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PR effort ramps up to defend star banker (Quattrone - CSFB IPO Fallen King)
Mercury News ^ | 5/4/03 | Deborah Lohse

Posted on 05/04/2003 10:35:20 AM PDT by NormsRevenge

Edited on 04/13/2004 3:31:04 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Frank Quattrone's battle to clear his name has entered a new phase: the public-relations campaign.

The former star banker is under fire on many fronts. He faces charges of criminal obstruction of justice for helping to urge colleagues in an e-mail to ``clean up'' files that regulators say were sought in several investigations. He also faces expulsion from his industry of 23 years for allegations that he improperly offered overly optimistic stock research and hot stock offerings to win investment-banking business.


(Excerpt) Read more at bayarea.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; US: California
KEYWORDS: csfb; quattrone

1 posted on 05/04/2003 10:35:20 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
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2 posted on 05/04/2003 10:35:42 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi .. Support FRee Republic)
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A prominent valley writer, Tony Perkins, wrote an article in his personal weblog, or ``blog,'' calling Quattrone ``a paragon of shrewdness, intelligence, business savvy and aggressive salesmanship.''

No mention of honest.

3 posted on 05/04/2003 11:52:39 AM PDT by razorback-bert
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Well, DUH! You don't get to be one of the "billionaire boys club" by being honest.
4 posted on 05/04/2003 12:10:08 PM PDT by Billy_bob_bob ("He who will not reason is a bigot;He who cannot is a fool;He who dares not is a slave." W. Drummond)
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To: Billy_bob_bob
You don't get to be one of the "billionaire boys club" by being honest.

There are honest billionaires. I've met a couple.

Quattrone was a lying POS who broke laws and rules. He makes the honest folks look bad.

5 posted on 05/04/2003 4:46:37 PM PDT by NativeNewYorker (Freepin' Jew Boy)
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