But the financier says he has a witness - multimillionaire hedge fund manager James Goodwin - to a conversation he and Mr Osborne had about the matter, and has let it be known that he would go to court over the matter.
Reporter Shelley Joffre asked him why he couldn't have just let it go.
After he was let go from Salomon when it was acquired in 1981, the budding entrepreneur used his information systems expertise to launch Bloomberg LP, which provided advanced computer systems for traders and financial firms.
He understood that it was no good and let go of the coupling.
But Martinez has made it clear he will not let Tudur Jones go out on loan at the moment.
We let that one go, but only after he had held it in his hands, cold and quick, muscle with eyes and a heart, scales specked with yellow and red, and one tiny orange fin.
In addition to the big loot they made on their Soul-2-Soul concert tour, he earned millions from festivals and a double-platinum album, Let It Go.
But I looked down at this song and I thought, this is my grandfather's letter to my grandmother, just letting her know that it's OK to let go and that he's waiting for her.
"No, I'm excited to see it go, to let others enjoy it, " he said, while insisting that he always saw himself more a conservator than as the final owner.
He said the move was designed to make it easier for councils to let street parties go ahead and allow local communities to celebrate without being inundated by paperwork.
It has been 10 years since he said his own farewell, yet it is still very sad and hard to let him go.
He posted a photograph on the social network, saying his wife would let him go if it attracted one million "likes".
"Yeah, I think it's time to let everything go and it was probably too long in getting it here, " he said.
"I was a little unhappy as every time it got to the point of moving they wouldn't let me go, " he said.
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Even though the lease had been approved before he bought LightSquared he still had to go through the political hoopla to get the FCC and Inmarsat to let a trader own it.
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Despite the film, and indeed the Fleming story on which it is it is closely based, being cited as one of the best, Lazenby admits that he let fame go to his head.
You can just see it clutching the top of the Wave Glider, in stormy water, like he'll never let go.
By the time I realized he was backpedalling to the bag and wasn't there, it was too late and I'd already let go of the ball.
"It's big business and it's difficult to fight it and unfortunately our government agencies will say it's in the national interest - so what I am saying is, if it does go ahead let's make sure we get the best protection we can, " he said.
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