Consumer >> Analyst Interviews >> May 28, 2001
ALEXIA S. QUADRANI is a Managing Director in the Equity Research
Department at Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc. She's been an Institutional
Investor ranked analyst for the past three years covering the
advertising and marketing services sector, most recently ranked in
second place. Prior to joining Bear Stearns, Ms. Quadrani spent several
years in equity research at Smith Barney covering the beverage and
tobacco industries. Before joining Smith Barney, she spent two years as
a senior consultant at Grant Thornton working on financial analysis and
business planning for middle market companies. Ms. Quadrani earned an
MBA in Finance from New York University's Stern School of Business and a
BS from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. Profile
downturn in spending on advertising over the past six to 12 months?
Ms. Quadrani: I wouldn't characterize this necessarily as a
