Word: stanley
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Spitzer is extending the probe. He has subpoenaed from Salomon Smith Barney and Morgan Stanley the annual self-evaluations, in which analysts justify their requests for bonuses. The statements could reveal that analysts' recommendations helped win investment-banking business, a potential conflict of interest. Says Spitzer: "It certainly will be instructive to see what they say about themselves." Count on some more Spitzer headlines before he's done...
...plans to ignore every bit of conventional record-industry sales wisdom. DMZ's first two releases, both Burnett productions, are the Louisiana-laden sound track to Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood and a new album--the 186th--from mountain-soul legend and O Brother featured player Ralph Stanley. There will be no large promotional budgets, no appeals to commercial radio. Burnett is convinced these records will sell: "People are much more sophisticated and cultured than they've ever been. I believe that if something's good, people will like...
...Ralph Stanley has been performing the music he calls old-time mountain soul since 1946, but only recently has he started attracting audiences beyond folk and bluegrass festivals. "I've got 4-year-olds wandering up to me now and singing O Death," Stanley says of his star turn on the O Brother, Where Art Thou? sound track. "It's pretty funny...
...German IFO economic think tank, said last week that he foresaw the euro reaching parity with the dollar by year's end. "The euro will continue to climb and without difficulties can reach a dollar," Sinn told Reuters news agency. Stephen S. Roach, an economist for Morgan Stanley, said it's not whether the dollar will fall but by how much. "Our currency team believes the dollar is almost 15% overvalued - a classic setup for a fall," Roach said. Up to now, everyone assumes the path will lead to a soft landing for the dollar, but that's not necessarily...
...Stanley A. Zemon ’52, who met Ellsberg in high school, describes him as a “very precocious” student...