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It's been a while since I've tried to change money but even as recently as 10 years ago, money changers in a lot of places wouldn't accept even slightly wrinkled bills or bills older than a specific series. Every time before a trip I'd have to go to the bank and ask the teller for notes with series > X and not wrinkled/showing signs of being folded.

It’s also excellent for people that take buses.

Source: me

I'll give you a couple of examples I've been involved with:

1. I was applying for a job at Company A and I had a former co-worker working there. I think it was down to me and 2 other people and the manager asked my former co-worker about me and I believe his feedback tipped the scales in my favor.

2. Same situation as above but in this case it was my feedback. A different former co-worker was applying for a job at Company A(now that I was working there) and the manager hiring asked both me and my former and now present co-worker about the candidate as it was between him and another person.

3. A former manager straight up offered me a position at his new job because I'd be a good fit for the role as they were building exactly what I had done before. I turned him down(nicely) as I had stepped away from that particular type of work.

4. I've given negative feedback on a candidate that I'd worked with that was interviewing for an open role but it wasn't just me. All 3 of us including co-workers from (1) and (2) above had previously worked with the candidate and we didn't think he'd be a good fit for our org but it was ultimately up the manager of the team that was hiring to make the decision.

Granted I'm at a smaller company but these "network placed" jobs do happen. Sometimes it's just tipping the scales and sometimes it's a straight up job and sometimes it could be the reason you didn't get the job.

I had a similar issue where they claimed I didn’t pay one year. Calling led nowhere but my CPA friend said send them a letter. As in a physical snail mail dispute letter. I could be wrong but I think they have to reply within a certain amount of time even if the reply is “we’re still looking into it”. 6 months later I got a letter saying basically I was correct and you don’t owe anything.

I remember taking the EWR-SIN flight back in the 2000s in both premium economy and business class. The first time was an experience - such a long flight. Previously I'd have to connect in Europe/Asia. Taking it when it was all business class was pretty cool. ~100 people on such a big plane.

For most, none.

For power users, you can force specific fare classes/connections/combinations etc. regular sites won't. You can create some zany things for example, getting United to sell you an American connection. Ticketing it may require an actual travel agent though.

If you were MSFT or AAPL, you could issue 0%(or close to it) bonds and investors would lap it up. IIRC AAPL did issue a 0% bond at some point in the last few years.

Nope. Green card requires PERM which I think is a bit more extensive than the H1B process.

Green card job postings do this because it is a requirement to advertise the opening. So you tailor the job description specifically for the person you already employ on a immigrant visa.

I have had pretty good experience with their API support. Generally, if we include our sales rep they will hunt down the right team to get our questions answered if we get the runaround the first time around. The places I've been at do spend a ton of money on terminal + other data licenses though.

AFAIK that's pretty much 100% against the license agreement. Data pulled from the terminal is only supposed to be shared with other BBG subscribers. They have more expensive offerings that allow non-subscriber use of data.

I have been through audits where we prove that no non-terminal user is receiving data that we pull.

I feel you. I’m about to board a flight and Spotify logged me out while I was listening to an offline playlist.

It depends on where you're going to/from and at what time. During rush hour, yeah the subway is faster than taking a cab for my pre-Covid 35 or so block commute. There are some routes that require a bus transfer or a lot of walking that may be faster by car even in rush hour traffic. For example going from East Harlem to Chelsea where you're either transferring a few times or walking quite a bit.

Ccan you trade futures on RH yet? Why would they allow options on futures if they don't allow futures trades

I brought down the order management system at a large bank during the middle of the trading day. The backup kicked in after about a minute but it was not fun on the trading floor.

> Make sure your hospital, clinics, doctors, accept your insurance

I understand what they're saying but no one plans to get sick (pregnancies aside). Cheaper plans within the same insurance group is probably ok. Which hospital you can go to can be the difference between life and death, especially these days: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/01/nyregion/Coronavirus-hosp...

One of the perks of my employer paying ~$3k a month for my Bloomberg subscription as well.

That and the other few times a month I need to check some data.

That’s a totally different scenario - international travel requires a valid travel document.

For domestic flights you don’t technically need an id but be prepared to wait a long time and/or be subjected to a invasive questioning/security search.

Not everything needs to be B2C. There are a ton of problems to solve for B2B - for example reconciling buy side transactions to the street. In this space though usually a bank/fund will spin off a product they developed in house but there are a few companies that have started from scratch.

Sure you can. You just need a broker that lets you. Interactive Brokers for example.

Not anymore. The CFTC now has limits on how much of the total market one institution can own.

> And when was the last time you needed to charge it and listen to music at the same time?

On planes - although I guess it will be a while before I go on a flight again.

Nope. Small private school. I think as I was graduating they started operating some dorms full time.

Ah, missed that. I'm glad for them.

As a former international student, even regular breaks when school would close the dorms were tough. Winter/Spring break especially. Back then there was no AirBnb and no one would do short term rentals. I do not envy those students with nowhere to go. Plane tickets while cheap-ish due to the outbreak may still be out of the reach of college students.

2020 edition: when the news is quoting /r/wallstreetbets it might be a sell signal

I’ve seen $1B wires. Not accounting for FX spread, the cost is the same as sending a $50 wire.

> The Volcker Rule (part of Dodd-Frank) prohibits prop trading at banks (with few exceptions). The big banks have been actively discouraging it as well, changing comp structures to avoid rewarding prop trading.

It's not prop trading...I'm just macro hedging which is completely fine

You'd be surprised at how much this is still the case.

And on a tourist visa, you are not supposed to be looking for a job.