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...lesson behind last week's sacking of CEO David Pottruck at discount brokerage Charles Schwab. Since taking the sole helm at Schwab 14 months ago, Pottruck has been unable to make the firm's middle-market strategy pay. And with onetime everyman firms like Dean Witter gone and Merrill Lynch refocused on the rich, it's not clear that anyone will step up with a full plate of services for ordinary folks...
...says she won't attend; she'll be on vacation. Meanwhile, a second edition is being rushed into print. Maybe Maier can quit her day job now. - By Bruce Crumley Music To Their Ears The global music industry is rebounding from five years on the slide. Analysts at Merrill Lynch predict growth of 0.4% in 2005, ahead of further increases the following years. Higher CD sales and legal downloads are prompting the revival...
...made a strip of Nevada desert synonymous with over-the-top entertainment. The sudden urge to export Vegas-style casinos stems as much from regulatory reform abroad as from limited growth opportunity at home. Indeed, after MGM Mirage announced plans last month to build a casino in Macau, Merrill Lynch predicted that the development would will add five times more value to the company than its proposed mega-merger with the Strip-centric Mandalay...
...strip of Nevada desert synonymous with over-the-top entertainment. The sudden urge to export Vegas-style casinos stems as much from regulatory reform abroad as from limited growth opportunity in the States. Indeed, after MGM Mirage announced plans last month to build a casino in Macau, Merrill Lynch predicted that the development would add five times more value to the company than its proposed mega-merger with the Strip-centric Mandalay Bay. So far, Vegas casino operators are placing their biggest bets on China, where an age-old penchant for gambling is dovetailing with the world's fastest-growing...
...pleas from former Enron employees. And Lay's indictment may not be the grand finale. Federal prosecutors made clear last week that more charges are coming. Arthur Andersen, the Big Five accounting firm convicted of obstructing justice in the Enron investigation, is now defunct, but other companies like Merrill Lynch that were involved in questionable partnerships may face further scrutiny. Enron's greatest legacy, however, is no doubt the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which, among other things, requires CEOs to sign off on the veracity of their company's financial statements...