"When E.F. Hutton talks...people listen. That slogan made the brokerage firm of E.F. Hutton famous from coast to coast. More than that, it told the truth. For E.F. Hutton was one of Wall Street's premier establish-ments, with celebrity clients and a reputation for spotless integrity and sterling market savvy. Yet in the autumn of 1987, shortly after the October Crash obliterated any hopes for its survival, E.F. Hutton became history, sold at a fire-sale price to Shearson Lehman.