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William D. Cohan

@WilliamCohan

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Husband. Father. Best-selling author of, most recently, Power Failure. Founding partner, @Pucknews . Air Mail writer-at-large. Occasional @FT Op-Ed Writer.

Joined April 2010
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@WilliamCohan
William D. Cohan
6 months
AI is learning from stolen intellectual property. It needs to stop. Authors need to band together and put a stop to this
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William D. Cohan
3 years
Tomorrow would be a good day for Donald Trump to release his federal tax returns
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5 years
Especially since @realDonaldTrump said he would eliminate our national debt; instead he increased it by $1.5 trillion
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Lawrence O'Donnell
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Why aren't Democrats running on what Trump & Republicans have done to the debt? Why?
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@WilliamCohan
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Seems like a good time to revisit my @VanityFair piece about Stephen Miller. His grandparents were immigrants
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Was Jack Welch the Greatest C.E.O. of His Day—or the Worst? I can throw myself away now. ⁦ @Gladwell ⁩ has weighed in on my new book in ⁦ @NewYorker ⁩. It doesn’t get any better than this 👇
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Beware the Ides of March. RIP Bear Stearns & Co, 13 years ago today
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5 years
“Getting”? I think we’re there!
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Seung Min Kim
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Dick CHENEY tells PENCE at closed-door retreat in Ga — “We’re getting into a situation when our friends and allies around the world that we depend upon are going to lack confidence in us.” via @costareports @AshleyRParker
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Gee I hope it didn’t strain them too much
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Geoff Bennett
5 years
JUST IN: President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence have made an unannounced trip to the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial in Washington, D.C.
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@WilliamCohan
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Thank you ⁦ @FT ⁩ for this lights out review of my new book!
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5 years
A Mar-a-Lago Weekend and an Act of God: Trump’s History With Deutsche Bank - The New York Times
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He didn't turn down book advance, which would not be possible without Wall Street. C'mon Bernie, get real
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Peter Daou
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The caption: "Obama cashes in" The guest: Bernie "I'm no Dem" Sanders The mission: 'Save' the Democrats The method: Attack Barack Obama
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@SRuhle @elonmusk He doesn’t. Now agrees he is “overpaying”. So why bother?
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5 years
I have researched this extensively too. And also spoke to @realDonaldTrump about it. Wrote about it in @TheAtlantic . @davidenrich is absolutely correct. Actions have consequences on Wall Street.
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David Enrich
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This is not true. I have spent a long time looking into this, and @DeutscheBank was the only bank willing to lend to @realDonaldTrump for 20 years because of his pattern of defaults and the bank’s hunger for growth in the US.
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HUGE development. Now we’re beginning to get somewhere really important!
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MSNBC
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Rep. Maxine Waters, chair of the House Financial Services Cmte., tells Chris Hayes that Deutsche Bank is cooperating with the committee's investigation of President Trump.
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Maria Bartiromo Was a Generational Icon for Financial Television. What Happened? | Institutional Investor A very good question that I try to answer
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William D. Cohan
7 years
Can I just say how nice it is to have @tonyschwartz back on twitter
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Long live The Mooch ⁦ @Scaramucci
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For those of you, like me, who cannot imagine being angrier at and more disappointed with @realDonaldTrump — because you know how could it be worse than it already has been since June 2015 — I commend to you @alexgibneyfilm incredible and shocking new documentary film
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@karaswisher ⁩ you’ve really made it now!
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7 years
Gary Cohn should follow Bannon out the door, now Please, God, Save Gary Cohn from Himself
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@WilliamCohan
William D. Cohan
4 years
Yesterday on ACK
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@Mark_Shriver
Mark Shriver
4 years
Same sunset this evening over the Nantucket Sound; two different angles, two gifts from God! Wishing everyone good health, peace and a good week.
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William D. Cohan
3 years
The tell is the constant touching on his left shoulder
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Greg Stohr
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Standing = the constitutional limits on the power of the federal judiciary. (Also, there are stacks of lower court rulings soundly rejecting his claims on the merits.)
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Some personal news, as they say…and of course wildly off topic for ⁦ @Twitter ⁩ today and everyday but still
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William D. Cohan
4 years
It took 26 months start to finish to get this published. Why has Wall Street not had its #MeToo moment you ask? This is why. Three-part series Amy Walker’s War on Credit Suisse and a System of Entitled Indifference via @FFJ_report
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6 years
The plague of anonymous sources, right @realDonaldTrump ? @CGasparino
@brithume
Brit Hume
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In which Vanity Fair allows a Wall Street banker to attack Donald Trump at length from behind a cloak of anonymity.
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Happy Thanksgiving!
