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Salon.com
November 19, 2002
Arianna Huffington |
The ABCs of crony capitalism Jack Grubman touted AT&T's stock to get his kids into a tony nursery school -- showing that fleecing consumers is like child's play in corporate America.   |
Registered Rep.
April 28, 2003
Will Leitch |
Historic Settlement Doesn't Target Brokers -- But You're Hardly Home Free Now that the Wall Street global settlement is official, brokers might be inclined to heave a sigh of relief. Don't. While the settlement will have a lasting impact on the brokerage industry, brokers have been unscathed by the Spitzer investigations -- so far. |
Registered Rep.
March 1, 2005
Geoff Lewis |
The Bloody Mess After the Internet Bubble In this excerpt from Blood On The Street: The Sensational Inside Story of How Wall Street Analysts Duped a Generation of Investors author Charles Gasparino offers two versions of the broker story. |
Registered Rep.
June 3, 2003
Will Leitch |
Brokerage Chiefs in Spitzer's Sights When New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer announced the $1.4 billion settlement of the securities conflict of interest case in April, his office warned that it was "the beginning, not the end." Wirehouses are finding out, in a big way, that he wasn't kidding. |
The Motley Fool
February 27, 2007
David Lee Smith |
Confessions of a Wall Street Analyst Peer inside the strange, mixed-up world of securities analysis. |
Registered Rep.
January 1, 2006
Dan Reingold |
The Insiders' Game This author and Wall Street analyst concludes in his new book, Confessions of a Wall Street Analyst, that we'll never get a clear read on exactly where some insiders went wrong and whether our securities laws, regulations and sanctions are sufficient to deter such behavior in the future. |
BusinessWeek
July 28, 2003
Anthony Bianco |
Citi's New Act Chuck Prince, Sandy Weill's top troubleshooter, is the unlikely choice for CEO. Does he have the right stuff? |
BusinessWeek
July 28, 2003
Borrus & McNamee |
States vs. the SEC: What's All the Shouting for? On the surface, it looks like the fragile alliance between state and federal securities cops is crumbling. There's more -- and less -- going on here than meets the eye. |
BusinessWeek
April 29, 2010
Cristina Lindblad |
E-crimination Fabrice Tourre's now infamous e-mail about Goldman joins a long list of electronic messages that became symbols of corporate wrongdoing |
BusinessWeek
November 19, 2007
Roben Farzad |
In the Hot Seat--Again Why didn't Citigroup Director Mike Armstrong recognize the signs? |
U.S. Banker
July 2002
Michael Dumiak |
Street Smart! Eliot Spitzer snuck up on Wall Street and became a force for financiers to reckon with. And he's just getting started. |
Registered Rep.
December 1, 2002 |
The Year that Was...And Wasn't The I-Wish-I-Hadn't-Said-That Award... "Lipstick This" Award... We're Watching... Understatements of the Year Award... Reckless Statement of the Year... The Name Game... |
Salon.com
October 10, 2002
Damien Cave |
Wall Street's worst nightmare Does New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer really want to clean up the stock market, or just make himself look good? |
BusinessWeek
July 28, 2003
Louis Lavelle |
Commentary: The Problem of the "Lingering CEO" Sanford Weill is a great leader -- but his continued presence will only cramp his successor Chuck Prince's style |
Registered Rep.
May 5, 2003
Will Leitch |
"Shoot Grubman" and Other Opinions from the Spitzer Files A compilation of broker and investment banker comments about SSB's Jack Grubman from 1999-2001. |
Registered Rep.
October 21, 2004
Will Leitch |
Merrill's O'Neal Speaks: Some Regulatory Action Politically Motivated In a rare public appearance, Stan O'Neal, chairman and CEO of Merrill Lynch, took indirect aim at regulators -- and perhaps even New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer in particular. |
Registered Rep.
