Earnings Spike for Wall Street Real Estate Firm
WHITE PLAINS, NEW YORK — Glacier Global Partners LLP will report positive quarterly earnings for the first time since its inception, co-founder Yaniv Blumenfeld announced.
Earnings from continuing operations continues to trend downward, although Glacier Global reported several new sources of continuing revenue: collections from unauthorized pay toilet meters installed in common area rest rooms in the Manhattan building where Glacier Global leases 600 square feet, sales of toilet paper requisitioned from said rest rooms, sales of second-hand mops and buckets cadged from the building’s janitor closets, protection revenue from other tenants in the building, rental of the office as a homeless shelter during off hours, miscellaneous blackmail receipts and revenue from the promising fake electronic tax return filing segment.
Nonrecurring revenue included payments by former unpaid interns to settle non-compete lawsuits and settlements arising from frivolous personal injury claims against the firm’s previous landlord at 1166 Avenue of the Americas.
A single extraordinary revenue item brought Glacier Global’s quarterly bottom line solidly into the black. Glacier Global recognized a portion of a $20 million receivable attributed to an advance fee arrangement with a member of the Nigerian Royal Family. The firm has satisfied its obligations under the agreement with Nigerian Crown Prince Naboo Naboo and Blumenfeld said he expects the receivable to be liquidated in the third quarter. “Nigeria has a BB- (stable outlook) rating from both S&P and Fitch, so this is pretty much a no-brainer,” according to Blumenfeld. Glacier Global used a forward currency swap to hedge against currency fluctuations on the euro-denominated unsecured promissory note. There was no comment from Prince Naboo Naboo, who has been pretty much unreachable since Glacier Global’s wire transfer went through, about three weeks ago.
Blumenfeld said the outlook for next quarter is even better since a capital investment involving magic beans is expected to begin cash flowing almost immediately.