From the desk of ... Peter Firestein

My short subway journey from Greenwich Village to Wall Street each morning lasts just long enough to allow a quick scan of the papers for stories about clients and the larger issues that affect them. As head of Latin America Consulting at Thomson Financial Investor Relations, I lead a group whose clients are some of the largest companies in Mexico and South America. These firms feel the impact of significant market trends that occur anywhere in the world. Information gathering continues in