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Brown, Très Sec.

Or should I say Très SEC… Brown University’s bouquet has been very Securities and Exchange Commission lately, with the distinctive aroma of federal investigation wafting in particular from the school’s board of trustees. Steven Rattner (after his, er, troubles he seems to have left the board), Steven A. Cohen (a current trustee)… And of course from the school’s president, a loyal Goldman Sachs trustee during the wonder years.

Cohen, a perennial SEC object of interest, has yet again been informed that his firm is under investigation for insider trading… Leaving Brown University with a venerable intellectual dilemma: Hold onto him because some day he’ll give us a slice of his fortune? Drop him before he dries up and goes the route of Rajaratnam?

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UD thanks Roy.

Margaret Soltan, October 20, 2011 11:42PM
Posted in: trustees trashing the place

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