Landon Thomas Jr.
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Chuck Still Amuck
by Landon Thomas Jr.
Jan. 20th, 2002, 7:00 pm
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Jan. 20th, 2002, 7:00 pm
Cablevision Systems Corporation founder and chairman CharlesDolan just keeps on bidding. read more »
Dicey Days At AOL Time Warner, and New C.E.O. Dick Parsons Is the Man for Them
by Landon Thomas Jr.
Jan. 13th, 2002, 7:00 pm
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Jan. 13th, 2002, 7:00 pm
Two years after AOL's Steve Case beguiled Time Warner's JerryLevin with a thrilling vision that new- read more »
If the Family Can Get the Right Price for Cablevision, They'll Still Have the Knicks!
by Landon Thomas Jr.
Jan. 6th, 2002, 7:00 pm
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Jan. 6th, 2002, 7:00 pm
This past Sunday, Dec. 30, was yet another gruesome night atMadison Square Garden. read more »
Banker, Loan Maestro Jimmy Lee Switched Suspenders for Sweaters
by Landon Thomas Jr.
Dec. 23rd, 2001, 7:00 pm
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Dec. 23rd, 2001, 7:00 pm
On a Friday morning in early November, JP Morgan Chase's Vice Chairman James Bainbridge Lee Jr. read more »
Will Lazard Make It? Wasserstein Choice Stirs Big Questions
by Landon Thomas Jr.
Dec. 9th, 2001, 7:00 pm
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Dec. 9th, 2001, 7:00 pm
When the French grand bourgeois and senior Lazard-Frères partner and chairman Michel David-Weill an read more »
Gerald Levin Grabs the Moment
by Landon Thomas Jr.
Dec. 2nd, 2001, 7:00 pm
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Dec. 2nd, 2001, 7:00 pm
On Friday, Nov. read more »
Super Geek Mike Mayo Says Sell Those Bank Stocks-And Do Your Homework
by Landon Thomas Jr.
Nov. 25th, 2001, 7:00 pm
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Nov. 25th, 2001, 7:00 pm
On a steamy November day just hours after the crash of American Airlines Flight 587, Mike Mayo, Prud read more »
CSFB's Laura Martin Made a Controversial Call-And a Few Weeks Later Was Fired: Banned by Boston
by Landon Thomas Jr.
Nov. 4th, 2001, 7:00 pm
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Nov. 4th, 2001, 7:00 pm
Two days after the markets reopened in September, Laura Martin, a managing director and influential read more »
CSFB's Jack DiMaio May Be The Last $15 Million Man
by Landon Thomas Jr.
Oct. 21st, 2001, 7:00 pm
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Oct. 21st, 2001, 7:00 pm
Jack DiMaio, a 34-year-old managing director for Credit Suisse First Boston, will earn somewhere in read more »
Investors' Donnybrood Breaks Out As Yankees, Rattner Clear Bench
by Landon Thomas Jr.
Oct. 7th, 2001, 7:00 pm
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Oct. 7th, 2001, 7:00 pm
Leo Hindery, the cable veteran and chief executive of GeorgeSteinbrenner's new sports station, was o read more »
With Rubin Out, Wall Street Needs D.C. Help Washington's Help
by Landon Thomas Jr.
Sep. 23rd, 2001, 7:00 pm
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Sep. 23rd, 2001, 7:00 pm
On Sept. 14, President George W. Bush finally came to Wall Street. read more »
The Kasich Case: From Congressman to Businessman: John Kasich Cuts a New Deal
by Landon Thomas Jr.
Sep. 16th, 2001, 7:00 pm
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Sep. 16th, 2001, 7:00 pm
Lehman Brothers managing director John Kasich kicks back inthe plush leather chair in his corner off read more »
Yankee Cable Deal Stranded on Third; Boss' Guy Dickers
by Landon Thomas Jr.
Sep. 9th, 2001, 7:00 pm
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Sep. 9th, 2001, 7:00 pm
Remember how George Steinbrenner used to have back-door negotiations with Billy Martin that seemed m read more »
Is Greenspan's Next Cut … Alan Greenspan?
by Landon Thomas Jr.
Aug. 19th, 2001, 7:00 pm
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Aug. 19th, 2001, 7:00 pm
Another Bush in the White House, another flagging stock market, another stumbling economy. read more »
To Live and Throw Up on Wall Street: Diagnosing Brokers' Depression
by Landon Thomas Jr.
Aug. 12th, 2001, 7:00 pm
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Aug. 12th, 2001, 7:00 pm
The markets havecrashed; the buyers are in retreat. Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley both
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Is This the One? Bankers Worry as Layoffs Build
by Landon Thomas Jr.
