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Dates: during 1990-1999
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The search is efficient, even brutal. If Shemmer can't deduce what a company's Web address might be, it's history. "That's it," he says. "I might ask someone, but..." One target's Web site is unattractive and poorly designed, lacking basic information about management and investors. Shemmer...

Author: By Adam A. Sofen, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: The Boys In the Bank | 12/2/1999 | See Source »

A friend from Penn calls. A senior, he's considering taking a job with one of the big downtown banks. Shemmer is indignant. "Ninety percent of the analysts hate it," he tells his friend, a fraternity buddy. "There's no guarantee you're going to make more money." His friend...

Author: By Adam A. Sofen, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: The Boys In the Bank | 12/2/1999 | See Source »

The lack of women in the office is especially mysterious since Broadview seems committed to other kinds of diversity--several of the analysts are Indian or East Asian or Middle Eastern (although I don't notice any black analysts). So why the gender imbalance? Analysts speculate that most women are...

Author: By Adam A. Sofen, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: The Boys In the Bank | 12/2/1999 | See Source »

A sterling resume is as important as a generous salary. Analysts just out of college sign up for two-year contracts, and it's understood that most will move on after the contract is up. After that, there are four main routes: An analyst can stay in investment banking and...

Author: By Adam A. Sofen, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: The Boys In the Bank | 12/2/1999 | See Source »

It's certainly not surprising that 40 percent of eighth graders failed the math test last year. Last year was a just a test of the test. There were no consequences if a student did poorly on the test. Individual scores weren't even reported. Aside from a warm fuzzy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Letters | 12/2/1999 | See Source »

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