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...shift in the research department to 1997, when parent company Travelers Group bought Salomon Brothers and married that firm with its focus on institutions and investment banking to retail-driven Smith Barney, which Travelers (now Citigroup) also owned. Suddenly, "earning money the old-fashioned way" made a far better ad campaign than corporate game plan. "The Salomon guys were a little faster with the rules and more focused on investment banking," says a longtime member of Smith Barney's research team. That's when big money started flying toward analysts at the firm who could help reel in underwriting deals...
...TAFT (R., OHIO) He drew fire earlier this year when his office ordered that a slick new tourism TV commercial be re-shot to include the Governor. His office said the $148,000 editing job was necessary because the ad was of "unacceptable" quality and contained an insensitive reference to American Indians...
MIKE HUCKABEE (R., ARK.) His frequent appearances in PSAs, notably a health-care ad in which he is surrounded by a throng of grateful children, helped inspire G.O.P. state senator Gunner DeLay to sponsor a so-called Huck TV bill to ban such ads. Although it was defeated last year, DeLay has said he will try again...
...CASV is surprised, I’m not sure; Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis ’68 strongly hinted at the necessity of the change in his January report on the status of the College. And what’s more, the Ad Board has always adhered to this standard; it was just invoked at a different time in the investigation of a peer dispute. Under the old system, a formal complaint would be filed, written statements from both parties taken, an investigation conducted, and if the evidence came down to one student’s word...
Under this new policy, a student may file a formal complaint that he or she was assaulted. The Ad Board will gather written statements from both parties, and decide if there will be enough evidence beyond the written testimony to proceed. If not, the victim can pursue the case through the police department—with its different investigative powers, such as the collection of scientific evidence. If the accused is convicted, the Ad Board will then likely dismiss the student...