Aug. 5th, 2001, 7:00 pm
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Aug. 5th, 2001, 7:00 pm
Not so long ago, when a bulge-bracket firm like Merrill Lynch laid off 75 investment bankers, the ne read more »
The Swiss Knife: Morgan Stanley's Ex-Chief Rebounds at CSFB
by Landon Thomas Jr.
Jul. 22nd, 2001, 7:00 pm
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Jul. 22nd, 2001, 7:00 pm
During his July 12 conference call from Zurich, CreditSuisse Group chairman Lukas Mühlemann could n read more »
Paul O'Neill's Rage to Succeed
by Landon Thomas Jr.
Jul. 15th, 2001, 7:00 pm
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Jul. 15th, 2001, 7:00 pm
It's the sweetest of July evenings, summer warmth touchedlightly with fall cool, and Jerome Avenue s read more »
Ex-Goldman Trader Stung in Arms Plot, Shocks Colleagues
by Landon Thomas Jr.
Jul. 1st, 2001, 7:00 pm
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Jul. 1st, 2001, 7:00 pm
Like many of his brethren on Wall Street, Kevin Ingram, a top bond trader at Goldman Sachs and Deuts read more »
Chuck Amuck: Cablevision's Ruling Dolan Family Plots Next Big Thing: Buy or Be Sold?
by Landon Thomas Jr.
Jun. 24th, 2001, 7:00 pm
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Jun. 24th, 2001, 7:00 pm
The auditorium was only half-filled when the trim and tidylittle man stepped up to the podium at Cab read more »
Chief Komansky Gets Jiggy; Peek acts Giddy
by Landon Thomas Jr.
Jun. 17th, 2001, 7:00 pm
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Jun. 17th, 2001, 7:00 pm
Merrill Lynch & Company chairman and chief executive David Komansky looked bored. read more »
The Gong Show.com: Baby Internet Vets Pitch Businesses to Hard-Bit Big-Money Guys
by Landon Thomas Jr.
Jun. 10th, 2001, 7:00 pm
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Jun. 10th, 2001, 7:00 pm
Jonathan Harooni, 23, and David Matalon, 22, two bright and eager New York guys, are looking for som read more »
Loving Bob Rubin: Clinton's Grown-Up Keeps His Cool But Verbal Vermeer Worries About Tax Cuts
by Landon Thomas Jr.
Jun. 3rd, 2001, 7:00 pm
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Jun. 3rd, 2001, 7:00 pm
For former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, life continues to be sweet. read more »
They Can't Resist: Big Bankers Fire Zingers at Gala
by Landon Thomas Jr.
May. 27th, 2001, 7:00 pm
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May. 27th, 2001, 7:00 pm
How do you get 10 top-tier investment bankers from competing firms into the same room on a weekday e read more »
Reaganites Redux: Clinton Crew Fights Back, but Supply-Siders Have the Ball
by Landon Thomas Jr.
May. 27th, 2001, 7:00 pm
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May. 27th, 2001, 7:00 pm
Dan Gressel, supply-sider, takes a big slurp from hissteaming cup of herbal tea and launches into a read more »
Akhil and Mohsin Get Paid: Moonlighting Salomon Smith Barney, McKinsey Guys Write Novels
by Landon Thomas Jr.
Apr. 22nd, 2001, 7:00 pm
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Apr. 22nd, 2001, 7:00 pm
Akhil Sharma and Mohsin Hamid are pals. read more »
The Webcast Babe: E*Trade's E-Reporter Kate Bohner Is the Voice of the Post–New Economy
by Landon Thomas Jr.
Apr. 15th, 2001, 7:00 pm
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Apr. 15th, 2001, 7:00 pm
Whoever said that the mind-bending dream of day-trading your way to a honey-soaked land of Lexuses, read more »
Phil's Pyrrhic Win: Phil Purcell Seized the Top at Morgan Stanley - Just in Time for the Recession
by Landon Thomas Jr.
Apr. 1st, 2001, 7:00 pm
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Apr. 1st, 2001, 7:00 pm
It was 9 a.m. read more »
The Giddy Age of Ambivalence
by Landon Thomas Jr.
Mar. 25th, 2001, 7:00 pm
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Mar. 25th, 2001, 7:00 pm
New York was weird, even surreal on March 20, as it turned from winter to spring right in the middle read more »
Merrill's Pinch: Hemorrhaging Their Star Bankers, They're Lagging in Tech
by Landon Thomas Jr.
