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U.S. Banker January 2004 Holly Sraeel	What to Expect When You Least Expect It? Name It. If players felt, at times, like they were driving in park last year, take heart: 2004 is sure to be the year the industry stops asking so many questions and gets back to business -- real business.
U.S. Banker January 2004 Michael Dumiak	Bank Venture Could Deal Mashantuckets a Stake if it plays its cards right with the Mashantucket Pequots, owners of Foxwoods Casino, Bank of Southern Connecticut -- a boutique New Haven shop looking for a growth streak this year -- may hit a big number indeed.
U.S. Banker January 2004 Karen Krebsbach	Biometrics Takes Hold Overseas, But Not in U.S. U.S. banks, tied to legacy systems, are reluctant to start over with what many consider untested technology. Then there's the real bugaboo: privacy.
BusinessWeek January 12, 2004	Banking: It'll Take More Than Free Toasters With the mortgage boom over, bank profits could be less than half of last year's. If M&A activity doesn't pick up, Wall Street may be in for a tough slog
BusinessWeek January 12, 2004	Mutual Funds: In the Scandals' Wake, A Raft Of New Rules It's a tricky time to be in the mutual-fund business. With the $7 trillion fund industry under intense scrutiny by regulators and legislators, a significant overhaul of the way funds do business is expected.
Wall Street & Technology January 5, 2004 Jessica Pallay	Administrative Anguish The battle of billing and reporting continues in Wall Street's market-data departments, but a break in the war may finally be on the horizon.
Wall Street & Technology January 5, 2004 Anthony Guerra	How BlackRock Stays Solid BlackRock Vice Chairman Rob Kapito describes how his firm stays on top of the fixed-income world by keeping its technology architecture simple.
Wall Street & Technology January 5, 2004 Ivy Schmerken	A Conversation with Legg Mason's Mike Abbaei Marching into 2004, Mike Abbaei, executive vice president and chief information and operations officer at Legg Mason Wood Walker, is tackling a full plate of IT initiatives.
Wall Street & Technology January 5, 2004 Jim Middlemiss	Bringing Risk Into the Mix Legg Mason is among a handful of firms revamping their wealth-management platforms to include risk management.
Wall Street & Technology January 5, 2004 Larry Tabb	Data Providers Face Identity Crisis Plagued by declining revenues, the financial data providers seem to be between a rock and a hard place -- hamstrung by increasing competition, an aging infrastructure, an ever-increasing amount of content, and a customer base that wants to pay less.
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