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This Wall Street merger held the potential for big trouble from the start. Holly Becker, an influential Internet stock analyst, could bump share prices up or down with a few well-chosen words. Michael Zimmerman, a trader at a hedge fund with billions to invest, was constantly shifting money in and out of stocks that looked ripe for sudden movement. Once the two began dating, all it would take for Zimmerman to make a fortune for his firm would be for Becker to whisper the names of stocks she soon would upgrade or downgrade-and for Zimmerman to bet early...
...while West Germans have been captivated by its warmhearted family humor. It may surprise some that the director, screenwriter and leading actor are all from West Germany. "In the beginning I was not thinking I'm from the West and telling a story from the East," says director Wolfgang Becker. "I'm a man and make films about women. I live in the 21st century and make films about the 19th century. I think that's more complicated." Becker, 48, moved to West Berlin from a small town in North Rhine-Westphalia as a university student...
...officer arrested Michael Becker, 32, from Lexington for disorderly conduct in Paine Hall...
...they would survive, much less thrive. Today Dr. Konstantin Frank's Rieslings are some of the best in the U.S. Thomas Jefferson, an aficionado of French wines, would have been proud of the Bordeaux-style reds produced by Virginia's Linden Vineyards. And last November three of Texas winemaker Becker Vineyard's products made Wine Spectator's list of the top 12 U.S. regional wines...
...Becker said that although college sports fans who can legally drink are an important marketing demographic, members of his organization do not target underage students...