Who Bought Dean Witter?

The Morgan Stanley Group, one of Wall Street's elite investment firms, and Dean Witter, Discover & Company, which sells stocks and bonds to small investors, agreed to merge yesterday into the world's biggest securities company in a transaction valued at $10.2 billion.

When did Morgan Stanley buy Dean Witter?

In 2005, Morgan Stanley was facing a series of crises stemming from its 1997 merger with Dean Witter, Discover & Co.

Who acquired Dean Witter Reynolds?

Sears, Roebuck & Company, the nation's biggest retail store chain, announced yesterday that it would buy Dean Witter Reynolds Inc., the fifth-largest brokerage house, for about $607 million in cash and stock.

Marcus Vance

Marcus Vance

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Marcus Vance is a cybersecurity auditor and technology writer dedicated to educating the public about online safety, data privacy regulations, enterprise security, and emerging cyber threats.