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David Brennan

August 1, 2005 by Leave a Comment

David Brennan is a managing director of Bear Steams & Co., and is also the national director of the Bear Stearns Advisory Services Alliance. As national director, it is Brennan's responsibility to make sure that the Alliance does its job of helping accountants, lawyers, agents, and other professional advisors expand the services for high-net worth clients. Brennan joined … [Read more...] about David Brennan

Peter J. Barry

August 1, 2005 by Leave a Comment

Peter Barry is managing director of small companies at Bear Stearns. He joined the company, which has a branch in Dublin, in 1997, and his research focus with the company includes industrial technology, security products and services, as well as an array of distribution companies. He has been in the investment industry for over 44 years, and has been cited on numerous occasions … [Read more...] about Peter J. Barry

Nancy Barry

August 1, 2005 by Leave a Comment

As president of Women's World Banking since 1990, Nancy Barry has been at the forefront of microfinance. Founded in 1979, Women's World Banking is a not-for-profit financial institution with 55 microfinance institutions all over the world providing financial services to 15 million low-income women and men in Asia, Africa, Latin America, Europe, North America and the Middle … [Read more...] about Nancy Barry

The Wall Street 50 Awards

By Irish America Staff
October / November 2004

October 1, 2004 by Leave a Comment

Irish America magazine and Financial Dynamics Business Communications co-hosted the 7th annual Wall Street 50 Awards at the Sky Club on Wednesday, July 14, 2004. Chairman of Allen & Co. Donald R. Keough was the keynote speaker and many noted Irish-American figures of the financial community attended. … [Read more...] about The Wall Street 50 Awards

The 7th Annual Wall Street 50: The Thief of Time

By Niall O'Dowd, Contributor
August / September 2006

August 1, 2004 by Leave a Comment

Time catches up with everybody, but not Don Keough it seems. At a stage of life, 77, when most people are catching the senior specials at McDonald's or watching the sunset from a rocking chair over the Florida coast, Don Keough is as hard-charging and successful as ever. Warren Buffett suspects that his friend from their Omaha days half a century ago has a nuclear reactor for … [Read more...] about The 7th Annual Wall Street 50: The Thief of Time

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