SECURITIES
<i> Times Staff and Wire Reports</i>
Morgan Stanley Profit Up 73%: Morgan Stanley Group Inc.’s quarterly earnings rose 73% with help from a strong revenue gain in its investment banking business, the Wall Street firm said. The earnings jump was more than analysts were expecting. The firm said it earned $209 million, or $2.45 per share, in the quarter ended Aug. 31, up from $121 million, or $1.31 per share, in the three months ended July 31, 1994. Morgan Stanley changed its fiscal year-end from January to November.
