Word: traders
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Rosty (everybody calls him either that or Danny) that they have already settled on his successor. The new chairman will be Florida Democrat Sam Gibbons, 74, an affable and experienced veteran of 31 years on Ways and Means but hardly Rosty's equal as a coalition builder or horse trader. Though Gibbons insists he is a leader, he concedes he has not steeped himself in the arcana of taxation to the extent Rostenkowski has; Gibbons' primary interest has been trade. Some Democrats talked of choosing a younger and more dynamic chairman for Ways and Means, but the move collapsed after...
...Nietzsche's influence on a Wall Street derivatives trader...
Should Joseph Jett be regarded as Nietzsche's Ubermensch incarnate? Jett was recently fired from his Wall Street post as head government-bond trader at Kidder Peabody, the 128-year-old investment bank. He allegedly masterminded an illegal trading scheme that will result in a $140 million loss for his company...
...editorial in Barron's, the financial weekly, Joe Queenan ridiculed Jett's insidious appreciation of European culture: "Accused Kidder trader was a fan of Nietzsche, for goodness sake." Queenan's amusing editorial argued that the only difference between Jett and all other Wall Street traders was Jett's keen interest in Nietzschean philosophy...
...Tyson Foods, who placed most of her commodity trades during her brief speculation with cattle futures in 1978-80. Blair, she explained, came to her with what she said was "a great opportunity to make money." Mrs. Clinton admitted that she relied heavily on Blair, an active commodities trader, when she turned a $1,000 investment into a $105,000 profit. "I relied primarily on his advice," she said, "because he really spent an enormous time studying the market." If Mrs. Clinton was worried about the perception of a sweetheart deal between herself and someone who represented the largest agribusiness...