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...CSFB), the investment banking side, recorded a net loss of €423 million. But in spite of the dire numbers, Mack insists that the company is on track to return to profitability in 2003. Some analysts concur. "They are addressing the right issues," says Heinrich Wiemer, an analyst at Sal. Oppenheim in Zurich. "They are trying to work out the legacies of the past." Those legacies? Badly timed investments and shortsighted management. Five years and 21 billion euros in acquisitions ago, Credit Suisse's then-CEO, Lukas Mühlemann, plotted a course to bolster the firm's insurance business...
Jensen and fellow Student Association co-president Sal Kahn set up an online message board on Friday to discuss career services and related issues...
...investment banking - bad timing, in the face of bearish markets and the weakest mergers and acquisitions market in decades. Banks hoping to be bailed out by a quick change in the overall economy look set for disappointment. "There are lots of uncertainties," says Metehan Sen, an analyst at Sal. Oppenheim in Frankfurt. "2003 will also be a very difficult year." Even when the tide turns, German banks will still face the underlying problem that has long dogged them: low profitability. A recent study by U.K. firm PA Consulting, for example, found U.K. banks' return on assets was on average almost...
...Beverly Hills, California. This survey, howeve r, was commissioned by a public relations company working for Phillip Morris and was based on a survey that was not scientifically rigorous. Studies of the actual sales tax data showed that the smoking ban in Beverley Hills had no effect on restaurant sal es. A recent analysis in the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice found that, using the sales tax data from 81 localities, laws restricting smoking in restaurants had no effect on revenues...
...much hair to hold, sports headbands are making a big comeback. Last season's Charlotte Hornets wore them as bands of unity. Guard Derek Fisher, right, is flashing Laker yellow in the NBA finals. "It's definitely more of a fashion statement than anything else," explains NBA merchandising boss Sal LaRocca. "But many players also want to identify and connect with players they may have idolized growing up. You hear them talking a lot about modeling their games on legends like Julius Erving. I guess this is another way to pay homage." The trend has meant a big bonus...