Confessions of a Wall Street Analyst (53 page)

Abbott, Ray

accounting practices

fraud deterrence

of Global Crossing

of IDB WorldCom

of Qwest

Sarbanes-Oxley reforms

stock option expensing and

of WorldCom

Accumulate rating

as CSFB Buy equivalent

Ackerman, Duane

Adelphia

Advanced Telecommunications Corporation

advertising firms

AirTouch

Akamai Technologies

ALC

All-American Research Team

Allen, Bob

Allen, Herb

Alliance Capital Management

Allison, Herb

Amazon.com

American Century

America Online.
See
AOL

Ameritech

SBC merger deal

analysts

accounting fraud and

BlackBerry’s advantages for

bubble-burst effects on

celebrity of

commission payments to

diminished reputations of

analysts
(cont.)

earnings of

evolving role of

Fair Disclosure rule and

Grubman model of

highest-paid

incentivized bonuses and

inherent conflicts faced by

inside information and

intimidation of

investigations of

investment bank interaction with

investment bank severance from

IPO boom and

as keys to massive deals

new NASD standards for

perks of

pliability of

pressures on

reform proposals for

restricted periods and

role of

ruined reputations of

social contacts and

See also I.I.
rankings; research reports

Anchor Bar (Buffalo)

Andersen.
See
Arthur Andersen

Andreessen, Mark

Animal Farm
(Orwell)

Annunziata, Bob

Anschutz, Phil

Nacchio’s dismissal by

stock sales of

Anschutz Corporation

antitrust

telecom mergers and

AOL

AOL–Time Warner merger

arbitrageurs (arbs)

arb spread

Armour, Tim

Armstrong, C. Michael (Mike)

AT&T action plan of

AT&T restructuring and

AT&T tracker and

background/personality of

Comcast bid and

current situation of

Global Telecom CEO Conference and

Arthur Andersen

Asian telecom privatization

AT&T

antitrust breakup of

Baby Bells as threat to

cellular coverage and

Comcast bid and

financial problems of

Grubman’s downgrade of

Grubman’s upgrade of

Grubman–Weill relationship and

leadership change at

local startups and

price wars and

Reingold’s downgrade of

Reingold’s upgrade of

restructuring of

SBC purchase of

tracking stock and

AT&T Broadband

AT&T Labs

At&T Long Distance

AT&T Wireless

IPO underwriters

Avoid rating

Baby Bells

cellular coverage and

competition and

Grubman’s view of

local startups and

as long distance service

mergers and

Reingold’s view of

strengthened position of

See also specific companies

Baker, Richard

bandwidth

banking.
See
investment banks

Bank of America

Bank of New York

bankruptcy filings

Worldcom’s as largest

Barron’s

Bartiromo, Maria

Barton, Neil

Bath, Blake

BCN Telecom

Bear Stearns

beauty contests

Beckwith, Aaron

Belladonna, Julia

Bell Atlantic

AirTouch bid

GTE merger

NYNEX merger

BellSouth

Berkery, Rosemary

Bingham, Blair

BlackBerry

Blodget, Henry

Blood on the Street
(Gasparino)

Blumenstein, Rebecca

boards of directors

interlocking

WorldCom lawsuit settlements

Boatman’s Bancshares Inc.

Boesky, Ivan

Bonfield, Sir Peter

Boo.com

Bowman, Matt

Brace, Robert

Brazil

British Telecom

MCI bid by

broadband

brokerage firms

Bronfman, Edgar, Jr.

Bruneau, Mark

BT.
See
British Telecom

Buffalo wings

bull market (1990s)

analysts’ pressures and

analysts’ visibility and

crash of

heights of

Internet stock and

IPO boom and

telecom stock and

Bush, George H. W.

Business Week

Buy rating

analyst offering of

buy-side analysts

Global Telecom CEO Conferences and

Grubman’s tactics and

I.I.
rankings by

inside information and

proprietary calls and

quarterly earnings and

Cable & Wireless

cable television

Calpoint

Cannada, Charles

Capital Group

capitalism

Capital Research

Carter, Les

Carter Stone

Case, Steve

Casey, Tom

Cauley, Leslie

cell phones free long distance service

popularity of

cellular companies

AT&T and

Baby Bells and

new technology and

Centel

CEOs analyst’s relations with

excessive compensation of

investigations of

reform proposals for

stock sales by

telecom

See also specific companies and personal names

Chambers, John

Chartered Financial Analyst

Cheramy, Ed

Chile

Chinese Wall

Cisco Systems

Citigroup

AT&T and

See also
Salomon Smith Barney; Weill, Sanford I.

