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What to make of LPL freezing the wages of most staffers -- and some reaction to the company's explanation

Cost savings may be less the issue than the desire to turn a page, change a culture and even headhunt Google- and Goldman Sachs-like visionary execs

Author Brooke Southall August 19, 2016 at 3:17 AM
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Mark Casady continues to pull big levers to cut costs, regain momentum and get the stock price back to where it once was.


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