Landon Thomas Jr.

Articles by Landon Thomas Jr.

Chuck Still Amuck

by Landon Thomas Jr.
Jan. 20th, 2002, 7:00 pm
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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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Two years after AOL's Steve Case beguiled Time Warner's JerryLevin with a thrilling vision that new-  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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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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When the French grand bourgeois and senior Lazard-Frères partner and chairman Michel David-Weill an  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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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The markets havecrashed; the buyers are in retreat. Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley both  read more »

Is This the One? Bankers Worry as Layoffs Build

by Landon Thomas Jr.
Aug. 5th, 2001, 7:00 pm
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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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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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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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Like many of his brethren on Wall Street, Kevin Ingram, a top bond trader at Goldman Sachs and Deuts  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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Jonathan Harooni, 23, and David Matalon, 22, two bright and eager New York guys, are looking for som  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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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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Dan Gressel, supply-sider, takes a big slurp from hissteaming cup of herbal tea and launches into a  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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Whoever said that the mind-bending dream of day-trading your way to a honey-soaked land of Lexuses,  read more »

The Giddy Age of Ambivalence

by Landon Thomas Jr.
Mar. 25th, 2001, 7:00 pm
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New York was weird, even surreal on March 20, as it turned from winter to spring right in the middle  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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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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The sun may have been ascendant in Scottsdale, Ariz., lastweek, but the mood was glum.  read more »

The Marbury Man: Model Macher Got Game

by Landon Thomas Jr.
Jan. 7th, 2001, 7:00 pm
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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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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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Wick Simmons, the former chief executive of Prudential Securities, would have been proud.  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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CNBC talking head Ron Insana wants to be taken seriously–as an author.  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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Did anyone catch a glimpse of Steve Forbes at the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia?  read more »