U.S. bank Morgan Stanley is exploring the opportunities to exit its
back-office operations in India. The bank, which was bailed out by the
U.S. government, is looking at its options to sell the back-office unit
that does IT ...READ»
Today, a fascinating front page story in the Wall Street Journal took a close look at the tensions between Arthur O. Sulzberger and Hassan Elmasry, a London-based portfolio manager at Morgan Stanley. Morgan Stanley, a large ...READ»
It's interesting that at a time when advertisers are scrambling to find any way to reach consumers, they're willing to nix the one marketing strategy that still works: PR. AdAge reported this week that Morgan Stanley and BP similarly ...READ»
A final note for the day - contrary to the conventional wisdom that it costs more to be responsible than it is worth: the fact is, the exact opposite is true. Responsible companies on average outperform their less responsible peers ...READ»
A former VP at Morgan Stanley decides he no longer needs the BlackBerry he bought to use with Morgan Stanley's system. Said VP removes battery and sells item on eBay for $15.50. The buyer pops in a battery and, like magic, has access ...READ»
29 December 2008
Jose D. Roncal
www.financialspeculation.com
It wasn’t just autumn leaves that started falling last September; it was the entire investment banking system. When Lehman Brothers got into deep financial trouble and ...READ»
At an employment fair in San Diego, Nextel, Amazon.com, Morgan Stanley, Johnson & Johnson and Clorox, to name a few or the 49 companies present, were very busy hiring former military service members. These companies were eagerly ...READ»
August was an awful month for notebook PC makers. Sales growth, slowing since the iPad arrived, has slipped into negative numbers. But has Apple cursed the industry, or is the story murkier than that?READ»
As a teenager, I still have vivid memories of rushing home from wherever I was to see if my latest crush had called and left a message.
Times have changed. Teenagers today don’t have to wait by the phone or check an answering machine — they might get a text or call ”on the cell” immediately after the school day ends.
The point is, just as the frame of reference of a teen today is significantly different than that of a teen a decade ago, so are the outlets that teens use to communicate.
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It has been shocking and bewildering to watch the behavior of some of the top banking CEOs in recent months, punctuated by the appearance of four of these executives before Congress last month. Some questions immediately pop into my mind. Do they follow the news? Have they no conscience? Do they not have public-relations people on retainer? The answer to all three is, apparently, no because it is clear that they are so far out of touch with reality that they are the equivalent of the Merry Pranksters of the 1960s tripping on acid.READ»
How many messages are in your e-mail inbox right now? A few dozen? It's probably more like a few hundred, or even a few thousand. We all get too much email. Here's how to conquer your inbox.READ»
Wall Street's new sarcastic catch-phrase; “The United States of China”. Accurately reflects, China's two trillion dollar sovereign wealth fund surplus that just snapped up over $9 billion worth of shares in some of ...READ»
