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...36th floor of Chicago's Sears Tower, shortly after 8 a.m., watching the smoke billowing from the World Trade Center after the first attack. When the second plane hit, bewilderment at a faraway spectacle turned into a much more personal, creeping panic. The Chicago staff of the Piper Jaffray investment firm suddenly redirected their gazes toward the windows, quietly searching for jets on their own horizon. The 110-story Sears Tower, even taller than the World Trade Center, is the tallest building in the U.S.; a vulnerable target. Bernard's wife called him and insisted he come home. Within...
...36th floor of Chicago's Sears Tower, shortly after 8 a.m., watching the smoke billowing from the World Trade Center after the first attack. When the second plane hit, bewilderment at a faraway spectacle turned into a much more personal, creeping panic. The Chicago staff of the Piper Jaffray investment firm suddenly redirected their gazes toward the windows, quietly searching for jets on their own horizon. The 110-story Sears Tower, even taller than the World Trade Center, is the tallest building in the U.S.; a vulnerable target. Bernard's wife called him and insisted he come home. Within...
...ahead of $75 billion Sony and $40 billion Matsushita? For starters, the company carved out its niche early by mastering the difficult art of making its product easy to use. "Avid is the most intuitive editing environment on the market," says Gene Munster, an analyst at U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray. Tim Squyres, film editor for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, says, "Avid's software has gone through many revisions of being designed to accommodate editors...
Although disappointed, few Names were stunned by the result. Some saw the decision as a typical example of the Establishment protecting itself. Others, including Sir William Jaffray, who lent his name to the trial, will seek to battle on. They are emboldened by the recent entry into force of the European Convention on Human Rights, which they claim allows Lloyd's to be sued for negligence in lieu of fraud. "It's a severe setback for the Names," Jaffray said after the trial, "but it in no way exonerates Lloyd's. Nobody reading the judgment will be able to trust...
...failed to distinguish between the Lloyd's of 27 years ago and the new Lloyd's that has learned from its mistakes and emerged stronger from the experience. You should have waited to publish your piece until there was an outcome to the Jaffray court case. RICHARD S. LEHMAN Boca Raton...