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...frustration increased with my marriage, so did my spending." She estimates that her misery totted up to $50,000. Sprees can be an antidote to depression, loneliness and boredom. A major attraction is that salespeople are deferential and attentive. "They say, 'May I help you?' " notes Linda Barbanel, a psychotherapist in New York. "They ooh and ah and fuss. You become the star in your own production." At heart, though, shopaholics are plagued by a lack of self-esteem. Explains Carole Lieberman, a Beverly Hills psychiatrist: "People shop to make up for what they don't have on the inside...
...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...
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