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@peterdaou You’ve lost your mind Peter
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And to be the first POTUS in history to be physically removed the White House would give him a special place all his own
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Anthony Scaramucci
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It might be a good thing for the country if Trump goes on thinking he’s getting a second term all the way up until he’s carried out of the White House on January 20, 2021. Gives him less time to betray our country on behalf of his foreign creditors.
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William D. Cohan
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Exactly
@SRuhle
Stephanie Ruhle
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Reminder- Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross owns a stake in Bank of Cyprus & serves as director
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William D. Cohan
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Of course there is no evidence of any of this actually happening.
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Laura Ingraham
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It’s “a moment” where more Americans see that it’s actually possible to grow the economy, bring back mfging, and have rising wages.
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“Television Is What Gets Senators Elected”: Private-Equity Mogul Leon Black Is Building a Local TV Empire to Rival Sinclair and Fox | Vanity Fair
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William D. Cohan
3 years
Yes
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andy serwer
3 years
When the CEO of the biggest bank in the country rails on about inequality and says unequivocally that we need to raise the minimum wage, don't you think it's time?
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@karaswisher @DylanByers He’s lost the plot Backing Adam Neumann with $350 million — the largest a16z investment ever — proves he’s gone off the deep end
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William D. Cohan
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@tab_delete @StanfordDaily Congrats Theo! Journalism at its best, from a college freshman no less!
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William D. Cohan
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Interesting take on the emerging rules for anonymous sourcing. Taking under advisement. @realDonaldTrump @CGasparino
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Brit Hume
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@WilliamCohan @realDonaldTrump @CGasparino Anonymous sources used to report facts are one thing. Anonymous sources used to dispense negative opinions are quite another.
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2 years
What could be more beautiful?
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@WilliamCohan
William D. Cohan
6 years
. @realDonaldTrump has just pulled the plug on our economy. I am so tired of winning, aren’t you?
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William D. Cohan
4 years
In fact, I had a high school English teacher who told my parents, “He’ll be all right, but his writing will probably never be outstanding.”
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@WilliamCohan
William D. Cohan
6 years
Lesley Stahl works for @CBSNews
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Donald J. Trump ᶠᵃᵏᵉ
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Lesley Stahl is probably the worst journalist on failing NBC News. She tried to trip me up so many times during the #60Minutes total disaster interview. I even had to remind her that "I'm president, you're not." Thank god for real & truthful news sources like #QAnon & #FoxNews !
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William D. Cohan
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I thought you were leaving @twitter
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Maria Bartiromo
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I am reminding all followers to say 'please' & 'thank you' in these crazy times. People are going nuts. Don't allow it to get to you. Also to the haters - I want you to know I just hung up w Karma & she said she will be w you in a moment. @MorningsMaria @FoxBusiness 👍
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Wow. Charles pushes David out of the family business. That wasn’t in the press release on Tuesday @SRuhle
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Jane Mayer
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New: The Meaning of a Koch Brother’s Retirement
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@tomcolicchio He owns none of it. He lost it after the 2008 financial crisis
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William D. Cohan
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@elonmusk just filed a letter with the @SECGov terminating his merger agreement to but @twitter . Let the litigation begin
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William D. Cohan
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HUNTERBROOK Am excited to share the news about Hunterbrook, a new investigative reporting media company, and its first amazing investigative report.
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@WilliamCohan
William D. Cohan
5 years
Bill McGlashan, late of the Rise Fund and current protagonist in the College Admissions Cheating Scandals, somehow got his priorities all wrong along the way to fame and fortune. My take on him and his role in the scandal
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William D. Cohan
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I have known @sruhle for 10 years. This is a total hit job and completely unfair. She loves her family more than anything. Where is the editorial control on suggesting innuendo without any evidence? @ThomasFarley is right.
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Tom Farley
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I have asked @SRuhle career and business advice regularly for 20 years. She is as smart & intuitive as anyone I know. Of course Kevin asks her advice. Kevin asks my advice on business issues too. This story belongs in a tabloid and not the WSJ and it is a tad sexist
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William D. Cohan
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This is just terrible. @davidgura is one of the best in the business. Someone smart will snap him up in a New York minute
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William D. Cohan
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via @NYTOpinion If Judge Rakoff has his way
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William D. Cohan
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@maxwelltani @SamRo HR is not your friend
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@WilliamCohan
William D. Cohan
6 years
Dear @realDonaldTrump , your tax plan has LOSER written all over it.
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@WilliamCohan
William D. Cohan
5 years
A nice review of my new book Four Friends. Thank you ⁦ @washingtonpost
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@WilliamCohan
William D. Cohan
5 years
When are you hiring her?
@carolynryan
carolynryan 🏳️‍🌈🏓
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Today in ⁦ @nytimes ⁩ newsroom, we were honored to meet the great ⁦ @jkbjournalist ⁩, whose doggedness and drive broke open Epstein story.
