Gutless Hypocrite du Friday

Retailer of the decade, Eddie Lampert’s two-wrongs-don’t-make-a-right Sears Holdings Corp (SHLD), took shelter under the Cox short-ban umbrella on Friday. The irony being that SHLD has been a tough borrow since, approximately, right after it became clear that the founder of ESL Investments Inc, a hedge fund, had started believing the lubricious press cuttings clips nominating him as ‘The Next Warren Buffett.’ 

Chairman Also Asking To Be Added To ‘No Executive Kidnapping’ List by Bess Levin, Dealbreaker Sep. 26 2008

NYSE adds 7 companies to short-selling ban, Reuters, Sep. 26 2008

Comments

[Jim Not C:]

(Longs' take of the pic)-Up the corporate ladder and ready to get to work- that's my boy !

(Shorts' take of the pic)-No safety glasses and saw not plugged in - that's Sears Holdings !

2008 Oct 01 12:08 AM