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Category Archives: Wall Street
Selling the Yankees now would be smart
May 28, 2012 By Steven Greer The Daily News recently reported that rumors are flying within the ranks of Major League Baseball offices that the Yankees managing general partner Hal Steinbrenner is shopping around the Yankees for sale. The distressed … Continue reading
BPTV discusses Goldman Sachs on Fox Business
Unemployment and job creation via small business assistance is now the Obama administration’s top priority in the public arena and has been a concern for more than a year. Realizing this last November, the CEO of Goldman Sachs, Lloyd Blankfein, … Continue reading
Why News Corp and Disney should merge: A perfect storm is on the way for cable TV
https://youtu.be/1yFTZJhUFV0 Updated: August 6, 2012 See video above January 3, 2012 By Steven Greer, MD The cable TV business model is still printing money, despite high user dissatisfaction with the cable delivery companies and the poor quality of content found … Continue reading
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London is the most dangerous city in the world
https://youtu.be/2dkSR2r8oSs June 15, 2012 By Steven Greer Trading derivatives is the most profitable business for many large Wall Street banks. Despite the totality of derivates posing 700 Trillion or more in risk to the global financial system, derivatives remain largely … Continue reading
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Are we heading for another financial collapse worse than 2008?
https://youtu.be/c0iovn4VXIA In Q2 of 2012, the Wall Street banks reported dramatically lower revenue and poor earnings. Bloomberg TV’s Stephanie Ruhle posed some important questions about the viability of the current structure of the banks. Will there be even great job … Continue reading
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Goldman Sachs’ Conrad Hotel disappoints the community
July 6, 2012 By Steven Greer The new Conrad Hotel was written up by The New York Times in an article titled “It’s a Goldman World”. In it, a long-time resident of Battery Park, Rosalie Joseph, complained, “(The Conrad and … Continue reading
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Reinstating the Glass-Steagall Act would create millions of jobs
June 1, 2012 By Steven Greer The May jobs report revealed that the economy created only 69,000 non-farm jobs, the worst number within the last year. Part of the reason that the economy is frozen in a depression is that … Continue reading
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The people have voted: “Bring quality music to the Conrad Hotel”
The results of our survey are in. Ideally, if the business model made sense, our viewers liked the idea of a high-quality jazz and performing arts venue to go into one of the remaining retail spots of the Conrad Hotel, … Continue reading
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NY Times reviews the Goldman Sachs canopy: A Canopy as Social Cathedral
The New York Times has an architectural review of the glass canopy that covers the alley (North End Way). Click here for the story. “That’s the power of architecture. I’ve stopped by on different days, morning and evening. Cafe tables … Continue reading
Every addiction imaginable
This man nearly walked into the photographer and did not even realize it. Had a cigaret in his mouth, holding a cup of coffee, all while text-walking and addicted to his crackberry. This could be the picture that summarizes the … Continue reading
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Why the Volcker Rule needs to be enacted now, without delay
Update May 15, 2012 By Steven Greer, MD The JP Morgan prop trading disaster is just another example of the incompetence in wall Street that make trading of derivatives an unacceptably risky business. Update September 17, 2011 Since first writing … Continue reading
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How the JP Morgan trading calamity could help the GOP take the moral high ground and win in 2012
(If you are a Democrat, do not jump to conclusions) May 13, 2012 By Steven Greer, MD JP Morgan reported at least a $2 Billion loss in trading of exotic synthetic derivatives: instruments very similar to the CDO’s that caused … Continue reading
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The economic impact of the Tribeca Film Festival
April 19, 2012 By Steven Greer, MD Entering its 11th year, The Tribeca Film Festival will go through April 29th. In 2002, less than six months after the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Centers and The Pentagon, … Continue reading
Waste in the American Healthcare System
https://youtu.be/E1n4wjqO6Ds Dr. Berwick, former Director of CMS and former President and CEO of IHI, discusses the percentage of waste in the American Healthcare System. He also mentions the new proposals by nine specialties recommending that 45 procedures and tests be … Continue reading
An agenda-filled Broadsheet article about Union Square’s new restaurants in BPC
April 13, 2012 By Steven Greer The local advertising paper, The Broadsheet, published an unusual interview with the CEO of The Union Square Hospitality Group (USHG), Mr. Danny Meyer. In the article, they heavily reference all of the reviews on … Continue reading
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OWS demonstration fizzles on St. Patrick’s Day
March 17, 2012 6:00 PM As previously reported, the OccupyWallStreet movement had planned to make the Irish Hunger Memorial the spot for their new headquarters of 2012, after having been pushed out of Zuccotti Park last year. The group had … Continue reading
What type of store should complete the Conrad Hotel spaces?
(Please forward this to your friends) BatteryPark.TV has learned that some of the retail space at the Conrad Hotel is yet to be leased. What would you like to see go into these spots? Click here to take the survey … Continue reading
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OccupyWallStreet proposes to encamp in Battery Park City
March 6, 2012 The monthly Community Board (CB) meeting for the BPC region was held tonight, and the main topic was the review of the application from “Occupy Wall Street” (OWS) to host their six-month anniversary march through Battery Park … Continue reading
Vesey Street blocked by illegal town cars
BatteryPark.TV previously reported on the problem of “town car” taxi drivers harassing sidewalk pedestrians crossing Vesey Street between Goldman Sachs and the WFC. The problem has worsened to the point that the entire Vesey Street is now blocked due to … Continue reading
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