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Word: wriston (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...frenzied stock exchanges drove the price of diversified firms higher than that of the separated parts--the opposite of what happens today. "Investors came to overvalue growth by acquisition," says Walter Wriston, former chairman of Citibank. "That was because of this idea that a good manager could make two plus two equal five...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Voracious Inc. | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

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