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...good transaction. Salomon, with clients from Boston to Bangkok and offices in 23 countries, has earned a solid reputation for its prowess in international finance. The 87-year-old firm also has a reputation as Wall Street's version of a frat-jock house. Its swaggering, foul-mouthed and lavishly rewarded traders epitomized the masters-of-the-universe Wall Street culture of the 1980s. That swagger was staggered by a government bond-trading scandal in 1991 from which the firm never really recovered. Needing to broaden its portfolio beyond bonds to stay competitive, Salomon CEO Deryck Maughan approached Weill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SANFORD WEILL: WALL STREET'S HIGHFLYER | 10/6/1997 | See Source »

...course itself is not overly challenging but offers plenty of opportunities to foul up your score. There are three par 3s, four...

Author: By Chris W. Mcevoy, | Title: Golf: A Good Walk Spoiled | 9/25/1997 | See Source »

PLAYING ROUGH AND CRYING FOUL...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Sep. 22, 1997 | 9/22/1997 | See Source »

...producers and distributors of original content on the Web, has attempted to engage diverse media in a wide-ranging dialogue on current efforts to "rate" content. Like the recently adopted TV-rating systems, Web-rating schemes promise to give parents more control over the amount of sex, violence and foul language to which their children might have access. We aim at preserving, not limiting, the free flow of information on the Web. The issue is less what's news and what's not than what protections and guarantees can be put in place to ensure that what's news continues...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Sep. 8, 1997 | 9/8/1997 | See Source »

...FOUL FISH Think farmed fish must be safe? Don't bet on it. Prior to cooking, the popular farmed fish tilapia, also called St. Peter's fish, may harbor strep bacteria on its skin that can cause severe swelling of the hands, fever or complications like meningitis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Sep. 8, 1997 | 9/8/1997 | See Source »

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