Word: morganize
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...heavy lifting was done by a few. JP Morgan, a Dow component, shot up 16 points on speculation that they're due for a merger (word is the old-school suits over there will hold out for an extremely dignified deal). Intel, Cisco Systems and Oracle drove NASDAQ, basically because they're the best bets in a rather shaky tech sector, and investors like to have their portfolios nice and fat before the long weekend...
...billion purchase of U.S. investment bank Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette by Credit Suisse Group bumps the Swiss bank up to the broker-dealer heavyweight division that includes industry leaders Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley. It also keeps CS in step with its main Swiss rival, United Bank of Switzerland, who announced two months ago it was buying PaineWebber...
...next deal may be coming soon. Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley managed to build international investment banking operations on their own; others may have to get out their checkbook, like Credit Suisse and UBS, if they want to catch up. Most likely to get swallowed: independent securities firms such as Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers and J.P. Morgan. And at today's prices - Credit Suisse paid $90 for DLF shares that were going for $65 on Monday - that makes them must-swallows for investors...
...CANDIDATE] 5 Buddy Lee* [PROS] Casual dress implies D.C. outsider status [CONS] Only 13 inches tall [CANDIDATE] 6 Captain Morgan [PROS] Running mate Playboy playmate Kalin Olson helps secure male vote [CONS] Frequently spotted in taverns *Buddy Lee's is a write-in campaign and is not endorsed by the Lee Jeans Company. Buddy was unavailable for comment
Which explains why such corporate underwriters as Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, SBC Communications and Philip Morris wrote big checks for both fetes. Total cost of the two parties: about $1 million...