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...stocks that the analysts privately felt should be avoided. Such cheerleading helped the analysts' investment-banker colleagues win lucrative stock-underwriting assignments and boosted the annual bonuses of both bankers and analysts. What's new is the appearance that Grubman and perhaps Weill abused their power to gain the upper hand in such personal matters as gaining entrance to the right school or winning the support of a director in a boardroom coup...
...that link and the possibility that Weill sought Grubman's upgrade to win favor with AT&T CEO Michael Armstrong, who sits on Citi's board. In an e-mail , Grubman said that Weill needed the support of Armstrong to "nuke" Weill's then co-CEO John Reed and gain full control of the company. Says Weill: "I would never attempt to manipulate a board member's vote...
Shaun Rein (GSAS ’02) would have hated Harvard as an undergraduate. But that doesn’t stop him from trying to help others gain entrance to the College. Rein, who is half-Chinese, is finishing a book tentatively titled Xiao Shan’s Guide on How to Get Into Harvard. Targeted at students in China, the book promises to debunk the myths harbored in China about the Harvard admissions process...
Rein is convinced that the book will succeed because the Chinese are mesmerized by the Harvard name and want to know what it takes to gain admittance. At present, Rein’s book has a 30,000 initial copy distribution. The book is ready to go to press, but he is waiting for Zoujin Publishing Company in China to agree on a title. He expects that the book will appear in bookstores in China in early...
...funds that HCNR will gain from McDyer’s climb are not only helpful for their programs, but essential for the future of biomedical research in neuroscience...