Publisher's Synopsis
In 1983 the author of this book was an influential stock-market columnist on "The Wall Street Journal" through his column "Heard on the Street". He was approached by a stockbroker, Peter Brant, who suggested paying him for advance information on the stocks mentioned in the columns in order to exploit the influence of the column on stock market prices.;This is Foster Winans' personal account of a notorious insider trading scandal for which he is now in jail and for which Peter Brant has been barred from the stockbroking business.
