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Cold Call Rewrite
By Bill GoodI wrote about cold calling in my September and October columns and asked readers to take my survey. Heres the most poignant of 142 answers I got to the question, What is the most difficult part of the cold calling process?"
October 24, 2012
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October 23, 2012
Greenspan to Wall Street: Drop DeadAt SIFMAs annual meeting in New York, former Fed chairman advocates letting big banks fail.
October 19, 2012
Pandit’s Exit Means End of ‘Shock and Awe’ Era: Bank AnalystThe heyday of volatility at the big banks could be replaced by a "boring" period, says SNL Financial's Nancy Bush.
October 19, 2012
Goldman HR Exec Sounds Off on Greg Smith ControversyIs the Goldman exec who gave his resignation in the op-ed section of The New York Times delusional?
October 18, 2012
Morgan Stanley Tops Earnings Estimates, Boosts Asset FlowsIts advisor count, though, drops by 5% from last year; average production is up but trails that of Merrill Lynch.
October 17, 2012
Former Morgan Stanley Chief Mack on Pandit: ‘Clearly There Was Unhappiness With the Board’John Mack, former chairman and CEO of Morgan Stanley,said "there was a view clearly by shareholders that change was a good thing."
October 17, 2012
BofA Earnings Beats Estimates, but Advisors’ Sales SlowAs bank sees plunge in profits from last year's Q3, the number of Merrill Lynch advisors drops by one from the previous quarter to 17,533.