Laura Goldman
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Former Wall Streeter turned journalist. I tweet the things other people are thinking. Always willing to engage in civil debate. laurasgoldman @gmail .com
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#JoeBiden
is projected to win
#Pennsylvania
by more than 100,000 votes. More than 7M ballots were cast in the state.
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Steve Cohen is still interested in the
#Mets
despite reports to the contrary He will formalize deal terms when the teams are back playing. He isn't interested in reviving the terms of the failed deal. He wants more immediate control and/or SNY. I verified his interest again today
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.
@Starbucks
should do more than meet with the 2 men arrested at
#starbucks
They should support the bipartisan Clean Slate Act, currently in the Pa legislature, which will seal the arrest records of the 2 men. Otherwise, their job search will be tainted forever. @ Kevin Johnson
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If Cohen is successful in buying the
#Mets
, he will moneyball the heck out of it. He already held a meeting at his home with his quants to see how they can leverage Point72 expertise for the team. Cohen will hire the best, give them discretion, and definitely not micromanage
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It's happening 🎊🎉🎈LPs have been told the deal for Steve Cohen to purchase the
#Mets
will be signed next week.
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My Wharton classmate Steve Cohen has confirmed he has reentered the bidding for the
#Mets
He expects to submit a lower bid than his previous offer of $2.6 billion
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A Friday treat: Steve Cohen has withdrawn $1 billion from his firm Point72 ostensibly to buy the
#Mets
He had $8B of his own money invested in 2019; Now he has 7B there. He plans to borrow the rest of the purchase price since interest rates are so low. No questions until I return
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#Mets
fans long suffering is over. Steve Cohen is the official owner of the team. New York is once again a 2 team town. Move over Yankees! Time to party 🥳 like it's the 80's. 🎊🎉🎈🍾🍻
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Biden is very close to winning
#Pennsylvania
and thus the presidency. He trails
#DonaldTrump
by a little more than 36K while there are 70K outstanding ballots in
#Philadelphia
alone. Biden has typically been winning 80% of the vote in Philly which is 56,000 votes. ➕ 20K 4 Veep
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From Steve Cohen's camp: Cohen has shrugged off the attacks against him. He figures the oped was planted.
#Mets
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Jeff Wilpon just held a Zoom call to say goodbye 👋 to
#Mets
employees. The fat lady has sung. Cohen will own the Mets very soon.
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#Mets
fan can start celebrating. It's unlikely Harris/Blitzer will outbid Cohen unless SNY, which isn't even part of the sale, is at the heart of a sports media empire they're building. Or they see economies of scale in owning several teams. Maybe in marketing, live events etc.
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The pandemic and the lack of fans in attendance at
#Mets
games played in the decision to sell SNY at this time. Cohen's argument was SNY was currently the entire fans' experience. Therefore, he should control it.
#coronavirus
was good for something - getting rid of the Wilpons
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#Mets
fans prepare to do a happy dance 💃 Steve Cohen is expecting to lose $400M over the next 2 years and expand the analytics department from 6 to 20. Wilpons, on the other ✋, refused to spend $150, 000 on motion capture cameras.
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Steve Cohen's bid for the
#Mets
is in the $2 billion vicinity. Sources close to him say "he will pull out his wallet again in order to close the deal." My numbers for SNY are in the $1.5 billion, but "he doesn't have to have it. It would be nice."
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Major Texas fundraiser for
@tedcruz
says he's flying back from Cancun given the outcry. Unbelievable that it took seeing his presidential ambitions go up in 🔥 for him to cut short his vacation.
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I am hearing Steve Cohen is still working on his bid for the
#Mets
but it's coming. Don't worry. I have talked to people invited to the bid submission party.🍾🥂
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Steve Cohen Mets ownership bid has been approved by MLB owners
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Maybe moneyball is the wrong word here. Sorry. I mean Steve Cohen will leverage any knowledge or talent at his disposal to give the
#Mets
an edge to win the World Series. Analytics is obviously a special talent of his. Cost will be no object.
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It's being reported the
#Mets
will be sold for $2.35B with Cohen expected to buy 80% of the team. The Wilpons are keeping 5% ➕ some other minority owners are keeping stakes.
If that is the case, he will pay $1.7B out of pocket because he already owns 8%.
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Steve Cohen isn't dealing directly with the Wilpons on his bid for the
#Mets
He did talk to them to clear the air before he made a bid. He wanted to make sure his bid wasn't DOA on arrival. He doesn't want to make the same mistakes as last time because he wants to win.
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I re-confirmed.
@StevenACohen2
is new
#Mets
owner Steve Cohen's official account. A new era of transparency and accessibility for fans has commenced. Bravo! 🚀
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I'm hearing A-Rod is contemplating suing the Wilpons.
