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Registered Rep. June 13, 2005 Kristen French |
With Purcell to Resign, Who's Up? After months of fighting for Morgan Stanley CEO Philip Purcell's resignation, the Group of Eight dissident shareholders finally got what they wanted: Purcell announced that he was stepping down once a successor could be named. |
BusinessWeek April 11, 2005 Emily Thornton |
Purcell: Only Making It Worse Morgan Stanley CEO Philip J. Purcell's moves may be about self-protection, not performance. |
Registered Rep. March 30, 2005 Will Leitch |
More Turmoil at Morgan Stanley In a shake-up that shocked even those who said they had seen such an explosion coming, the beleaguered Morgan Stanley CEO Philip Purcell watched two of his top executives resign in protest of his leadership on Tuesday. |
Registered Rep. May 10, 2005 Kristen French |
Purcell Takes Stage, Tries to Rally Support Morgan Stanley's embattled CEO Philip Purcell tried to shore up shareholder support and squelch the almost daily flood of media speculation over the firm's future. But were shareholders convinced? |
Registered Rep. April 8, 2005 Will Leitch |
Morgan Stanley Combatants Step Up Their Fight as Purcell Claims Victory Even though Morgan Stanley's board has said that it stands behind Philip Purcell as CEO, the group of dissidents calling for Purcell's ouster is digging in for a long, protracted fight for control of the company. |
BusinessWeek March 21, 2005 Emily Thornton |
Phil Purcell's Credibility Crisis Investors want Morgan Stanley's chief to beef up weak businesses -- or dump them. |
Registered Rep. March 1, 2005 Will Leitch |
A Sporting Chance Morgan's shareholders are testy now, and they are looking for someone to blame for the company's ills. Having taken a 46% raise in a year in which his company's stock dropped 8.2 percent, chairman and CEO Philip Purcell makes an easy target. |
U.S. Banker June 2005 |
By Day, Man of Steel. At Night? Sweating Bullets. Philip Purcell's public assault by the Group of Eight, former Morgan execs who also wield shareholder clout, is about more than just the investment bank. It's about power, pride and the price of bad leadership. |
Registered Rep. July 1, 2005 Kristen French |
Apres Purcell--Le Spinoff? Now that Morgan Stanley's CEO has given up, the future of the old Dean Witter organization is in question. Morgan Stanley remains under pressure to improve profitability and its stock price. |
U.S. Banker June 2005 Karen Krebsbach |
Purcell's (Very Public) Predicament The bruising power struggle at Morgan Stanley is taking its toll, as the company's stock price stalls and talent walks. The escalating conflict is weakening the No. 2 investment bank, making it ripe for a takeover. |
Registered Rep. June 30, 2005 John Churchill |
Mack Back, Officially John Mack, former head of Morgan Stanley, returns hoping to quiet employee dissent and questions in the media about the firm's direction. |
Registered Rep. April 8, 2004 Joan Warner |
Trouble In The House That Purcell Built? After suffering through a cruel bear market, Morgan Stanley has come under regulatory scrutiny and legal fire for practices in several key businesses in the past two years, including mutual fund sales. |
Registered Rep. April 20, 2006 Kristen French |
New Morgan Hire to Advance Dean Witter Integration James Gorman announced in a memo to employees that Donald Herrema will join the company on May 1 as the head of Private Wealth Management Americas, the U.S. and Latin America division of the old Morgan Stanley institutional group. |
Registered Rep. November 1, 2006 John Churchill |
Purcell Gives Up Some Gold Morgan Stanley shareholders who are still reeling from the $52 million exit package given to former president and CEO Philip Purcell will be happy to know he's giving a lot of it away. |
Registered Rep. April 6, 2005 Will Leitch |
In Brouhaha, Board Backs Purcell at Morgan Stanley To some, Purcell's stacking of the board---many say this is the only thing keeping him at the head of the ship---is one example of his self-interested management style. |
