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Politics : Formerly About Applied Materials
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From: Gottfried9/19/2002 4:49:20 PM
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OT *** two step
NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Massachusetts regulators have filed a criminal referral against CS First Boston with New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer after e-mails at the investment bank showed analysts' ratings influenced by the investment banking business at their employer.

In an e-mail Oct. 12, 2000, analyst Tim Mahon described a technique dubbed "The Agilent (A: news, chart, profile) Two-Step" in which the company maintains an official ranking on the company but "verbally everyone knows your position," the Associated Press reported.


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