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INDUSTRY NEWS NOV 15, 1999
Internet pioneer steps back

Boom-boom lawyers too cozy?
INDUSTRY NEWS NOV 15, 1999
Boom-boom lawyers too cozy?

The sexual harassment lawsuit saga at Salomon Smith Barney Inc. is about to take a bizarre twist.

Value rally just a brief tease as growth goes gangbusters
INDUSTRY NEWS NOV 08, 1999
Value rally just a brief tease as growth goes gangbusters

Talk about a tease. The spring rally in value stocks melted as quickly as an April snowshower, and 1999 is shaping up to be another disappointment for value investors.

INDUSTRY NEWS NOV 01, 1999
ALLSTATE HEADED TO NEW HANDS?

A combination of market and legislative conditions is squeezing Allstate Corp.'s life as an independent company.

HEIDI FLAMMANG: GRIEF, LOSS INSPIRE HER BUSINESS
OPINION NOV 01, 1999
HEIDI FLAMMANG: GRIEF, LOSS INSPIRE HER BUSINESS

After Heidi Flammang became a widow at age 27, managing a $1 million insurance settlement proved just about as trying as coping with her grief.

What happens when venture capitalists decide your business is better than theirs
INDUSTRY NEWS NOV 01, 1999
What happens when venture capitalists decide your business is better than theirs

Last March, Joseph Park got the kind of phone call most entrepreneurs only dream about.

Stockbroker gives advice the old-fashioned way: Jordan Berlin singing a new old tune
INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 18, 1999
Stockbroker gives advice the old-fashioned way: Jordan Berlin singing a new old tune

The E*Trades of the world may insist that someday we'll all invest on-line, but Jordan S. Berlin doesn't buy it.

Ascending to billionaire status matter of only a day for Ascent: Mini-manager wins bid for $1bn bond firm
INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 18, 1999
Ascending to billionaire status matter of only a day for Ascent: Mini-manager wins bid for $1bn bond firm

Less than a year after its founder was killed in a plane crash, Robert R. Meredith & Co., a bond shop serving wealthy investors, has been acquired by Ascent Asset Management Advisory Services Inc., a fledgling firm just 4% of its size.

Fund betting Israeli oasis is no mirage: Past offerings counted on Jewish community, which wasn't buying
INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 18, 1999
Fund betting Israeli oasis is no mirage: Past offerings counted on Jewish community, which wasn't buying

While big investment banks concentrate on fancy schmancy deals in the burgeoning Israeli market, a fledgling money manager in New York is betting that American individuals and pension funds also want a piece of the action.

E*TRADE finally lands an IPO, but so what?: Its fees are similar and its reputation is yet to be established
INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 18, 1999
E*TRADE finally lands an IPO, but so what?: Its fees are similar and its reputation is yet to be established

When E*Offering - the investment banking affiliate of on-line broker E*Trade Group Inc. - set up shop last January, many observers thought the firm posed a serious threat to Wall Street's lucrative initial public offering business.

RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 11, 1999
WELSH RARE BIT: BILINGUAL PENSION PUSH

Sam Zell Interview
INDUSTRY NEWS JUN 28, 1999
Sam Zell Interview

Chairman, Equity Office Properties, Equity Residential Properties Trust and Manufactured Home Communities Inc.

John Neff
INDUSTRY NEWS JUN 28, 1999
John Neff

Former manager, Vanguard Windsor Fund

SURVEY PUTS MEDIAN AT $115,000: PLANNER PAY TAKES 13% CLIMB
INDUSTRY NEWS APR 12, 1999
SURVEY PUTS MEDIAN AT $115,000: PLANNER PAY TAKES 13% CLIMB

Financial planners rode the bull market to a 13% surge in income last year, earning a median $115,000 before taxes, according to a salary survey by InvestmentNews. They would have earned a lot more, though, had they spent more time on fewer, but more lucrative, clients, one consultant insists.

INDUSTRY NEWS APR 05, 1999
RIGHT ON 10K IN '99, IBBOTSON AUGURS AGAIN: THE DOW IN 2025? TRY (GULP) 120,000

World Revolves Around Retail, So TCW Puts Galileo On Shelves: Pension specialist figures advisers are 'mini-institutions'
INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 15, 1999
World Revolves Around Retail, So TCW Puts Galileo On Shelves: Pension specialist figures advisers are 'mini-institutions'

TCW Group Inc., a heavyweight asset manager for pension funds, is the latest to expand its business to retail investors through the increasingly crowded financial adviser market.

INDUSTRY NEWS FEB 08, 1999
Overseas acquirers find profits on Wall Street a foreign country

Purchasing a U.S. investment bank is far from a sure thing for offshore banks.

INDUSTRY NEWS SEP 28, 1998
MARTIN T. SOSNOFF: "FOR ME, AIG IS THE COCA-COLA OF THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY"

A Q&A with possibly the scrappiest money manager around.

WALL STREET GURUS CRY 'BEAT IT, BILL!': IF CLINTON'S IMPEACHED, IT'LL BE SLOOOOW TORTURE
INDUSTRY NEWS SEP 28, 1998
WALL STREET GURUS CRY 'BEAT IT, BILL!': IF CLINTON'S IMPEACHED, IT'LL BE SLOOOOW TORTURE

Wall Street to President Clinton:Resign and get it over with quickly. Don't drag us through a lengthy, gut-wrenching impeachment process.

George M Steinbrenner legacy up in the heir?
OPINION SEP 28, 1998
George M Steinbrenner legacy up in the heir?

In his 25 years at the helm of the New York Yankees, George M. Steinbrenner III has earned a reputation as baseball's quintessential control freak. But even he can't control the passage of time.