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...biggest change by far for Morgan Stanley comes from the acquisition of the Salomon Smith Barney brokerage division. The deal, which was announced in January, has boosted the number of brokers at Morgan Stanley to just over 20,000. That makes Morgan the largest brokerage house in the country. Brad Hintz, an analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., estimates that after the acquisition is complete Morgan will get 42% of its revenue from its brokerage division, up from 20% a year...
...brain loathes uncertainty. In laboratory experiments, humans actually fear uncertainty more than physical pain. We are simply wired this way. When we encounter uncertainty, the first thing we do is try to beat it back. The problem is, uncertainty may not be the biggest threat. It may be a distraction - the kind we have to cope with while we do the actual work of keeping ourselves alive...
Harvard hasn't made it possible for you to do your child's laundry or ensure that they are in bed by 9:30 every night, but the University can now soothe your every worry about the biggest crisis to hit Harvard since we ran out of money - swine...
...While I don’t disagree with the study’s basic premise, this particular paper is pure advocacy, in an effort to get the biggest number possible,” he added...
That may be a risky bet, but Democrats know, as Bill Clinton so bitterly learned, that the biggest risk could be passing nothing at all. If they don't get health care now, the fallout could kneecap the Obama Administration for the next three years, and would likely be felt at the polls. Of course, that reality creates its own complications; if the party has little choice but to pass the bill by itself, progressives have even less patience for producing the kind of centrist bill that Baucus has been pushing. But Dems will probably stick with a centrist bill...