#Mets
drama may continue for awhile. Stay tuned.
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I know many are wondering what a Cohen owned
#Mets
would look like. I don't think he will bring in family unless it's his son. Robert is a former Marine who served 2 tours in Afghanistan. In other words, he's the very opposite of the rather spoiled Jeff Wilpon.
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I'm excited to teem up with Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company to provide low cost
#medicine
to
#Holocaust
survivors.
@markcuban
responded to my request for help with alacrity. What a mensch! Check out the website for your own medication needs.
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Sandy Alderson will be chief operatinf officer. He will in effect replace Jeff Wilpon. You can let out a cheer now. Cohen will be chairman and CEO.
#Mets
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Manfred said @ an online event 4 Hofstra, "I think a change in ownership at the Mets is an opportunity to make that franchise as strong as it can possibly be, & I think over the long haul it’ll be something that will b good 4 the game." This indicates MLB approval is happening🎉
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Cohen may be rich but he has eyes and is a baseball ⚾️ fan. He knows bringing Sandy Alderson on board shows he's bringing baseball people to the front office which shouldn't be a novel concept.
#Mets
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The NY Daily News is reporting the deal for Steve Cohen to buy the
#Mets
is almost finalized as of today.
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There's no need to worry that Cohen will grow annoyed and walk away from this deal. He's not listening to the noise. Nothing is going to distract him from his lifelong dream of owning the
#Mets
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Can anyone explain why
@SteveRattner
, who is
@MikeBloomberg
money manager, is allowed to continue as a panelist on
@Morning_Joe
He uses his supposedly impartial platform to promote Bloomberg and denigrate
@BernieSanders
@morningmika
@JoeNBC
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@benjaminwittes
@gtconway3d
Please stop impressing us with who you know. A fine man doesn't force a young immigrant girl to wait for the second trimester to have an abortion
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VP Kamala Harris scored a knockout. Harris effectively baited former president Donald Trump. My favorites included citing the Wharton School against his economic policy and saying 81M people fired him.
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I will re confirm Steve Cohen is making a bid for the
#Mets
@laurasgoldman
just heard on
@WFAN660
that Steve Cohen is not 1 of the 7 on the list to bid on the
Mets. 😕 cause u said he was. Now in 🙁
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Cohen is buying an additional 72% of the team in a deal that values the team at $2.35B. He already owns 8%. He will then own a total of 80% of the
#Mets
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It's happening! As I have repeatedly told you all Jeff Wilpon isn't involved in the decision making of the sale. Fred Wilpon and Saul Katz are calling the shots. This makes it very likely Cohen will be the next owner of the
#Mets
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Steve Cohen wouldn't have withdrawn the money from his own fund if he wasn't confident he would be buying the
#Mets
A Friday treat: Steve Cohen has withdrawn $1 billion from his firm Point72 ostensibly to buy the
#Mets
He had $8B of his own money invested in 2019; Now he has 7B there. He plans to borrow the rest of the purchase price since interest rates are so low. No questions until I return
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🚨 A new poll of 600 voters by GBAO polling shows John Fetterman at 44%, Lamb at 19%, Kenyatta at 17% in the Democratic Senate primary in Pennsylvania. Fetterman has a 25 point lead with all voters. He is second after Kenyatta with African American voters while Lamb is 4th.
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Here's a sign Steve Cohen is preparing to own the
#Mets
His Point72, which currently manages $10 billion, is closing to new investors next month. Mets fans say perfect timing.
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There's a meeting of all the
#Mets
owners on Monday. While I love to churn the rumor mill, we might actually find out facts next week.
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If anyone knows if there is a run on an international banking system, it is a member of the Rothschild family. The Rothschilds have been at the forefront of international banking since the 18th century.
#Russia
#Banking
#RunOnRuble
There's a run on the Russian banking system. It's happening.
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Another
#MLB
owner said: Now more than ever, in the middle of the
#coronavirus
pandemic, we need a well capitalized partner.
#Mets
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@ryangrim
@JakeSherman
@IlhanMN
As someone who had pennies throw at them in middle school because I was
#Jewish
, the congresswoman is perpetuating stereotypes about Jews that are hurtful and harmful.
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To reiterate the obvious, Jeff Wilpon wouldn't have said farewell to
#Mets
employees if he had any doubts that de Blasio would approve.
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Please don't give the WH staffers who resigned today any credit. WH Counsel Pat Cipplone warned them to stay away from
#Trump
. He said, "You will be charged with sedition. Trump won't be.
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Now that it's all over and Mets fans have their preferred owner. Wasn't the
#Mets
sale the best roller-coaster 🎢 ride ever?