Clark, Mayree

class-action suits

Clayton, Joe

Clinton, Bill

CNBC

founding of

Grubman stakeout by

individual investors and

Cohen, Ido

Cohen, Sandy

Cohrs, Dan

Comcast

Comfort, Stephanie

Committee to Encourage Corporate Philanthropy

compliance review

computers.
See also
Internet

confidential information.
See
inside information

conflicts of interest

analysts and

government investigations of

No-Action Letter and

public disclosure of

reform proposals

Congress

Qwest and Global Crossing hearings

WorldCom hearings

Connick, Harry, Jr.

Conway, William, Jr. (Bill)

Coopers & Lybrand

Corzine, Jon

Costa, Michael

Covad

Credit Suisse First Boston

analyst downgrade policy of

analyst investigations at

analyst reforms at

AT&T restructuring and

AT&T wireless IPO and

downgrading rule at

fine paid by

global telecom strategist at

institutional clients of

investigation settlement of

as investigation target

IPO fees of

IPO share spinning and

Mack as CEO of

offices of

Qwest and

Reingold at

Reingold’s early retirement from

Reingold’s successor at

Reingold’s team at

revival of

stock rating system of

telecom conference

top executives of

See also
Quattrone, Frank

Credit Suisse Group

cross-entry

Crowe, Jim

appearance/personality of

current situation of

as Internet advocate

Cruz, Ernesto

CSFB.
See
Credit Suisse First Boston

Curley, Jack

Cushman, Jay

Cutler, Carol

Dale, Peter

data transmission

Davis, Tom

Davis, Polk & Wardwell

day traders

Dean Witter

Deloitte & Touche

Denver Post

Deutsche Bank

Deutsche Telekom

Dick, Melvin

Digital Island

Dingell, John

DirecTV

Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette

dot.coms

crash of

Dougan, Brady

Dow Jones industrial average

Dow Jones News Service

Drexel Burnham Lambert

DSL lines

Earley, Kathleen

Ebbers, Bernie

acquisition strategy of

background of

congressional hearings and

debts of

Grubman’s closeness with

illegal IPO gains and

investors’ faith in

management style of

personal finances of

personal style of

resignation of

telecom conferences and

trial/prison sentence of

See also
WorldCom

Ebbers, Kristie

Elstrom, Peter

Enron

Esrey, Bill

ethics policies

Europe

Morgan Stanley marketing trip to

telecom privatization in

Evans, Theodora

Faber, David

Fair Disclosure rule

FASB,
See
Financial Accounting Standards Board

FBI

Federal Communications Commission

telecom mergers and

Fein, David

fiber-optic cables

Global Crossing’s IRUs and

glut of

international

swaps and

Fidelity Investments

analyst contacts with

WorldCom and

Financial Accounting Standards Board

Financial Times

First Boston

First Call

5 rating

Flannery, Simon

Fletcher, Steve

Forbes

Forbes, Malcolm

Forstmann Little

Fortune

4 rating

France Telecom

Franklin Funds

fraud

profit repayments for

Qwest and

research and

WorldCom’s as largest corporate

“friends and family” list

Frontier

Global Crossing deal

Qwest bid for

Fuckedcompany.com

Garofalo, Stephen

Gasparino, Charles

Gates, Bill

Gelblum, Ehud

Gensler, Rob

Gent, Chris

Germany

Gilder, George

Global Center

Global Crossing

bandwidth and

bankruptcy filing of

CEO turnover at

congressional hearings and

failure prediction for

finances of

Frontier deal and

insider game and

investigations of

leases vs IRUs

new target price on

Reingold’s downgrading of

US West bid and

global research

global satellites

Global Telecom CEO Conference

CSFB

Merrill Lynch

Goldman Sachs

analysts at

AT&T wireless IPO and

banking revenues of

M&A ranking and

WorldCom downgrading by

golf

Google

Gore, Al

Governali, Frank

Grasso, Dick

Greece

greed

Greenberg, Ed