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When Paul Farmer first went to Haiti in 1983, he was studying medicine and anthropology and hoping to become a doctor for the poor, perhaps in Africa. He eventually became America's most celebrated doctor for the poor, made famous by Pulitzer-prizewinning author Tracy Kidder in his 2003 book, Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World...
Taken together, the positive forces have created what Economist Dimitri Balatsos of the Kidder Peabody investment firm has called a "virtuous cycle." This cycle is a mirror image of the vicious spiral of the 1970s, when soaring oil prices and roaring inflation created rising unemployment, slumping stock prices and economic stagnation. Now things are going the other way. Exults Barton Biggs, chief portfolio strategist for the Morgan Stanley investment firm: "It's like watching the movie of the 1970s run backwards...
...rough start at the beginning of the season,” sophomore Julia Kidder said. “It was nice to see our team coming together...
Winans was found guilty of leaking advance information from his influential "Heard on the Street" column during 1983 and 1984 to two Kidder, Peabody stockbrokers, Peter Brant and Kenneth Felis. They used the knowledge to make trades that earned them $675,000. Of that amount, Winans and his roommate David Carpenter, 36, received...
...biotech companies' new emphasis on marketing has revived Wall Street's enthusiasm for their stocks. Genentech has risen from 34 to 49 since January, while Cetus has gone from less than 9 to nearly 16. Says Peter Drake, a biotechnology expert at the Kidder Peabody investment firm: "From an investor's standpoint, the industry is at a breakout point...