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The most powerful women on Wall Street

The reign of Heidi Miller continues. For the third year in a row, she has graced the top of American Banker 's list of the most powerful women in banking. It's been a tough year for women, however. Nearly 20 percent of senior women executives said they'd lost their jobs in the past two years, c

The talk of Meredith Whitney's party

Meredith Whitney, powerful analyst du jour, had a party the other night. What did the gals talk about? According to Fortune, the talk turned to how these powerful women might give back, now that the economy has turned against them. So this may qualify as a silver lining of sorts. Whitney herse

The 'Most Powerful Women on Wall Street?'

It has been a tough year for the mythic "Most Powerful Women on Wall Street." Zoe "the" Cruz "missile" was dismissed unceremoniously by John Mack, her one-time mentor, at Morgan Stanley. Erin Callan was made a fall girl at Lehman Brothers, which was destined to fail. Sallie Krawchek fell out o

Does Meredith Whitney have a new target?

The powerful analyst at Oppenheimer, who is hardly shy about voicing her criticisms of such bank as Citigroup and Lehman Brothers, may have a new target. In  Fortune interview, she says, "The Paulson plan doesn't make a lot of sense to me..." She says the real issue isn't junky assets, it's con

Zoe Cruz still making news

New York Magazine weighs in with a long, fascinating cover story on the rise and fall of Zoe Cruz--the famed Cruz Missile of Morgan Stanley , who was fired by John Mack. The article lays bare just how hard a road she had to take. She survived some pretty long odds in hindsight. She kept on