Throughout my career, I estimate I’ve been to several thousand testimonials or more. I’ve sat through litanies of praise more effusive than the Monks of Santa Domingo, applause from person after person and wondered, “Can this possibly be true?” Sometimes the people being honored were scoundrels or self-serving, I thought. Other times, I theorized, they [...]
Posts from ‘October, 2008’
The least of these …
Richard S. Fuld Jr., Greenwich resident and chief executive of collapsed Lehman Brothers, testified this week before a Congressional hearing and said, “I feel horrible about what has happened to the company and its effects on so many.” He defended the compensation system that rewarded him with a package that lawmakers said totalled $485 million [...]