comptroller." http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/11/16/citigroup-to-cut-at-least-3000-jobs/?hp
Response by User_Usertofferson
over 14 years ago
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Member since: Jul 2010

Woo Hoo! Maybe now that banks are cutting heads, real entrepreneurs who create jobs and companies will not be picked clean by bankers who do little more than act as credit card processors!

This development will bring about the golden age of entrepreneurship!

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Response by huntersburg
over 14 years ago
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What kind of real entrepreneurs are you lauding?

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Response by User_Usertofferson
over 14 years ago
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Tech, Education, Small Business, Green Energy, Medical, Engineering, etc etc etc

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Response by huntersburg
over 14 years ago
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How much entrepreneurship can there be on education?

And aside from "small business", how many of these entrepreneurial organizations are being hurt by credit card fees that concern you?

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Response by jason10006
over 14 years ago
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So bullish! Manhattan prices always go up, and never go down! Chinese! Brazilians!

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Response by User_Usertofferson
over 14 years ago
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Huntersburg - Educational technology is actually the hottest space in the VC world these days. Major media companies are making large investments and acquisitions. Just take a cursory look for yourself.

My comments were not about actual credit card fees as they were about parasitic investment bankers taking massive fees for being little more than a credit credit card processor - i.e. getting money to businesses.

For an explanation of how bankers have saddled their investments with heavy fees and ultimately driving them into bankruptcy please see how Mitt Romney made his money at Bain Capital.

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Response by huntersburg
over 14 years ago
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So the venture capitalists are good, but their buyout firm brethren are bad.
Sounds odd.

It also sounds odd that bankers are bad but the media companies can be on a pedestal.

As far as education technology, I fail to see how technology gets our students to pay attention, spend time on their homework, and have greater parental involvement. Throwing money at education, and gimmickry have not been shown to improve student performance.

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