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Registered Rep. November 18, 2008 Brooke Southall	Schwab Re-Org Combines RIAs With Retirement Biz Schwab Institutional had an awesome year in 2008, but it isn't resting on it's laurels. Schwab is reorganizing, removing a well-respected executive, and combining the RIA unit with the retirement and corporate services unit.
The Motley Fool November 20, 2008 Morgan Housel	Why Financial Stocks Can't Find a Bottom Deplorable balance sheets aren't the only problem. Other big factors hurting financial stocks is that there's a massive slug of both risk and uncertainty.
Bank Systems & Technology November 18, 2008 Orla O'Sullivan	Trust Gap Set to Widen Between Big and Small Banks Most of the 604 respondents surveyed partly blamed the credit crisis on what were then the top five banks.
Bank Systems & Technology November 18, 2008 Orla O'Sullivan	News from BAI Retail Delivery: Bank Stocks to Rebound According to Tom Brown, CEO of Second Curve Capital, a New York hedge fund invested heavily in the financial sector, there's a bull market coming in bank stocks.
Bank Systems & Technology November 17, 2008 Orla O'Sullivan	Another Mass Layoff at Citi: 52,000 Jobs New York-based Citi revealed that it had lost $308 billion in assets in the twelve months since Sept. 2007.
Registered Rep. November 14, 2008	Update: 6,200 Merrill FAs Sign BofA Retention At Deadline Merrill says that only about half of the firm's nearly 17,000 advisors were eligible in the first place, and that they are responsible for about 75 percent of the firm's production.
The Motley Fool November 17, 2008 Alex Dumortier	Bank Execs Forgo Bonuses, but Does It Matter? Goldman Sachs announces that seven of its top executives, including CEO Lloyd Blankfein, will forgo bonuses this year. Expect others to follow.
The Motley Fool November 17, 2008 Morgan Housel	The Axe Falls at Citigroup The megabank announced it would slash 53,000 jobs -- on top of October's announcement of 22,000 pink slips -- for a combined 20% reduction from its peak head count.
Registered Rep. November 6, 2008 Christina Mucciolo	Bank Run It might be time to reconsider the stereotype of the bank broker.
The Motley Fool November 14, 2008 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Schwab Gets the Job Done Schwab's October 2008 volume was 56% ahead of last October. In addition, the discount broker attracted 91,000 new accounts.
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