“How about Nuclear Holocaust, ShitBag, Mike Tyson’s Punchout, Fludderfish…” -Morgan Stanley employees discussing via email what to name a toxic asset they later sold to a Taiwanese bank. (“Subprime Meltdown” was also on the list.)
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