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To: F. Lynn who wrote (15965)10/7/2001 8:46:00 PM
From: P. W. Herman  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 18998
 
nothing you wrote addressed his failure to return the
phone call to the widowed mother . . . kinda hard to
explain that away as an attempt to save the firm.



To: F. Lynn who wrote (15965)10/8/2001 9:16:26 AM
From: mod  Respond to of 18998
 
<<It's worth noting the other firms mentioned in both the NY Times article and the Fox O'Reilly show which did not cut off salaries so quickly suffered far smaller losses in terms of both human life and ongoing revenue generating abilities. >>

This is not true. Sandler O'Neill, a well-respected brokerage firm, suffered terrible losses of 67 people, a large part of their firm, and continued to pay missing employees well after the event.