Morgan Stanley Releases Earnings Early
Why did they release them today when they were scheduled to release them tomorrow? WHY, you ask? CFO Colm Kelleher will tell you: Because “Things are frankly getting out of hand and ridiculous rumors are being repeated some of which if I wrote down today and reread tomorrow I’d probably think I was dreaming!” Okay then. [WSJ via DealBreaker]

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