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...response to questions from TIME Thursday, Lamont's campaign manager, Tom Swan, said the candidate was not actively controlling the investment. "He does not own any stock directly, it's not a direct holding," he said. Part of the Wal-Mart stock is held in a Goldman Sachs "Tax Advantaged Core Strategies managed account," according to a letter released Thursday by Swan. He said the account is designed to track the S&P 500 index, and that Goldman Sachs makes the investment decisions for the account...
...Lieberman's campaign didn't take long to accuse Lamont of hypocrisy. "It obviously says something about him, being at a Wake Up Wal-Mart rally yesterday," Lieberman's campaign spokesperson, Marion Steinfels, said Thursday. At the rally, which Lieberman also attended, Lamont said, "This is about waking up Wal-Mart and this is also about waking up corporate America." It was organized by WakeUpWalMart.com, a union-backed group trying to highlight wage and benefits complaints against the company...
...Lieberman's campaign lambasted Lamont for the Halliburton holdings last spring, until it was revealed Lieberman himself owned mutual funds that held stock in the corporate giant. Lieberman spokesperson Steinfels said the Senator has no stock in Wal-Mart, either held directly or in mutual funds. His financial disclosure forms do show mutual funds that continue to hold Halliburton...
...Lamont, who is worth between $90 million and $300 million, is leading Lieberman 54% to 41% in the latest Quinnipiac poll. His campaign accused the Lieberman camp of desperate political tactics in criticizing his holdings of the Wal-Mart stock. "This is a pathetic attempt by someone who's clinging to power to make an issue where there is no issue," Lamont's campaign manager Swan said...
...Swan said Lamont has no plans to sell either the Halliburton or the Wal-Mart stock. "At this time he is not looking to getting into directly managing or investing any of his funds," Swan said, "If he is fortunate enough to be elected, Mr. Lamont realizes that there are a variety of investing decisions that he will have to make," including "how to deal with [his investments] in the most ethical manner...