Article: POWER ON WALL STREET RARE COMMODITY FOR WOMEN : ELAINE LA ROCHE'S WORK AT MORGAN STANLEY PUTS HER AMONG THE ELITE.(BUSINESS)

Byline: Peter Truell The New York Times

When Morgan Stanley & Co. needed to slice tens of millions of dollars in costs, a task neither pleasant nor the least bit glamorous, it turned to Elaine La Roche.

La Roche, 47, has gotten the job done briskly. She cut travel expenses by declaring expensive hotels like the St. Regis in New York off-limits. John J. Mack, Morgan Stanley's president, found himself flying coach on a recent trip to Atlanta.

She has trimmed the corporate-services staff by about 160 jobs, including the firm's library staff, leaving some investment bankers growling about having to do much more of their own research. She has also ...

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