Gus Gorman: This says $143.80. How am I supposed to live on that?… Webscoe Employee: …Actually, it’s probably more like $143.80 and 1/2 cent. There are always fractions left over in big corporations, but they round it down to the lowest whole number… Gus: …Then what happens to all those half cents? The company gets …
“How could you spend a million dollars in six days?” -Miguel Ferrer as Carl Quigley What a year 1994 was for cinema. Jim Carrey launches into superstardom with the releases of Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Dumb and Dumber and The Mask. Hollywood is turned on its head with gritty indie films like Pulp Fiction and …
“Mr. Takagi, I’m really not interested in your computer. But I need the code key because I am interested in the $640 million in negotiable bearer bonds that you have locked in your vault. And the computer controls the vault.” -Alan Rickman as Hans Gruber Is Die Hard a Christmas film? It’s an age-old debate. …
“Mortgage-backed securities, subprime loans, tranches. It’s pretty confusing, right? Does it make you feel bored? Or stupid? Well, it’s supposed to. Wall Street loves to use confusing terms to make you think only they can do what they do. Or even better, for you just to leave them the fuck alone. So, here’s Margot Robbie …