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I see
@CGasparino
is finally reporting what I reported weeks ago. Steve Cohen will bid for the
#Mets
Don't doubt the Queen.
Report: Bid for Mets ownership due by July 9, Steve Cohen still lurking
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I've talked to people close to the players who are part of Arod's
#Mets
bid.They tell me the bid is effectively over. Article is a last gasp to find a way to prevail using the media not 💰💰 Owners are capitalists with ice running through their veins not the desire to do right
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While Steve Cohen may not take official control until November/December, he is hoping to negotiate a veto over major commitments during the period between when he wins the bid and officially takes over the
#Mets
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A Rod and J Lo are having trouble raising money for their
#Mets
bid because they want to be the face of the franchise on other people's money. It seems it would be hard for them to bid $2 billion
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Steve Cohen is the official owner of the
#Mets
and they will play at Citi Field. Christmas 🎄 has come early for
#Mets
fans.
BREAKING: New York City has no objections to Steve Cohen's purchase of the Mets, Bill de Blasio announces.
Steve Cohen has tied up all the loose ends. The deal is expected to close within days.
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It's almost happening 🎊🎉🎈🍾 Cohen's bid has been approved by the ownership committee whose members include Reisendorf. They reviewed Cohen's finances & found no red flags. 2 more steps - A vote by the executive council and all the owners - to go
#Mets
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Steve Cohen still wants the
#Mets
The Wilpons may rush into his arms after negotiating with Harris and Blitzer. They are a tough negotiators.
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#Mets
fans have suffered with an owner (Wilpons) who didn't have enough money to run the team. JLO's bid would have similarly crippled the team. Most of their bid was debt. How could they have afforded the $120M losses in 2020 and/or $60-70M in annual losses? 1
@ellencarmichael
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No matter where you live buy local this Christmas 🎄 Retailers are hurting.
Now more than ever, PLEASE for the love of God and our city make sure every single one of the gifts you're buying this holiday season comes from a local shop. Every single one.
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It looks like Josh Harris is serious about buying the
#Mets
and not a bargain basement price. This is from part owners who have talked to him. He would be buying the whole team.
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Steve Cohen is buying all the minor league teams. My understanding is that deal might close slightly later.
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To quote ABBA, the Wilpons are after money, money, money 💰💰💴💵💶💷💸💳 No one should have sleepless nights worrying that the Wilpons will take a lower bid for the
#Mets
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The reveal of the pro athletes doesn't change the numbers of A-Rod's
#Mets
bid. It's still below Cohen's. My sources are saying the pro athletes joining the A-Rod bid might be too many cooks ie egos spoil the broth. This would be an unwieldy ownership group.
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Alderson and analytics are coming to the
#Mets
Brodie may be gone. Christmas has come early for fans.
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If you are wondering where
#DonaldTrump
got the idea to end the
#CoronavirusPandemic
quarantines, stay at home orders. It came from the
#KochNetwork
These are 2 staffers of the network agitating for businesses to reopen.
They will be safe working at home.
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The Mayor and Steve Cohen are playing hardball with each other. Cohen will offer more concessions and de Blasio will sign off. This is how the game is played. It's high stakes poker. Cohen is an excellent poker player. Don't worry!
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Steve Cohen is interested in the
#Mets
not particularly SNY. He hasn't decided if it's worth including SNY in his bid. "I am a little busy with my day job." It has been impressed upon him that buying SNY might be the "safe not sorry" play.
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I am quoted in
@thedailybeast
refuting this article's contention that
@Scaramucci
is planning to return to
#Trump
#WhiteHouse
Important to note the people who use their name deny the allegation while anonymous sources claim falsehoods
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Good news for long suffering
#Mets
- The Wilpons may be the only ones that have to sell at bargain basement prices. That's fair. They are the ones who worked away from $2.6 billion.
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Billionaire
#HowardShultz
refuses to mingle with the unwashed masses during his book tour stop in
#philadelphia
He has declined to sign books, but instead the books come with a signed nameplate. Even billionaire Erik Prince did the customary signing Springsteen allowed selfies
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Please don't listen to the reporters telling you Steve Cohen won't get
#MLB
approval. They're the same ones who told you Jeff Wilpon wouldn't sell to Cohen. Jeff wasn't even involved in the sale. Greenberg was Cohen's banker in his failed 2012 Dodgers bid
#Mets
#MetsTwitter
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WH sources say all of
#DonaldTrump
recent behavior is geared towards securing a pardon and being immunized against state and local prosecutions.
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Guys, we have to take back every bad thing we said about JRod & thank 🙏 them. Their tactics sped up the timeline of the deal. Cohen, the Wilpons, and Allen were afraid the situation would devolve if they continued whining. It worked. The cat seems to have gotten their tongue.
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