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DIED. KIM STANLEY, 76, protean Broadway actress, most admired for portraying a dizzying range of characters--a tomboy kid sister in William Inge's Picnic (1953), a nightclub chanteuse in Bus Stop (1955)--with notable humor and pathos; in Santa Fe, N.M. Stanley also made a few scattered but striking film appearances, earning Academy Award nominations for her roles as a deranged psychic in Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964) and the tyrannical mother in Frances...
...film rights to the story of Frank Serpico's struggle against corruption within the New York City police department, he gave half of it to Serpico. He also chronicled the careers of Sammy ("The Bull") Gravano, the Mafia informant, and Aldrich Ames, the CIA turncoat. DIED. KIM STANLEY, 76, stage and screen actress best remembered for her portrayal of Cherie, the saucy nightclub singer in the original Broadway production of Bus Stop; in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Her performances in the films Seance on a Wet Afternoon and Frances gained Oscar nominations, but despite critical success, the pressures of balancing...
...witch hunt goes on, as burned investors and their designated protectors assign blame for the Internet bubble. Last week fresh testimony in Washington detailed the sordid ways some analysts conduct business, and more high-profile lawsuits surfaced--some naming bubble queen Mary Meeker at Morgan Stanley. There's enough indignation coursing from Main Street to Wall Street to K Street to keep the bar at full employment for decades...
...chairwoman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, cited such conflicts of interest during the congressional hearings. Another conflict--rating a stock a "buy" in order to win investment-banking business--resurfaced as an allegation in a suit naming six major brokerage firms and in two other suits naming Morgan Stanley and Meeker. These come on the heels of a similar case settled last month against Henry Blodget and Merrill Lynch. Merrill denied wrongdoing. Morgan says the "allegations are unfair and inaccurate and cannot be supported in court...
...STANLEY O'NEAL President and COO, Merrill Lynch...