<t>I spent a few years at GS quite a while back, on the prob trading side; GS has always been a primary deal house; It is run by corp financiers for corp finaciers tho i hear that these days Blankfein & his FI crew are getting more influantial; regarding the culture - you've probably read all th...

A word of advice from an ex-GS employee - you will (almost) never be able to go from middle to front office;

"but I think we are capable of giving any team at euro 2004 a good game"think you're right... Ireland's gotta be the most talentless yet the most hardworking/determined team in Europe...

"Daman, can I short hill and go long coral ??"suppose if they quote both ways you could...

"Considering they are 3-1 at coral, I am willing to take anyones bet's at 11/4 too"they were at 11/4 at hill's the other day;immaterial anyway, i'll take the short @ 3/1 as well....

<t>"It is not a passport to riches (or intelligence or analytical acumen)"Sure as hell it is not... all its becoming is a benchmark of a sort.. i remember taking mine a while back when there were 200 people sitting.. now i hear its in its thousands... the shit one does for three fucking letters on a...

"I bet on France"I'll short that @ 11/4?

<t>I fancy the dark horses... A1 A2 Portugal Greece 2 0A3 A4 Spain Russia 2 0B3 B4 Switzerland Croatia 1 3B1 B2 France England 2 0C3 C4 Denmark Italy 1 2C1 C2 Sweden Bulgaria 1 1D1 D2 Czech Republic Latvia 4 0D3 D4 Germany Netherlands 1 3A2 A3 Greece Spain 1 3A4 A1 Russia Portugal 0 1B2 B3 England S...

<t>"Dude have you seen the group that the Czech are in....As for Spain....I think it will be the same old story...messing up in the big tournament....."agree, but you gotta hit the outliers every now and then; think the czechs could easily end up winning their group; germans are always in there but ...

"Still waiting for an answer."If i tell you some of us are actually worth around the mentioned figure, would you go away?

<t>"that here's hoping we give the french the stuffing they thorughly deserve............"matey, i hope they keep it to a couple... i think we'll get stuffed by the french, its just the matter of keeping face and not allowing for a total embarassment... cannot believe all the hype generated in the m...

i get my guys to chant (they stand in a pentagram-like formation, holding hands) before they fire of the engines every morning; that way the evil spirits go away and the bps keen rolling in...let me gues, you failed algebra?

wanna job?i'll start you on 200k US? After a few years you'll get a cut of the P&L too.. PM me if interested..

ufg, rencap, troika, alfa..

<t>"ashley cole as left back (when we have wayne bridge)"player, i'd expect better from you matey... ashley's by far been the most consistent England performer over the last year or so.. obviously i'm biased as i'm a gooner, but ask most impartials and i'm sure ashley would get a nod over bridge any...