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Ruth Porat takes a stand on higher taxes
Top executives at Wall Street firms do not often like to charge headfirst into controversial political matters, preferring instead to work private channels. But Morgan Stanley CFO Ruth Porat doesn't seem to mind weighing in on the issue of higher income taxes on the ultra-wealthy.
At a recent
Ruth Porat, the most powerful woman on Wall Street
"She never makes you feel like you are disturbing her personal life; I don't even know if she has one." So says one admirer of Morgan Stanley CFO Ruth Porat, the subject of a fascinating profile in the New York Times --which at times reads like a parody of a modern Wall Street woman. The type w
Opportunity costs high for Morgan Stanley in GSE project
We've discussed Morgan Stanley's behind the scenes role in the bailout of Fannie and Freddie. You've no doubt heard that Morgan Stanley stars Bob Scully and Ruth Porat headed a team of 39 executives that worked round the clock on the project. All for just $95,000--the maximum allowed by the govern
Morgan Stanley on the Fannie, Freddie hot seat
We tend to think of Goldman Sachs as the firm with the most influence in Washington, given the many former execs that have ended up in high public service jobs. But when it comes to the big quagmire that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are stuck in, the firm with the most reputational capital on th