September 9, 2002
Rick Weinberg |
Acknowledging Some "Inappropriate Behavior," Sandy Weill Defends Solly Sandy Weill, chairman of Salomon Smith Barney's parent Citigroup, acknowledged that his firm may have engaged in some inappropriate behavior during the bull market and said that Citigroup would have to make "amends" to regain respect. |
Knowledge@Wharton
June 4, 2003 |
Pump and Dump: Analyst Bias and Corporate Financing A new study by Wharton accounting professor Scott Richardson and two colleagues suggests that, even if most sell-side analysts don't lie, they are so overly upbeat that their forecasts of corporate earnings and stock-price targets are hardly more accurate than falsehoods. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
The Merrill Lynch Settlement: Good for Merrill, Not for Investors Many say the Merrill settlement does not resolve investors' fundamental concern: the inherent conflict produced by analysts' multiple dual role of serving investors and Merrill's investment banking business. |
BusinessWeek
July 8, 2010
Andrew Goldman |
Henry Blodget's Risky Bet on the Future of News The former Net analyst, who left the industry in disgrace, is betting that the future of news looks like his site, The Business Insider: Blaring, slide show-heavy, and bombastic. |
Registered Rep.
August 1, 2003 |
Ten To Watch 2003 The members of our "Ten to Watch" list are among those saddled with having to manage in this tough environment. What makes this group different is that each member has proven influential enough to play some role in creating the securities industry's environment for the year to come. |
U.S. Banker
February 2002 |
Citigroup Thrives, While Chase Shrivels Citigroup is king -- of just about everything financial. For one thing, it has unseated Merrill Lynch & Co. from its 11-year reign as the nation's lead underwriter... |
BusinessWeek
February 13, 2006
Roben Farzad |
Outrage Deferred Confessions of a Wall Street Analyst, a colorful portrayal of egos, misdeeds, and Wall Street excess, is loaded with often appalling tales of the 1990s telco bacchanal. |
BusinessWeek
January 12, 2004 |
A White Knight For Mutual-Fund Investors No mutual-fund executive wants to get a phone call from Eliot Spitzer these days. |
Salon.com
May 17, 2002
Damien Cave |
Lock up the analysts and throw away the key An investor who followed expert advice lost $100,000. He wants vengeance, but history suggests he's not likely to get it... |
The Motley Fool
December 29, 2006
Tom Taulli |
Foolish Book Review: "The Real Deal" In The Real Deal: My Life in Business and Philanthropy, Sandy Weill provides a good deal of detail on his deal-making and, most importantly, on his strategic thought process. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
What's Wrong With Spitzer's Solution to Analyst Bias? Experts on the financial markets disagree over how bad the stock-analyst bias problem is today. But few find much good to say about Eliot Spitzer's approach. |
CFO
January 30, 2004
Tim Reason |
Cheese It, the States! Corporate wrong-doers are finding state cops more aggressive than the feds. |
BusinessWeek
October 6, 2003
Weiss et al. |
New Broom at the Big Board Enter John Reed. Can the former Citi boss bring real change to the troubled New York Stock Exchange? |
Registered Rep.
September 25, 2002
Rick Weinberg |
NY Attorney General: I Could Have Nailed Merrill on More Serious Charges Eliot Spitzer said he could have pursued criminal charges against Merrill Lynch for its conflicts of interest in its research, but that he didn't want to "destroy" the firm or Wall Street. |
The Motley Fool
January 30, 2007
David Lee Smith |
An Egg for a Cracked Citigroup Will the acquisition of England's Egg Banking help Citigroup get back on the road to stardom? And where does this leave investors? |
BusinessWeek
February 14, 2005
Mara Der Hovanesian |
Citi: A Whole New Playbook Citigroup CEO Chuck Prince is moving away from Sandy Weill's empire-building strategy. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
CEOs Are Ridiculed for Huge Salaries: Why Aren't Athletes and Entertainers? Why is it that corporate executives are coming under fire for excessive pay when athletes like Michael Jordan and entertainers like Oprah Winfrey seem to stir no such feelings of resentment? |
U.S. Banker
February 2002 |
No Tears Shed Citigroup head Sandy Weill is shedding Citigroup's property and casualty insurance business, which had been an important unit of the Travelers Group. Weill headed Travelers before merging it with Citicorp more than three years ago to form Citigroup... |
Registered Rep.
