On the remaining wall was a toilet and a metal sink.

NEWYORKER: Hellhole

Today two of the last remaining Wall Street giants are getting the Gulliver in Lilliput treatment as their stock prices are tied down and speared to death in a classic sell-first-ask-questions-later hellstorm in the equity markets.

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Now that Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, the last two remaining big independent Wall Street firms, have converted to bank holding companies, a legal switch that placed them under the regulatory authority of the Federal Reserve, Mack insists that proper supervision is in place.

NEWYORKER: What Good Is Wall Street?

One of Wall Street's few remaining independent investment banks, Lehman Brothers, has reported that profits for the fiscal year 2000 jumped by a record 57%, led by record fees for merger advice.

BBC: Lehman Bros posts record profits

Has another of the few remaining sectors where Japan holds the lead hit a wall?

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Despite the changing environment on Wall Street, Kamesh stressed the importance of always remaining proactive and informed on issues of financial planning.

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Sir Stephen Wall, who is very keen on the UK remaining in the EU, concedes that in economic terms, the consequences of leaving should not be exaggerated.

BBC: If the UK left the EU what would the consequences be?

But it is dismaying that conservatives should feel a natural kinship with a figure whose defining characteristics would seem even to them to be a back up against the wall, a sharply limited number of options, and very little time remaining.

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