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Jon Birger

Jon Birger is an award-winning business journalist, author, and speaker. He was a senior reporter for Crain's New York Business when it owned InvestmentNews and went on to become a senior writer at Fortune. You can connect with him at LinkedIn.

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PEOPLE: GERALD ROSENFELD — NATIONSBANC PRIVATE EQUITY JOB A CHANGE OF PACE FOR LAZARD PRO

Gerald Rosenfeld often spent more time on a plane than in his office when he was head of…

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DEAL WATCH: BIG BOARD MEMBERS WONDER: IS GRASS GREENER IN GARDEN STATE? STOCK EXCHANGE DENIES THREAT TO MOVE TO JERSEY A WAY TO USE MUSCLE ON NEW YORK CITY OFFICIALS

Yeah, right. That’s the attitude on Wall Street about whether the New York Stock Exchange would ever move…

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RADIO DAZE FOR INVESTORS: STATIC GROWS AS SCHLOCK SHOWS PUSH STOCK PICKS WITH A VALUE NEAR NIX

The way Michael Cardascia tells it, Fix-Corp International Inc. is one of the stock market’s undiscovered gems. “The…

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MORGAN AND AIG ARE POSSIBLE SUITORS: GOLDMAN SACHS EYES IPO-MERGER COMBO

A new committee formed by Goldman Sachs & Co. to consider whether the partnership should go public also…

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FIDELITY VETERAN SHINES AT WARBURG: TURN A FUND AROUND AND MANAGE THE EQUITY RESEARCH UNIT, IT’S ALL IN A DAY’S WORK

Brian Posner had just finished speaking at Morningstar Inc.’s annual mutual fund conference in Chicago. As he was…

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MUTUAL FUND PLACES BET ON PRIVATE EQUITY: PLAY WITH THE BIG GUYS FOR A MERE $1,000

The new mutual fund launched last week by New York investment banking boutique Trautman Kramer & Co. is…

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RECORD PROFITS, MORE JOBS, LOWER PAY: CUTBACKS, MERGERS, LAYOFFS BRING TOUGH TIMES TO WALL STREET WORKERS — AND 10% PAY CUTS

Sanity is returning to the Wall Street job market. Taking advantage of cutbacks by foreign banks and mergers…

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PEOPLE: WORKING OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET

When David C. Conine left Merrill Lynch & Co. last month to direct mutual fund marketing at Alliance…

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PEOPLE: WORKING OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET

When David C. Conine left Merrill Lynch & Co. last month to direct mutual fund marketing at Alliance…

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SEARCH IS ON FOR GRAY HAIRS: PAINEWEBBER, SMITH BARNEY, PRU GO FOR CAREER CHANGERS, NOT PUPS

In early 1997, Donald Gross was at a crossroads. The 51-year-old had just sold his office equipment business…