The hedge fund D.E. Shaw & Co. is laying off 150 people, or about 10% of its workforce, the Wall Street Journal reports. Maybe they are making room for Lawrence Summers to return to his $5.2 million a year, one-day-a-week job there when Mr. Summers "returns to Harvard" in January upon stepping down from his post as chairman of President Obama's National Economic Council.
D.E. Shaw Layoffs
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