Mar. 4th, 2001, 7:00 pm
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Mar. 4th, 2001, 7:00 pm
When Joseph M. read more »
Amazon Board Member, In a Fury, Tried to Suppress Lehman Report
by Landon Thomas Jr.
Feb. 18th, 2001, 7:00 pm
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Feb. 18th, 2001, 7:00 pm
That Lehman Brothers convertible-bond analyst Ravi Suria came out with a scorchingly negative "avoid read more »
The Amazon Queen: Will Morgan Stanley's Meeker and Amazon's Bezos Stay in Love?
by Landon Thomas Jr.
Jan. 21st, 2001, 7:00 pm
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Jan. 21st, 2001, 7:00 pm
The sun may have been ascendant in Scottsdale, Ariz., lastweek, but the mood was glum. read more »
The Last Old Boy: John O'Hara Would Have Loved This Guy, John Thornton
by Landon Thomas Jr.
Jan. 14th, 2001, 7:00 pm
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Jan. 14th, 2001, 7:00 pm
What, pray tell, has become of Wall Street's WASP's? read more »
It's Back to the Bush Age!
by Landon Thomas Jr.
Jan. 7th, 2001, 7:00 pm
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Jan. 7th, 2001, 7:00 pm
Back in July, when George W. read more »
The Marbury Man: Model Macher Got Game
by Landon Thomas Jr.
Jan. 7th, 2001, 7:00 pm
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Jan. 7th, 2001, 7:00 pm
It's a bitter cold December night in New Jersey, and the chill is seeping into the cavernous Contine read more »
Holly's Nine Lives: Lehman's Internet Analyst Rises Above the Bust
by Landon Thomas Jr.
Dec. 17th, 2000, 7:00 pm
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Dec. 17th, 2000, 7:00 pm
It's another down day for Internet stocks, and Lehman Brothers'star Internet analyst Holly Becker is read more »
Two Pals, Giddy Ambition and a Big Crash at Prudential
by Landon Thomas Jr.
Dec. 3rd, 2000, 7:00 pm
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Dec. 3rd, 2000, 7:00 pm
Wick Simmons, the former chief executive of Prudential Securities, would have been proud. read more »
Ziggy Gold Dust: David Pullman Made a Fortune on Bowie Bonds; Roll Over Marvin Gaye!
by Landon Thomas Jr.
Nov. 19th, 2000, 7:00 pm
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Nov. 19th, 2000, 7:00 pm
David Pullman is going through his press clips. read more »
Meet the Great de Kwiatkowski, the Man Who Was Awarded $164 Million From Bear Stearns
by Landon Thomas Jr.
Nov. 12th, 2000, 7:00 pm
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Nov. 12th, 2000, 7:00 pm
Henryk de Kwiatkowski was getting flustered and not a little bit angry. read more »
Welch's Juice Man: How Brash Barbarian Banker Geoffrey Boisi Thrills Neutron Jack
by Landon Thomas Jr.
Nov. 5th, 2000, 7:00 pm
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Nov. 5th, 2000, 7:00 pm
Jack Welch has an investment banker of choice, and his name is Geoffrey T. Boisi. read more »
Backstage Bigwigs Ron Insana, Mike Ovitz Step Into the Spotlight
by Landon Thomas Jr.
Oct. 29th, 2000, 7:00 pm
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Oct. 29th, 2000, 7:00 pm
CNBC talking head Ron Insana wants to be taken seriously–as an author. read more »
Glassman is Half-Full: The Julia Child of Investing is Driving the True Believers Mad!
by Landon Thomas Jr.
Oct. 15th, 2000, 7:00 pm
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Oct. 15th, 2000, 7:00 pm
It was standing room only in the Pierpont Morgan Library meeting room. read more »
Net-Wrecked: The Stormy Crash of Ryan Jacob's Beautiful Internet Fund
by Landon Thomas Jr.
Oct. 8th, 2000, 7:00 pm
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Oct. 8th, 2000, 7:00 pm
Ryan Jacob used to be famous. read more »
Bryan Hits the Wall: Handsome Investor's $60 Million Goes Poof! as He Takes Down Malone With Him
by Landon Thomas Jr.
Oct. 1st, 2000, 7:00 pm
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Oct. 1st, 2000, 7:00 pm
J. Shelby Bryan is tall, smooth and charming–seductive, even. He is an incomparable salesman. read more »
The Laffer-Curve Crew Reunites for Steve Forbes at Treasury!
by Landon Thomas Jr.
Sep. 10th, 2000, 7:00 pm
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Sep. 10th, 2000, 7:00 pm
Did anyone catch a glimpse of Steve Forbes at the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia? read more »
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