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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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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…

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DEAL WATCH: SWISS BANK DEAL’S UGLY TRUTH: OVER 1,500 U.S. JOBS WILL BE CUT: CHINTZY BONUSES ARE MANAGEMENT’S WAY OF SAYING: ‘SORRY, HEIDI, TIME TO LOOK ELSEWHERE’

When Union Bank of Switzerland, with assets of $249 billion, announced its mega-merger with $230 billion Swiss Bank…

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DREYFUS STILL HAS ITS PRIDE, BUT NOW IT CAN REVEAL PERFORMANCE NUMBERS: NEW BOSS HELPS TURN $945 MILLION ASSET LOSS TO $2.5 BILLION INCREASE

For years, Dreyfus Corp. was one of the few major mutual fund companies that refused to say how…

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DEAL WATCH: SWISS BANK DEAL’S UGLY TRUTH: OVER 1,500 U.S. JOBS WILL BE CUT: CHINTZY BONUSES ARE MANAGEMENT’S WAY OF SAYING: ‘SORRY, HEIDI, TIME TO LOOK ELSEWHERE’

When Union Bank of Switzerland, with assets of $249 billion, announced its mega-merger with $230 billion Swiss Bank…

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DREYFUS STILL HAS ITS PRIDE, BUT NOW IT CAN REVEAL PERFORMANCE NUMBERS: NEW BOSS HELPS TURN $945 MILLION ASSET LOSS TO $2.5 BILLION INCREASE

For years, Dreyfus Corp. was one of the few major mutual fund companies that refused to say how…