http://www.andrewrosssorkin.com/?p=355 Author of Too Big To Fail Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:42:35 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.andrewrosssorkin.com/?p=355&cpage=1#comment-77 Josh Sun, 06 Dec 2009 11:22:26 +0000 http://www.andrewrosssorkin.com/?p=355#comment-77 Good thing they put the ".00" on the end, just to be safe.... Good thing they put the “.00″ on the end, just to be safe….

]]> http://www.andrewrosssorkin.com/?p=355&cpage=1#comment-70 Planner Reads » Blog Archive » 9 Billion Dollar Check Sat, 05 Dec 2009 07:04:27 +0000 http://www.andrewrosssorkin.com/?p=355#comment-70 [...] last fall, Morgan Stanley received a $9 billion investment from Mitsubishi UFJ. Andrew Sorkin writes, “The payment was supposed to be wired electronically, but because it needed to be made on an [...] [...] last fall, Morgan Stanley received a $9 billion investment from Mitsubishi UFJ. Andrew Sorkin writes, “The payment was supposed to be wired electronically, but because it needed to be made on an [...]

]]> http://www.andrewrosssorkin.com/?p=355&cpage=1#comment-60 Bag of Randomness Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:01:41 +0000 http://www.andrewrosssorkin.com/?p=355#comment-60 [...] The $9 Billion Japanese Check to Morgan Stanley [...] [...] The $9 Billion Japanese Check to Morgan Stanley [...]

]]> http://www.andrewrosssorkin.com/?p=355&cpage=1#comment-58 9 Billion Dollar Check « MRod says: Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:25:24 +0000 http://www.andrewrosssorkin.com/?p=355#comment-58 [...] last fall, Morgan Stanley received a $9 billion investment from Mitsubishi UFJ. Andrew Sorkin writes, “The payment was supposed to be wired electronically, but because it needed to be made on an [...] [...] last fall, Morgan Stanley received a $9 billion investment from Mitsubishi UFJ. Andrew Sorkin writes, “The payment was supposed to be wired electronically, but because it needed to be made on an [...]

]]> http://www.andrewrosssorkin.com/?p=355&cpage=1#comment-41 $9 Billion Check « Speculative Education Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:02:59 +0000 http://www.andrewrosssorkin.com/?p=355#comment-41 [...] Billion Check Posted in Uncategorized by Flurin on November 26, 2009 From Andrew Ross Sorkin: Morgan Stanley received a $9 billion investment from Mitsubishi UFJ in the fall of 2008 that kept [...] [...] Billion Check Posted in Uncategorized by Flurin on November 26, 2009 From Andrew Ross Sorkin: Morgan Stanley received a $9 billion investment from Mitsubishi UFJ in the fall of 2008 that kept [...]

]]> http://www.andrewrosssorkin.com/?p=355&cpage=1#comment-39 Ed Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:05:48 +0000 http://www.andrewrosssorkin.com/?p=355#comment-39 In a few years, you will be spending that much to buy a loaf of bread. In a few years, you will be spending that much to buy a loaf of bread.

]]> http://www.andrewrosssorkin.com/?p=355&cpage=1#comment-38 @William Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:03:34 +0000 http://www.andrewrosssorkin.com/?p=355#comment-38 "Largest" obviously means by value... or would you like to consider physical size as well? “Largest” obviously means by value… or would you like to consider physical size as well?

]]> http://www.andrewrosssorkin.com/?p=355&cpage=1#comment-37 David Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:26:07 +0000 http://www.andrewrosssorkin.com/?p=355#comment-37 The only contender may be the one written by the Kuwaitis to help pay for Gulf War I. At one time it was on display in the Navy Supply Corps Museum in Athens, GA and totaled in the billions. Combat conditions in both cases! The only contender may be the one written by the Kuwaitis to help pay for Gulf War I. At one time it was on display in the Navy Supply Corps Museum in Athens, GA and totaled in the billions. Combat conditions in both cases!

]]> http://www.andrewrosssorkin.com/?p=355&cpage=1#comment-36 William Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:20:17 +0000 http://www.andrewrosssorkin.com/?p=355#comment-36 False. The largest check ever written was in Zimbabwe. Either Mugabe or one of his cohorts cut it to purchase a new BMW, if I recall correctly. Now, I know as far as dollar value the Morgan Stanley one is higher, but the check from Zimbabwe had numbers on it I did not even know existsted they were so high. False. The largest check ever written was in Zimbabwe. Either Mugabe or one of his cohorts cut it to purchase a new BMW, if I recall correctly. Now, I know as far as dollar value the Morgan Stanley one is higher, but the check from Zimbabwe had numbers on it I did not even know existsted they were so high.

]]> http://www.andrewrosssorkin.com/?p=355&cpage=1#comment-35 links for 2009-11-22 | Yostivanich Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:07:00 +0000 http://www.andrewrosssorkin.com/?p=355#comment-35 [...] Mor­gan Stanley’s $9,000,000,000.00 Check. That’s $9 Billion! | Andrew Ross Sorkin “As detailed in Too Big to Fail: How Wall Street and Wash­ing­ton Fought to Save the Finan­cial Sys­tem — and Them­selves, Mor­gan Stan­ley received a $9 bil­lion invest­ment from Mit­subishi UFJ in the fall of 2008 that kept the firm from col­laps­ing. The pay­ment was sup­posed to be wired elec­tron­i­cally, but because it needed to be made on an emer­gency basis on a hol­i­day, Mit­subishi cut a phys­i­cal check, per­haps the largest ever written.” (tags: mor­ganstan­ley finan­cial busi­ness econ­omy eco­nom­ics) [...] [...] Mor­gan Stanley’s $9,000,000,000.00 Check. That’s $9 Billion! | Andrew Ross Sorkin “As detailed in Too Big to Fail: How Wall Street and Wash­ing­ton Fought to Save the Finan­cial Sys­tem — and Them­selves, Mor­gan Stan­ley received a $9 bil­lion invest­ment from Mit­subishi UFJ in the fall of 2008 that kept the firm from col­laps­ing. The pay­ment was sup­posed to be wired elec­tron­i­cally, but because it needed to be made on an emer­gency basis on a hol­i­day, Mit­subishi cut a phys­i­cal check, per­haps the largest ever written.” (tags: mor­ganstan­ley finan­cial busi­ness econ­omy eco­nom­ics) [...]

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