Charlie Gasparino, chronicler of Wall Street and champion television reporter of its downfall, is in his element. He is sitting at a prime window-side table at San Pietro, his favourite lunch-time restaurant in Manhattan, ruminating on the financial crisis, when a familiar face appears.
It is David Komansky, the former chief executive of Merrill Lynch, who has been lunching with another veteran Wall Street executive. He and Gasparino exchange warm words, and before Komansky leaves, he traces a circle on his left palm with his right forefinger. “Call me,” he mouths.