June 10, 2003
Will Leitch |
Citi Board Receives Dubious Distinction Well, here's more bad news for Citigroup, in case the company isn't immune to it by this point. A study released by Portland, Maine-based The Corporate Library (TCL) says that Citigroup has the worst board of directors in the country. |
Registered Rep.
November 1, 2002
David A. Geracioti |
Spartis, Elias Each Seek $100M From Smith Barney Spartis and Elias claim they were wrongfully fired in February. They claim that Smith Barney did not adequately represent them in WorldCom-related customer complaints. |
Registered Rep.
September 24, 2002
David A. Gaffen |
Former Brokers Sue SSB, Grubman, Even Sandy Weill Want $100 Million Each for Wrongful Termination, Defamation Spartis and Elias claim that they were wrongfully fired from their positions in February of this year after the firm, in their eyes, did not adequately represent them in complaints filed by customers related to WorldCom. |
BusinessWeek
October 16, 2006
Anthony Bianco |
Self-Portrait, Ego Included "The Real Deal: My Life in Business and Philanthropy" usefully adds Sandy Weill's perspective to the record of his much-discussed career. |
Registered Rep.
July 2, 2003
David A. Gaffen |
Judge Dismisses Class-Action Suits Against Merrill, Others It was a victory in court yesterday for Merrill Lynch and three other large investment banks -- Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse First Boston, and Goldman Sach -- as judges dismissed claims in two class action suits related to the firms' tainted stock research. |
The Motley Fool
March 29, 2007
David Lee Smith |
Citigroup May Start Shedding With its growth in expenses, the nation's largest bank is said to be planning a major cost-cutting program. Investors, take note. |
Fast Company
May 2005
Jennifer Reingold |
Varnished History Citigroup's documentary about its history aims for Ken Burns but comes closer to Spinal Tap. But ultimately, effective communications are rooted in authenticity -- and this film is only selectively authentic. In that failure, it subverts Prince's hope for change. |
Wired
November 24, 2008
Daniel Roth |
Financial Industry Scapegoat Reinvents Himself as Financial Reporter As the market sinks, Wall Street analyst Henry Blodget's opinions are even more in demand, though he's still hated by a large portion of his prospective audience. |
Registered Rep.
December 4, 2002
Rick Weinberg |
Weill Postpones Elimination of Salomon Name Sandy Weill, the chairman of Salomon Smith Barney's parent Citigroup, has informed brokers and other employees that plans to eliminate the Salomon name, a Wall Street hallmark for nearly a century, have been postponed, according to sources. |
Registered Rep.
December 1, 2002
David A. Geracioti |
Arthur Levitt Gives Up the Goods In his new book, the former SEC chairman writes, "Brokers may seem like clever financial experts, but they are first and foremost salespeople." This book by the longest-serving SEC head ever is a kick in the teeth to brokers, Wall Street, corporate executives -- even former colleagues. |
Registered Rep.
April 1, 2008 |
Spitzenfreude Some on Wall Street think that Eliot Spitzer had it coming. |
Registered Rep.
January 4, 2008 |
Merrill Slashes Trading Jobs Merrill Lynch began a round of layoffs this morning. |
Fast Company
September 2003
Linda Tischler |
The Art of the Anti-Apology Business has had a lot to apologize for. But is anyone actually owning up? We decipher executive remorse codes. |
The Motley Fool
July 29, 2005
Tom Taulli |
Citigroup Nixes Weill's Deal Former CEO Sandy Weill gives up his plans to start a private equity firm so that he can keep his current company perks. |
The Motley Fool
March 2, 2005
Bill Mann |
First, Shoot All the Chartists Citigroup fired their technical analysts not because of their work product, but because of a lack of revenues derived from their output. That, not any underperformance issues, is the unforgivable sin. |
Registered Rep.
December 1, 2004
David A. Gaffen |
Quietly Active The annual Securities Industry Association conference exuded an odd serenity, at least until the speakers invoked the name of Eliot Spitzer. |