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How Rivian’s CEO became the anti-Elon via @FT New from me…
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William D. Cohan
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Who Can Save Journalism?
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William D. Cohan
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@SRuhle Total bs...no one pays $150 million on Wall Street for tax advice
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After the storm
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William D. Cohan
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The Big, Dangerous Bubble in Corporate Debt Worth taking a moment from the endless @realdonaldtrump stream to read about something that is every bit as important
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@WilliamCohan
William D. Cohan
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Don’t know how @bariweiss got Seth Klarman to talk, but this made my year
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Sujeet Indap
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Most interesting part of the Seth Klarman interview is that, unlike most other middle-aged white male hedge fund dudes, he's not dismissive and condescending towards younger, people of color with different views (even as he rejects their views).
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@WilliamCohan
William D. Cohan
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Published my first, a bestseller, at 47
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William D. Cohan
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Alternative content
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@WilliamCohan
William D. Cohan
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My take on Donald Trump and what makes him tick http://t.co/qGbFZMruCw
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William D. Cohan
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When Blue Chip Companies Pile on Debt, It’s Time to Worry via @NYTimes
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William D. Cohan
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James Cayne, Bear Stearns chief, 1934-2021 | Financial Times My obituary of Jimmy Cayne; I spent many hours with him after Bear Stearns collapsed. Boy, could he tell a story.
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William D. Cohan
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@mcelarier @BethanyFreuden1 Made all the worse because it’s owned by a bunch of billionaire hedge fund bros
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William D. Cohan
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Part 2 of the remarkable tale of Leon Black and his longtime mistress and how she tried — and succeeded — at shaking him down for millions! Hold on to your hat people!
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William D. Cohan
5 years
Looks like a Goldman Sachs executive committee meeting
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David Enrich
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I say this as a bald white man: that is a lot of bald white men.
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William D. Cohan
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My Years on Wall Street Showed Me Why You Can’t Make a Deal on Zoom Probably not a popular thought, I know, but if you want to have a serious career on Wall Street, get back in the office. (If you're just treading water there, ignore!)
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William D. Cohan
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Too late for @BillAckman though. Tough to be right and still lose nearly $1 billion. At least his nemesis Carl Icahn got out one step ahead of the sheriff
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@SethDavisHoops In fact you had JMU winning this game, even though you went to Duke
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William D. Cohan
3 years
NYC Subway is an extraordinary NYC asset. I feel certain ridership will soon improve and be pretty much back to normal. Working very well these days
@hblodget
Henry Blodget
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NYC subway still in a Great Depression.
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William D. Cohan
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Could?
@eisingerj
Jesse Eisinger
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Trump made his buildings look worse to the tax man and better to investors. Same buildings, different financials. Could be “fraud.” @hvogell has the scoop:
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William D. Cohan
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@SRuhle @DeutscheBank Totally agree with @SRuhle . @DeutscheBank was a willing and eager participant in nearly everything Trump! Lending money for Trump Chicago even after Trump wouldn’t repay initial loan from bank on same project!
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@WilliamCohan
William D. Cohan
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@jimzirin Oh is he forgetting how he stiffed all the Wall Street banks on casino loans, eastern shuttle, the plaza etc I think he might be forgetting those and you’re right about Chicago tower default
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William D. Cohan
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Inside Teitler & Teitler, Goldman Sachs's Go-To Divorce Firm - Air Mail When you need a divorce attorney to go to the mat fir you, and beyond
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William D. Cohan
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Karma’s a bitch
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@WilliamCohan
William D. Cohan
6 years
There is still $11 billion in debt and negative cash flow, people
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Bloomberg Markets
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Shares in Tesla rise more than $50, almost 19%, in pre-market trading
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William D. Cohan
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@realDonaldTrump Actually precisely the opposite. The discord has been prevalent for the last four years
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William D. Cohan
3 years
And what’s @senatemajldr strategy do you think, knowing him as you do?
@JaneMayerNYer
Jane Mayer
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Also by claiming he’s a candidate he can claim any criminal investigation into him is just dirty politics- and must end.
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William D. Cohan
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Since Huma Abedin is back in the news once again, here is my @VanityFair piece on her from earlier this year
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William D. Cohan
3 years
Why hasn’t he been arrested? I would think an attempted coup would be illegal, no?
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@WilliamCohan
William D. Cohan
5 years
Exactly right
@DavidBCollum
Dave Collum
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the Mother of All Bubbles (MOAB) is the bond market not the stock market. The destructive power that could be unleashed is epic...
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William D. Cohan
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Again, this is a complete distortion of what really happened. The three players were indicted by a Grand Jury (Nifong not involved), based on evidence provided by police, rape nurse. There was never a trial. Name another instance where no trial after indictment
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