Word: analysts
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...deal with the onslaught of eager foreign competitors. But now many U.S. companies have boosted their competitiveness by slimming down their costs and speeding up their reaction times. Among Detroit automakers, for instance, the "arrogance is diminishing. There is a sense of vulnerability," observes Maryann Keller, an auto-industry analyst...
...attack on Rostam was mostly symbolic. Neither side suffered any casualties, and loss of the platforms will not have much effect on the Iranians' ability to interfere with gulf ship traffic. U.S. hard-liners and Kuwaiti officials were dismayed, in fact, that the blow had been so soft. Some analysts saw no alternative in the long run to taking out the Silkworms, whatever the dangers and logistical difficulties. "You either have to destroy the missile sites or give up the notion of protecting the ships," said Edward Luttwak, a Washington-based military analyst...
...Merrill Lynch for an undisclosed sum. Also merged out of existence was W. Damm M. Frank & Co., an American Stock Exchange specialist that traded in 30 Amex stocks before the crash. The firm was acquired by Bear, Stearns. That could be only the beginning. Says Samuel Liss, an analyst at Salomon: "We are going to see more specialist firms merging with better-capitalized parents...
...issue there was near unanimity. "There will be more layoffs," said Perrin Long, an analyst at Lipper Analytical Services, which studies securities firms. "The brokerages could run much leaner than they are now." Concurred Jack Barbanel, senior vice president of Gruntal & Co.: "The message is clear -- Wall Street is tightening its hatches." Long predicts that as many as 24,000 securities-industry employees will lose their jobs over the next twelve to 18 months -- and even that, he believes, is not enough. If Wall Street hopes to stay profitable in the troubled times ahead, Long thinks a safer number...
Hugh Johnson, a senior vice president and market analyst for First Albany Corp., added that even though the dollar slipped, traders felt the currency eventually would stabilize. He said the United States and its major trading partners were showing signs of cooperating more to stabilize exchange rates...