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Bjarne Stroustrup (/ ˈ b j ɑːr n ə ˈ s t r ɒ v s t r ʊ p /; Danish: [ˈbjɑːnə ˈstʁʌwˀstʁɔp]; [3] [4] born 30 December 1950) is a Danish computer scientist, known for the development of the C++ programming language. [5]
Morgan Stanley [4] is an American multinational investment bank and financial services company headquartered at 1585 Broadway in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.With offices in 41 countries and more than 90,000 employees, the firm's clients include corporations, governments, institutions, and individuals. [2]
Squadron Ellenoff achieved national notoriety in late 1980s with the Wedtech scandal in which a firm client, defense contractor the Wedtech Corporation and many of its officers, were indicted for securities fraud, racketeering and influence peddling when it was discovered that the company was not in fact minority-owned as it had consistently claimed in order to qualify for no-bid contracts ...
Seemingly vandalized billboards for the Morgan & Morgan law firm have been spotted in the Tampa Bay area, and across the country, but it’s not the first time. The head of the mega firm has ...
Morgan Stanley: 1997 Bankers Trust: Alex. Brown & Sons: Bankers Trust (BT Alex. Brown & Sons) 1997 Swiss Bank Corporation: Dillon, Read & Co. Swiss Bank Corporation (Warburg Dillon Read) 1997 Travelers Group: Salomon Brothers: Travelers Group (Salomon Smith Barney) 1997 Dean Witter Discover & Co. Morgan Stanley: Morgan Stanley Dean Witter: 1998 ...
The books focuses on the history of investment bank Morgan Stanley and on how a powerful fight within the firm was orchestrated by a group of eight retired executives, led to the removal of its then CEO, Philip J. Purcell. The group was led by S. Parker Gilbert and Robert Scott, a former Morgan Stanley chairman and president respectively. The ...
In 2010, its litigation department won summary judgment for Morgan Stanley on its breach of contract claim against Discover Financial Services. In a subsequent settlement, Discover agreed to pay Morgan Stanley $775 million to resolve the litigation. In the same year they successfully represented Barnes & Noble in a landmark "poison pill" trial.
Big Six: In 2012, three of these firms merged with overseas firms, and one other began operating in association with an overseas firm. As a consequence, it has proposed that the term is no longer applicable to the Australian legal profession, displaced by the concept of Global Elite law firms or International Business law firms. [65] Brazil