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...took its stab Wednesday at trying to rebuild the wall between analysts and investment bankers, announcing new rules barring Wall Street firms from using (and compensating) their analysts as investment-banking shills and upping the disclosure requirements for analysts' reports and public appearances. Other proposed prohibitions include an analyst owning the stocks he covers, and the issuing of reports by firms while they're closing related investment-banking deals...
...next time you see an analyst on CNBC telling you Company X is a "strong buy" at $30, and Company X promptly goes bankrupt, he wasn't ripping you off - he was just really, really wrong. Which, under the new SEC rules, will still be legal - and still be quite common...
...geared to selling trendy junior fashions and accessories (read: body jewelry) to customers who have never had this kind of choice: young women, ages 15 to 29, who wear sizes 14 to 26. "When you think fashionable, you think of young, sexy and fun," says Wedbush Morgan Securities analyst Elizabeth Pierce. "No one has wanted to put 'plus' into the same sentence. Torrid...
...North Attleboro, Mass., store manager Amy Lynn, 23, who sports purple-streaked hair and a tongue stud, says she hears girls shriek: "Finally, something that fits me!" Torrid suits Wall Street too. Hot Topic's stock price has risen 33% since Torrid's launch. Says Wells Fargo securities analyst Jennifer Black: "The market for Torrid is huge, no pun intended...
...Fears (May 31): In this newest installation of the Jack Ryan saga, Ben Affleck replaces Harrison Ford (Clear and Present Danger, Patriot Games) as Ryan, a CIA analyst who’s tracking down bad guys in possession of an unlicensed nuclear weapon. If you like seeing professionally-made thrillers that you feel like you’ve seen before, you’ll like seeing this...