BusinessWeek April 18, 2005 Emily Thornton |
Can Phil Purcell Change His Spots? Morgan Stanley's CEO needs to be more hands-on. You might think Purcell would make an effort to change his spots after all the recent commotion about him and his firm. But you'd probably be wrong. |
Registered Rep. June 28, 2005 Kristen French |
Mack as CEO Could be Retail Champion John Mack, the rumored favorite of Morgan Stanley's board for the CEO slot, could be a blessing for the firm's retail brokers if he gets the job. |
The Motley Fool June 14, 2005 Tom Taulli |
Morgan, Minus Purcell Amid turmoil, Morgan Stanley's CEO bails out. Morgan indicated that its earnings will fall anywhere from 15% to 20% lower than last year's, to between $0.88 cents and $0.94 cents a share. |
Registered Rep. May 1, 2005 Will Leitch |
Executive View: Smart Money Is on Purcell At least one organization handicapping the future of Morgan Stanley CEO Philip Purcell likes his survival chances: intrade.com. |
Registered Rep. August 2, 2005 Kristen French |
Mack to Morgan Brokers: `Don't Kiss My Ass' For Morgan Stanley brokers, the kind of flattery that Philip Purcell seemed to demand during his tenure isn't going to work on John Mack. |
The Motley Fool June 20, 2005 Tom Taulli |
Discover Spinoff: Denied? The Discover spinoff sounded good a few months ago. Things have changed. With many recent defections of Morgan's rainmakers, uncertainty about the company's leadership and takeover speculation in the stock, investors would be wise to wait for a bit more clarity. |
The Motley Fool July 11, 2005 Tom Taulli |
It's Good to Be Phil Purcell Morgan Stanley rewards questionable performance with a very rich farewell. |
The Motley Fool September 21, 2006 Ryan Fuhrmann |
Motley Fool Double Take: Morgan Stanley Bulges Forward Morgan Stanley reported another strong quarter, but has all the easy money in the stock now been made? |
Registered Rep. April 1, 2005 |
By the Numbers CEO Pay Score Card: Merrill Lynch, Stanley O'Neal - $32 million... Goldman Sachs, Henry Paulson - $29.8 million... etc. |
Registered Rep. May 17, 2005 Kristen French |
Throwing Its Weight Around: Morgan Stanley Pulls Ads From Media That Cover Its Woes Is Morgan Stanley, the subject of almost daily news reports since March, trying to silence its critics? |
Registered Rep. July 11, 2005 John Churchill |
More Changes at Morgan Stanley The resignation of Morgan Stanley's co-president Stephen Crawford and the disclosure of his pay package cause public comment on the unusual nature of events and anger among employees and shareholders alike. Chairman John Mack works to retain top people. |
Registered Rep. September 10, 2009 Kristen French |
Gorman Grabs Morgan Stanley CEO Slot James Gorman, the former head of Morgan Stanley's retail brokerage division and now co-president of the firm, is slated to take over the CEO job in January, 2010. |
Registered Rep. April 27, 2004 Will Leitch |
Morgan, Restructuring Its Asset Management Unit, Closes 13 Funds Morgan Stanley announced it was dissolving 13 of its proprietary funds as part of its attempts to "streamline" its business for affluent investors. |
Registered Rep. May 1, 2005 Glenn Curtis |
The Purcell Discount Hovering at a recent $51.73 --- down from its all-time highs of $110 a share --- are Morgan Stanley common shares a buy? |
Registered Rep. November 12, 2003 |
Morgan Stanley Launches Conflict-of-Interest Probe Morgan Stanley has announced it is conducting an in-house conflict-of-interest probe. |
Registered Rep. February 9, 2006 Kristen French |
Cruz and Scully Named Morgan Co-Presidents -- With Gorman in the Wings The appointments help clear up an uncertain management picture. The arrival of James Gorman next week as retail chief reporting to Cruz should help even more. Questions still exist, though. |
Registered Rep. September 7, 2005 Kristen French |
Post-Purcell Shuffle Claims Marsh, More Morgan Directors to Follow? The changing of the guard at Morgan Stanley continues as leadership loyal to departed CEO Philip Purcell heads for the exits. |
Registered Rep. August 17, 2005 Kristen French |
