Securities industry pretax profits totaled $13.7 billion in the first half of 2018, 11 percent higher than last year, according to a report released this week by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli.
The weekend beginning Saturday, 13th September, 2008 will go down as the two-day period that changed the face of Wall Street.
There's an old anecdote about former Lehman CEO Dick Fuld that's been doing the rounds for years, but has resurfaced in Vicky Ward's excellent 'Devil's Casino - Friendship, Betrayal, & The High Stakes Games Played Inside Lehman Brothers'.
Back by popular demand - we're re-running this old chestnut.
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Barclays has appointed Steven Penketh as chief operating officer for Barclays International, the unit that houses its investment bank and private banking businesses, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday.
The Securities and Exchange Commission Tuesday charged Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith with misleading customers about how it handled their orders. Merrill Lynch agreed to settle the charges, admit wrongdoing, and pay a $42 million penalty.
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Securities industry pretax profits totaled $13.7 billion in the first half of 2018, 11 percent higher than last year, according to a report released this week by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli.
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There's an old anecdote about former Lehman CEO Dick Fuld that's been doing the rounds for years, but has resurfaced in Vicky Ward's excellent 'Devil's Casino - Friendship, Betrayal, & The High Stakes Games Played Inside Lehman Brothers'.
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In 1844, 23-year-old Henry Lehman, the son of a cattle merchant, emigrated to the United States from the town of Rimpar, in the German state of Bavaria. He settled in Montgomery, Alabama, where he opened a dry goods store, 'H. Lehman'. In 1847, following the arrival of Emanuel Lehman, the Firm became 'H. Lehman and Bro'. With the arrival of their youngest brother, Mayer Lehman, in 1850, the Firm changed its name again and 'Lehman Brothers' was founded.
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Securities industry pretax profits totaled $13.7 billion in the first half of 2018, 11 percent higher than last year, according to a report released this week by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli.
The weekend beginning Saturday, 13th September, 2008 will go down as the two-day period that changed the face of Wall Street.
There's an old anecdote about former Lehman CEO Dick Fuld that's been doing the rounds for years, but has resurfaced in Vicky Ward's excellent 'Devil's Casino - Friendship, Betrayal, & The High Stakes Games Played Inside Lehman Brothers'.
