Article: Cut and thrust of making it at Morgan Stanley; Former staffer Jonathan Notley gives a glimpse behind the scenes at the Wall Street bank where a power struggle is raging.

Byline: JONATHAN NOTLEY

AS Morgan Stanley chairman and chief executive Philip Purcell fights for his corporate life, it's a sure bet the whispers and rumours among the rank and file of one of the world's top investment banks will become ever more bizarre.

The power struggle at Morgan Stanley - between Purcell and eight dissident shareholders calling for his ousting and replacement with former director Bob Scott - may be going on above the heads of the bank's more ordinary workers.

They might not even yet be directly affected. But they will have their eyes on the high-stakes jockeying among Morgan Stanley's Wall Street titans.

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