Gorman to the Rescue? Now that James Gorman has been selected as the future head of Morgan Stanley's retail brokerage, what will he do to turn it around, and can he pull it off? |
BusinessWeek July 3, 2006 Emily Thornton |
Mack Attack Buttressed by better earnings, a hungry Morgan Stanley is winning over critics. |
Registered Rep. June 1, 2005 Kristen French |
Star Wars Recruiting competition between the top brokerage firms is fiercer than ever, and Morgan Stanley is currently wielding one of the most powerful deals on Wall Street. |
Registered Rep. March 1, 2006 Kristen French |
Perky Purcell Gets Money for Life Morgan Stanley's latest proxy statement revealed that in addition to the $44 million bonus former CEO Phillip Purcell received as part of his exit package, he will continue to get other benefits for the rest of his life. |
The Motley Fool June 22, 2004 Roger Nusbaum |
The House of Morgan Stanley Morgan Stanley has had its fair share of wrongdoing, but despite its warts, the brokerage firm should continue to thrive. |
Registered Rep. September 12, 2005 Kristen French |
More Adieus From Morgan Stanley Directors As expected, Morgan Stanley board members from the Philip Purcell era continue to decamp, with two more directors out. With these resignations, the board now has 11 directors. |
Registered Rep. August 30, 2005 John Churchill |
Retaining Those Pesky Emails Morgan Stanley is in for what could be a $10 million fine from the SEC for failing to retain emails, according to a report. |
The Motley Fool October 16, 2006 Dumortier & Khattab |
Investment Banks Under the Microscope Investors, which Wall Street firms make the grade? Goldman Sachs... Lehman Brothers... Bear Stearns... Morgan Stanley... Merrill Lynch... etc. |
Registered Rep. December 1, 2005 Kristen French |
Morgan Brokers Still Heading for Exits There has been a parade of top brokers who have left Morgan Stanley in recent months. The losses, which began under embattled former CEO Phil Purcell, have not abated since his replacement, John Mack, arrived in June. |
Registered Rep. July 26, 2005 Kristen French |
Morgan Trainee Program Could Get Whacked John Mack is moving quickly to get Morgan Stanley's ailing retail brokerage in shape. |
The Motley Fool March 22, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson |
Morgan Stanley Trades Up The bottom line for investors: in an environment where industrywide valuations are creeping higher, there are better bank ideas out there. |
The Motley Fool December 17, 2008 Morgan Housel |
No Good News for Morgan Stanley If Morgan Stanley really is retreating from the old investment banking model, then what's next for the investment-bank-turned-bank-holding-company? |
The Motley Fool December 20, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson |
Will Morgan Stanley Come Back? Investors who thought that the return of John Mack to Morgan Stanley would mean instant and glorious change might be feeling a bit disappointed about now. |
The Motley Fool September 20, 2006 Alex Dumortier |
Morgan Makes It Four of a Kind The investment bank has no trouble keeping pace with its peers. Investors, take note. |
Registered Rep. March 1, 2007 |
Gorman Gets It An interview with Morgan Stanley's James Gorman about the improvement in morale at the firm, what it took to get brokers turned around, what he still needs to accomplish and how Morgan is different from the rest of its Wall Street peers. |
Registered Rep. November 1, 2005 Kristen French |
Bonus Bait Morgan Stanley is planning to offer bonuses to brokers who expand their production in 2006. |
Registered Rep. November 30, 2007 Halah Touryalai |
Morgan Stanley Management Shuffle: Cruz Out, Gorman In Morgan Stanley underwent a major management shakeup yesterday -- effective tomorrow. |
U.S. Banker September 2005 |
Paying the Price for Overpaying Executives The flap over executive compensation.didn't start with Richard Grasso, Philip Purcell or Sandy Weill. But elements of all three men's cases have proved valuable in getting boards to consider whether executive pay is over the top. |