Talk:Richard Whitney (financier)

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A fact from Richard Whitney (financier) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 14 November 2005. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that a few years after Richard Whitney had been heralded as Wall Street's "White Knight" for his efforts during the Stock Market crash of 1929 and made president of the New York Stock Exchange, he was sentenced to 5-10 years in Sing Sing for embezzlement?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2005/November.

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"Whitney came to prominence in an decade marked by unbridled greed that saw a ruthless elite manipulate a bull market, creating massive fortunes for themselves and their associates."

this line needs editing to bring it in line with NPOV standards -AAA —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.78.16.2 (talk • contribs)

Photograph?[edit]

I appreciate the need for photos in an article, but why is Whitney's wife the main (and only) photo in the article? Just using common sense, shouldn't a photograph of Whitney himself be used instead of his wife? Just a thought. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.145.229.162 (talk) 03:42, 29 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Five- to ten-year sentence[edit]

How can a person be sentenced to a "term of five to ten years"? Will it not always be an exact sentence that is subsequently reduced on good conduct? --ChoG (talk) 10:15, 12 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]