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US Marshalls raid Standford Financial..Tommy Lee Jones unavailable for comment....

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  1. MoonDogg

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    I hope none of you guys worked here.....

    U.S. agents enter Stanford Financial Houston office


     
    #1 MoonDogg, Feb 17, 2009
  2. Fatty FatBastard

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    I would LOVE to see the marketing materials and guarantees on the products they were selling.

    Can anyone find something?
     
    #2 Fatty FatBastard, Feb 17, 2009
  3. SwoLy-D

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    [pointing at whimpering screaming lady after shooting her husband when he was holding Newman] "Shut up. :eek: "
     
    #3 SwoLy-D, Feb 17, 2009
  4. RocketMan Tex

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    I hope none of you guys invested there!
     
    #4 RocketMan Tex, Feb 17, 2009
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    They were big contributors to the Bauer College of Business at UH... :(
     
    #5 Mulder, Feb 17, 2009
  6. Dr of Dunk

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    The funny thing about it is they apparently had $400k with Bernie Madoff and his scam funds. Scammers scamming the scammers. lol.
     
    #6 Dr of Dunk, Feb 17, 2009
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    Don't they sponsor Vijay?
     
    #7 Baqui99, Feb 17, 2009
  8. Dr of Dunk

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    Yup... Toyota Center, too, I think.
     
    #8 Dr of Dunk, Feb 17, 2009
  9. Mr. Brightside

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    Man, these guys heavily advertise in the medical/physician community in Houston. I remember my dad getting these invitations to these $100 dinners where you had to attend one of their presentations in order to get a free dinner at a really nice restaurant like Tony's.
     
    #9 Mr. Brightside, Feb 17, 2009
  10. Dairy Ashford

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    Wow, from Downtown (Enron) to the Galleria in 8 years' time.

    I'm kind of assuming that Stanford presumably didn't have the footprint that Enron did (as the biggest company in the biggest industry), and won't cripple too many other local businesses. But I'd be curious to hear otherwise from anyone in Houston's finance sector.

    I guess we just can't make money without lyin', stealin' or $100 oil.
     
    #10 Dairy Ashford, Feb 17, 2009
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    So were Enron and (Arthur) Andersen, once. Nothing like being a graduating Finance major in Fall of '01. Ironically enough, I interviewed twice with AA for non-accounting jobs before they vaporized into thin air; and actually still work at the old Enron subsidiary (NNG) that rescued me from a life in Walgreens retail management.
     
    #11 Dairy Ashford, Feb 17, 2009
  12. Dr of Dunk

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    When I decided to leave Houston in 1998, I had offers to work for Enron in Houston, Worldcom in Tulsa, and Sabre in Dallas.... let's just say I lucked out and chose the right one. ;)
     
    #12 Dr of Dunk, Feb 17, 2009
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    I have two friends that worked in IT there. I haven't had a chance to touch base with them. Though I had heard it was 'like a movie'.
     
    #13 Yonkers, Feb 17, 2009
  14. BetterThanEver

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    I know somebody that worked there also. They haven't been returning my calls. :(
     
    #14 BetterThanEver, Feb 17, 2009
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    Damnit! I have money invested in their coins & bullion department. :mad:
     
    #15 The Real Shady, Feb 17, 2009
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    Hilarious. My subscription to business week came in yesterday with a three page article dedicated to the odd machinations of Stanford....
     
    #16 rhadamanthus, Feb 18, 2009
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    Someone I know was trying to get me an IT job there. :mad:
     
    #17 Poloshirtbandit, Feb 18, 2009
  18. Fatty FatBastard

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    Can you scan these? I'm really interested in how they were trying to sell these.
     
    #18 Fatty FatBastard, Feb 18, 2009
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    400k doesnt look much when you're dealing with tens of billions of dollars
     
    #19 wtfamonkey, Feb 18, 2009
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