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Box O' Reps
Feb 01, 2008
It has been an embarrassing time for most big Wall Street banks. In the third quarter of 2007, NYSE-reporting firms posted their worst quarterly performance on record, collectively amassing $3.8 billion in losses. Of...
Blotter
Feb 01, 2008
Too Much Volume: The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) fined 19 broker/dealers in January a total of $2.8 million for substantially overstating their advertised trade volume to three private service...
Recession Talk
Jan 16, 2008
Recession is on the lips of everyone in the financial-services industry, and several heavyweights have proclaimed we’re already in it or it’s on the way. Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley...
Citi Losses Mount; Smith Barney Still Truckin’
Jan 15, 2008
Citigroup announced another whopper of a write-down in the fourth quarter; full-year results were dismal. That said, Global Wealth Management, which includes Smith Barney, was a bright spot.
Merrill’s Losses Continue To Surprise
Jan 11, 2008
Oops, looks like Merrill underestimated its quarterly loss—again. After an $8.4 billion write-down in the third quarter that resulted in $2.3 billion in losses, the fourth quarter is likely to be far worse.
Blotter
Jan 01, 2008
Not The Glengarry Leads: In December, the SEC charged former San Francisco-based stockbroker Sidney Mondschein with securities fraud and regulatory violations. Mondschein was allegedly selling his clients' personal...
Too Big To Ignore
Jan 01, 2008
It's a familiar drama in the schoolyard and in business too: One day a kid comes along with some cool new toy instantly supplanting the previously reigning cool kid and winning schoolyard prestige. The registered...
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