Thain

The Big Bailout of '08: Hindsight Is Blind

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 09.24.2009 | Business


<i>Fortune</i>'s Stanley Bing

Maybe Michael Moore's anti-capitalist screed is actually an interesting nexus where right and left converge in hatred of the system that rewards failure and lets the bad guys run the next iteration of the machine.

John Thain Versus Bank Of America: Former Merrill Lynch CEO Fights Back

Huffington Post | Julie Satow | Posted 05.28.2009 | Business


John Thain has given a series of interviews to the Wall Street Journal, where the former Merrill Lynch CEO tells his side of the bonus story that led ...

End of the World Economic Scenario

Grant Cardone | Posted 03.19.2009 | Living


Grant Cardone

Neither the world nor your survival will come to an end regardless of what happens economically. Can it get worse? Certainly. Will your lifestyle change? Yes, but so will most everyone else's!

John Thain's $35,000 Toilet

Matt Littman | Posted 03.01.2009 | Business


Matt Littman

What the hell happens on a $35,000 toilet that makes it so special? While you're sitting on it, does it magically transport you to the Maldives?

"Bankers Behaving Badly": A Needed Remedy for a Financial Industry Gone Off The Rails

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 03.25.2009 | Business


Raymond J. Learsy

A company's public conduct and public image, like that of Citi and Lehman, should be a determinant of which companies get taxpayer monies. The days of Wall Street rules are at an end.

Merrill's New CEO Hopes To "Make Things Better"

CNBC | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


John Thain told CNBC that he sees his new job as CEO of Merrill Lynch as "an opportunity to make things better" after the largest U.S. brokerage firm ...

Merrill Reportedly Taps NYSE's Thain As New CEO

AP | Joe Bel Bruno | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Merrill Lynch & Co. has tapped New York Stock Exchange head John Thain to lead the world's largest brokerage through the unfolding credit market turm...