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...with his new wardrobe from Barney's, certainly dresses the part of University president. But I pick Lee not for his sartorial splendor but for his fundraising abilities. He might even do a better job than that Donald Kennedy fellow at Stanford...
...threat of inflation in promises by House Speakerin-waiting Newt Gingrich and other Republicans to cut taxes next year without any credible program for restoring lost revenues. "Tax cuts are not always good for the bond market,"said Joseph Carballeira, the head of U.S government- securities trading at Smith Barney. "Initially, there was a sense of optimism when the Republicans won. But now there is the sense that fiscal discipline may be over." Said Hugh Johnson, chief investment strategist for First Albany: "This has become a nagging fear that bond traders have in the back of their heads. They might...
...wake of the Feds decision last week, bond traders at Smith Barney were consumed by a day of more microeconomic moves as the phones came alive with buy and sell orders. Within minutes of the Fed's announcement, one trader ran up to chief bond manager Carballeira and roared, "I've got $20 million 3s offered at 4." He got the O.K. sign. "Joe, I have a customer for $50 million 5s at 3." "Those are done," said Carbelleira. "Joe, I got a customer for $10 million 3s at 5." "No more," said Carballeira, and then: "Hey, is everyone...
...seen before where IBM signs an agreement on something but the follow-through is not there," says Barry Bosak, who watches the company for Smith Barney. "And with all the turmoil and constant changes taking place at Apple and IBM, there's some question as to whether this new deal will actually get done...
...while legions of individuals continued to follow Garzarelli's forecasts, Lehman Bros. sold its retail brokerage to Smith Barney last year and now concentrates on institutional investors. With the brokerage went the thousands of small clients whom Garzarelli had attracted. That made her expendable to Lehman, which went public last May and posted just $22 million in second- quarter earnings, down 79% from a year earlier. The firm has cut 800 jobs, or 8.5% of its work force, so far this year...