POTENTIAL SAVINGS MAKE FOR ATTRACTIVE TAKEOVER TARGETS: THRIFTS’ GOLDEN EGG: KILLING ESOP
When T.R. Financial Corp. is bought, the buyer will be able to cut 17% of its operating expenses…
U.S. TRUST SITTING PRETTY, EVEN IN SLIDE
Wall Street cheered when U.S. Trust Corp. released better-than-expected earnings last month, adding more than 10% to its…
IT TAKES ONE TO SELL ONE: RETIRED JOCKS TARGET SMALL GROUP OF VERY LARGE MEN: THESE REPS KNOW HOW TO THROW THEIR WEIGHT AROUND WHERE IT COUNTS — IN THE LOCKER ROOM
George Martin and Harry Carson do not look like insurance salesmen or financial planners. Both stand over 6-foot-4;…
PEOPLE: CRAIG SNYDER: WHAT A LIFE! FROM NAVY TO PEPSI TO CITIBANK’S ‘WE LOVE LAWYERS’
Craig Snyder can make a statement few other bankers or, for that matter, few other professionals can. “All…
WITH BIG BROKERS, WHO NEEDS BANKERS? SMALL-BIZ OWNERS FIND WIREHOUSE OFFERS BETTER SERVICE, PRICES
Steven Kraus has more than doubled the size of his business, Skyline Windows Inc., in the past five…
MUTUAL INSURERS PLAY TORTOISE IN WAKE OF CITIGROUP MERGER: HAMPERED BY INABILITY TO ISSUE STOCK, THEY COOL HEELS WAITING FOR STATES TO GIVE THEM PERMISSION
While major banks, insurance companies and securities firms scramble to find their own merger partners in response to…
DEAL WATCH: NEW YORK IS HOLE IN THE BAGEL AS FIRST UNION MARCHES NORTH: WILL FLEET BE SWIFT ENOUGH TO STAY INDEPENDENT IN FACE OF MERGER MACHINE?
The map of First Union Corp.’s territory forms a crescent running from Connecticut to Florida. There’s just one…
DEAL WATCH: NEW YORK IS HOLE IN THE BAGEL AS FIRST UNION MARCHES NORTH: WILL FLEET BE SWIFT ENOUGH TO STAY INDEPENDENT IN FACE OF MERGER MACHINE?
The map of First Union Corp.’s territory forms a crescent running from Connecticut to Florida. There’s just one…