The month after the blowup Manos Vourkoutiotis, who was in charge of Amaranth's Toronto trading desk, moved with a dozen colleagues to Moore Capital Management, the firm owned by billionaire Louis Moore Bacon.

FORBES: Trading Up

This is because the work of board members and other senior management does not involve executing tasks sitting at a desk.

ECONOMIST: Letters

Jaroslav Klapal, the bank's chairman, accepts that risk management was inadequate, but he has clung to his desk amid fierce criticism.

ECONOMIST: Eastern Europe��s banks

Analysts questioned the firm's risk management during the Wednesday conference call, especially regarding the incident on the credit desk in London.

FORBES: John Mack Needs A Win For Morgan Stanley

This recess desk also provides two USB 2.0 ports, two USB 3.0 ports, handy cable management and microphone and headphone jacks.

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