Confessions of a Wall Street Analyst (54 page)

current situation of

independence of

Reingold’s Merrill Lynch move and

Greenhill, Bob

Greenspan, Alan

Gross, Joel

Grubman, Jack

aggressiveness of

analyst approach of

AT&T and

AT&T vs. Baby Bells and

Baby Bell about-face of

background of

as best-known analyst

BT-MCI deal and

bullishness of

Carol Cutler e-mails to

censure/fines paid by

children’s preschool admittance deal and

class-action suits against

complaint to SEC against

congressional hearings and

current situation of

downfall of

favorite stocks of

Global Crossing leaks and

high pay of

I.I.
ranking of

incriminating e-mails of

investigations of

LDDS and

Level 3 stock price and

local telecom startups and

media focus on

personal finances of

personality of

pre-merger upgrades by

Qwest and

Reingold’s rivalry with

research compliance review and

résumé embellishment by

rule-bending by

Salomon move and salary of

Salomon resignation of

severance package of

share spinning and

tactics of

Teleport–MFS comparison report and

WorldCom connection of

WorldCom downgrading by

GTE

Hammond, Darrell

Harvey, Cy

Hayter, Jim

hedge funds

Hevesi, Alan

Hindery, Leo

Hold rating

hostile takeovers

House of Representatives.
See
Congress

Huckman, Mike

Huffman, Jennifer

Hughes Electronics Corporation

Hundt, Reed

IBM Global Network

ICG

IDB Communications

IDB WorldCom

I.I.
rankings

CSFB analysts and

declining importance of

Fidelity’s vote and

job mobility from

local startups and

origination of

Reingold and

voting process

indefeasible rights of use.
See
IRUs

individual investors

Grubman share-price hype and

Merrill Lynch and

quarterly earnings/stock price relationship and

research analyst opinions and

typical investment activities of

unfair playing field for

Indonesia

Indosat

information superhighway.
See
Internet

initial public offerings.
See
IPOs

inside information

analysts and

Chinese Wall and

definition of

IPO shares and

leaking of

M&As and

potential of

repayment of profits from

research reports and

selective disclosure of

as uneven playing field

See also
over the wall insider trading

definition of

reform proposals for

Institute for Chartered Financial

Analysts

institutional investors

fair disclosure and

quarterly earnings and

retail brokers vs.

stock-pick rationales of

uneven playing field and

See also
buy-side analysts

Institutional Investor.
See
I.I.
rankings

Intermedia

Internet

advocates of

analysts’ coverage of

analysts’ ignorance of

antitrust and

as defining telecom

high-speed access to

new technology and

online day traders and

startups

Internet protocol.
See
IP

Internet service provider

intimidation

investment banks

Chinese Wall and

competition and

Crowe’s grading criteria for

earnings of

fines paid by

foreign telecom privatization and

inside information leaks and

investigations of

IPO fees for

IPO spinning and

bad year in 1990 of

M&A league tables and

merger fees and

as middlemen

NASD new standards for

reform proposals for

reforms of

See also
analysts; research reports;
specific firms

Investment Dealers’ Digest,

IP (Internet protocol)

IPOs

analyst’s commission and

analyst’s role in

boom in

inequality in information about

investigation of

restricted periods for

share allocation and

spinning and

IRUs

Israel

J&W Seligman

Jackson, Al

Jacobs, Howard

Jacobs, Jeff

Johnson, Abby

Johnson, Ned

Jones, Barbara

Jordan, Michael

JP Morgan

Justice Department, U.S.

