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Morgan Stanley's tried and sure to fail plan: get traders and bankers to work with retail brokers

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"The lecture to the whole firm is that 'We all wear Morgan Stanley blue here so let’s play nice'"

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Matt Levine: "To simply cover its debt expenses and other capital costs, MS must achieve a return on equity closer to 10 percent." http://t.co/qUceFHqe

Lauren Tara LaCapra: What's the over-under on whether Morgan Stanley will be the only investment bank in history to successfully cross-sell? http://t.co/duCJyWr1

"The lecture to the whole firm is that 'We all wear Morgan Stanley blue here so let’s play nice'"

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