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...weird aspect of the utterances voiced in that room, though, was that these fellows actually thought they could become rich, $41 million rich, by working for Dillon Read or Kidder Peabody...
This alleged tenet of the Yuppie faith is being put to the test by several companies recruiting graduating seniors on campus this semester. Of the 150 companies which will come to Harvard over the next several weeks to lure seniors, eight--including the prestigious investment banking firms Kidder, Peabody and Morgan, Stanley--have informed the Office of Career Services (OCS) that applicants vying for positions with them have to undergo drug-testing before being hired...
...response of students to this new requirement? An officer at Kidder, Peabody reports that he has "noticed a much higher level of applications" this year. Apparently it is easy for many individuals to ignore their alleged principles--or at least the one that says what people do in their private lives is not subject to outside scrutiny and judgment--once they are put to an economic test. As one senior told The Crimson when asked how he As one senior told The Crimson when asked felt about taking a drug test in order to get a high-playing...
...Database III would be appropriate for a senior doing a quantitative thesis. For those addictive hackers who eat, sleep and read computers, Hackers ($4.50) by Steven Levy is a fun account of famous and infamous computer heros. The Soul of a New Machine ($3.95) by Tracy Kidder is also enjoyable reading, even for the computer neophyte. If someone is looking to buy a computer, John Bear's Computer Wimp ($9.95) has a great deal of Happy Hacker advice...
...Motors, its projected 1986 profit of $3.1 billion is expected to top GM's for the first time since 1924, probably by a margin of $350 million or so. "Ford is the shining star of the automobile industry now," says Jack Kirnan, an expert on the field for the Kidder, Peabody investment firm. The popular Ford Taurus and Mercury Sable have emerged as the pace cars of U.S. automotive design, thanks to their distinctive curves. On the financial side, Ford has slashed its excess automaking capacity and boosted worker productivity...