Morgan Stanley calls off Christmas

The credit crunch Grinch is making an early arrival at Morgan Stanley this year as the Christmas party becomes a casualty of the investment bank's troubles.

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The New York Post obtained a Morgan Stanley internal memo revealing the bank's intention to cancel all plans for Christmas festivities this year. Holiday celebrations being taken off the table adds to the layoffs and belt-tightening going on across Wall Street, with more bad news likely to come before the year is out as members of Congress jump on the anti-bonus bandwagon, which may mean there won't be any presents either. - George White  

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