Word: spitzers
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...Yankees are evil, that the true way lies in the struggles of the sickly Brewers and Devil Rays? Go ahead and tell them bedtime stories for losers. But don't go on pretending that there is something righteous in it. Sure, your child might grow up to be Eliot Spitzer, but wouldn't you rather he became Bill Gates? Or better, Alex Rodriguez. That guy is going to be a lot happier in New York...
...your money. These range from loads (hefty commissions doled out to brokers or financial advisers for selling you a fund) to fees that cover advertising, marketing and distribution costs for the funds (known as 12b-1 fees). In Senate hearings earlier this month, New York State attorney general Eliot Spitzer said inflated fees may be costing investors $10 billion a year...
...heir to the Kingdom of Barataria. The heir among them was transplanted to Venice at birth—but not before being engaged to the lovely Casilda (Cambridge Riley), the daughter of the Spanish Duke of Plazatoro (Jim Luiz). However, Casilda is now in love with Luiz (Dan A. Spitzer ’05), and the possibility of marrying otherwise fills her with as much consternation as it does any of the other four young lovers...
...opinion of New York State attorney general Eliot Spitzer, Pilgrim Baxter & Associates can claim the title of Most Egregiously Corrupt among the growing list of mutual funds under investigation. "Here you had the founders themselves manipulating the system," Spitzer told TIME. "There's an extra level of insidiousness to it." Complaints filed last week by Spitzer and the Securities and Exchange Commission charged Gary Pilgrim and Harold Baxter with civil fraud. They are accused of allowing an outside hedge fund (in which Pilgrim held a major stake) to make rapid trades in Pilgrim Baxter funds, a practice forbidden...
...done in the future," says new CEO David Bullock. He claims that an internal review has so far turned up no other issues, and that investors have not left the $7 billion fund in significant numbers. Still, the firm will have to contend with its eponyms' dubious legacy: Spitzer is demanding that it return $250 million in fees to investors, a potentially crippling penalty. --By Jyoti Thottam