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Article: Fired Equity Analyst Lands Key Investor Role at Vivendi. (Wall Street West).(Vivendi Universal Entertainment)
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- Los Angeles Business Journal
- Article date:
- December 10, 2001
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LAURA Martin, the Pasadena-based entertainment-industry analyst who was indelicately let go by Credit Suisse First Boston, is slated to start the year handling investor relations for Vivendi Universal.
Martin will play a "key role" in helping the French media empire achieve its publicly stated goal of boosting ownership of its stock by U.S. investors, said Vivendi Universal spokeswoman Anita Larsen.
Martin, paid $3 million a year at CSFB, achieved notoriety for being downsized shortly after downgrading 11 entertainment industry stocks, including that of Walt Disney Co., on Sept. 19. Martin was a buy-side analyst and money manager with Capital Research & ...