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Mar 31, 2001

Leader: Lower form of life

At a recent New York Society of Security Analysts conference, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter managing director and chief investment strategist Byron Wien said something most investor relations officers are loath to hear: 'When I was a securities analyst there were virtually no IR people...'

At a recent New York Society of Security Analysts conference, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter managing director and chief investment strategist Byron Wien said something most investor relations officers are loath to hear: 'When I was a securities analyst there were virtually no IR people - it was wonderful. When companies started hiring IROs, we viewed them as a lower form of life.'So what's Wien's beef anyway, and why is he singing Who let the dogs out?' He wants what every Wall Street analyst

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