I remember when I was a very little girl, our house caught on fire.
I’ll never forget the look on my father’s face as he gathered me up
in his arms and raced through the burning building out to the pavement.
I stood there shivering in my pajamas and watched the whole world go up in flames.
And when it was all over I said to myself, “Is that all there is to a fire?”

One final spin. Good night, sweet prince.

Here is a quick proxy for estimating relative volume, even if you do not have access to a service that provides such data for exchanges or specific indexes.

What are they doing about it? Considering their options, that’s what.

According to people familiar with the matter, a number of employees — including some of the bank’s most talented and highest-paid people — are feeling that they aren’t being fairly compensated for their work in helping the bank weather the financial crisis without having to be bailed out by the German government.

That's right, act like you're not going to miss this.

“They’re free to do what they want to do,” Pandit said yesterday at an investor conference in New York. “I wouldn’t be surprised if they would actively think about something,” given where the stock is trading, he said.