You might think times are flush on Wall Street, what with stock prices at historic highs and ridiculously rich year-end bonuses in the bank. Somebody, after all, just paid a record $2 million for a seat on the New York Stock Exchange. And in lower Manhattan supplies remain tight for rental limos and $20 cigars. Strangely, though, supplies aren't tight at all for traders, bankers and brokers. In a striking irony the financial chefs who for years have cooked up corporate takeovers and restructurings--all smelling like layoffs to working stiffs--are today being served those same entrees. Well, bon appetit.
Not that...