See also
antitrust

Kaplan, Gil

Kastan, Mark

BT-MCI deal and

measured research of

Merrill’s wooing of

Qwest valuation and

WorldCom and

Kenney, Jerry

Khosla, Vinod

Kidder Peabody

King, Tom

Klugman, Rick

Komansky, David

Kramer, Rob

Kulick, Megan

Landau, Peter

Landler, Mark

Latin American telecom privatization

Lavery, Jack

Lawrence, Chris

LDDS

See also
WorldCom

Lee, Chuck

Lehman Brothers

Leibowitz, Denny

Level 3 Communications

Levitt, Arthur

Levkovich, Tobias

Lewis, Michael

Liar’s Poker
(Lewis)

Lin Broadcasting

local phone companies

long distance services and

mergers and

solid examples of

See also
Baby Bells; startup local carriers

London

Long Distance Discount Service.

See
LDDS

long distance service

antitrust and

competition and

engineering and

fiber-optic network and

financial problems of

foreign privatization and

free wireless

international

Internet data traffic and

local companies and

new companies and

new technologies and

price wars and

share ratings and

small company resellers of

Telecom Act and

See also specific companies

Lucent

Lynch, Gerald E.

Lynch, Peter

M&A.
See
mergers and acquisitions

Mack, John

at CSFB

current situation of

Madison Avenue

Madrid

Maine, Doug

Mandl, Alex

Marotta, Connie

Maturo, Frank

Maughan, Deryck

Maybell, Mark

McCaw Cellular

McCourt, Dave

McElroy, Bill

McFadden, Chris

McGowan, Bill

MCI

BT bid for

downgrading of

expensing options by

local startups and

Qwest abortive bid for

Reingold’s move from

shares drop

WorldCom takeover of

MCI WorldCom Inc.

origins of

Verizon purchase of

See also
WorldCom

McLeod, Clark

McLeodUSA Communications

McLucas, William

Meeker, Mary

Melnick, Andy

Weller hire proposal and

mergers and acquisitions

analyst reports and

antitrust and

arbitrageurs and

bidding war and

cellular companies and

Chinese Wall and

inside information and

league tables

long-distance resellers and

reform proposals for

reforms and

Telecom Act as impetus for

undervalued stocks and

See
also specific companies

Merrill Lynch

analyst reforms of

analysts at

Blodget and

CEOs of

earnings/revenues of

fine paid by

foreign telecom privatizations and

IPOs and

Level 3 stock and

M&A deals and

Morgan Stanley contrasted with

Qwest valuation and

Reingold at

Reingold’s move from

research compliance review at

retail brokerage of

stock rating system of

telecom conference

telecom investment banking deals and

top research department of

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

Metcalfe, Bob

Metromedia Fiber Network

Mexico

MFN.
See
Metromedia Fiber Network

MFS Investment Management

MFS Communications

WorldCom acquisition of

microwave technology

Middleton, Tom

Milken, Michael

Miller, Fred

Mips Computer Systems Inc.

Mississippi

Mohebbi, Afshin

Money
magazine

monopolies

Morgan Stanley

analysts at

AT&T stock and

banking revenues of

Dean Witter merger with

European marketing by

foreign telecom privatization and

genteel reputation of

investment banking department of

large investor clients of

Qwest stock warning and

Reingold at

Reingold’s move from

Reingold’s recruitment by

Reingold’s re-recruitment by

research report procedure at

Silicon Valley group

stock rating system of

Morris, Robert

I.I.
rating of

Motz, Cindy

Murray, Bob

Mutschler, Linda Runyon

mutual funds

as individual investor’s best bet

Nacchio, Joe

congressional hearing testimony of

current situation of

Nacchio, Joe
(cont.)
illegal IPO gains suit against

intimidation tactics of

merger bids and

personal finances of

personality of

Qwest’s dismissal of

SEC suit against

See also
Qwest

NASD

new standards

NASDAQ

all-time high of

crash of

National Association of Securities Dealers.
See
NASD

Netscape

Neutral rating

Newbury, Bill

new-economy companies

analysts and

real assets vs.

New York
Daily News

New York Stock Exchange

New York Times

M&A league tables

Nextel

92nd Street Y preschool

Citigroup donation to

No-Action Letter

suggested elimination of

Noski, Chuck

Notebaert, Dick