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Financial Advisor March 2004	Frontline News Former Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Arthur Levitt stunned attendees at TD Waterhouse's annual conference in Orlando in early February when, in response to a question, he indicated he was opposed to a proposed rule that would grant exemption from registered investment advisor registration for wirehouse brokers.
Financial Advisor March 2004 Evan Simonoff	Editor's Note Virtually none of the several dozen advisors I spoke with was dissatisfied with the state of their business. At least if they were, they weren't saying so.
U.S. Banker March 2004 Matthew DePaula	The Art of His Deals Jim Dierberg could teach Donald Trump a thing or two about deal-making. Over three decades and 60 acquisitions (plus a few vineyards), he has taken St. Louis-based First Banks from a $10 million institution to a $7 billion one. Not bad for a family-held bank.
U.S. Banker March 2004 Holly Sraeel	Can a Leader Pass Down His Cult of Personality? Dierberg's brains, tenacity and precision have been crucial to his success running First Banks. The question is, can his cult of personality be learned by others?
U.S. Banker March 2004 John Engen	How Big? Texas Big They say everything's bigger in Texas, and that's mostly true except for the banks. So the race is on to build a standout Lone Star firm. There's plenty of pickins. What's at stake? Pride.
U.S. Banker March 2004 Michael Dumiak	I'm Afraid You'll Have to Order that from Chicago Deutsche jobs out purchasing from pens to paper
U.S. Banker March 2004 John Engen	Identity Victims Get Badly Needed Help Bankers view the industry's first stab at forging a unified response to the problem as a strong signal-sender. "Customers can see that we're banding together to stop this, and we can send a message to criminals that we're not working in a siloed fashion," says Mary Blegen, head of US Bancorp's fraud liaison center.
BusinessWeek March 8, 2004 Brian Bremner in Tokyo	Japanese Banks: From Pariahs To Objects Of Desire With the economy rebounding, the rally in these stocks may well hold up
CFO March 1, 2004 Kris Frieswick	The Two Faces of Bank Mergers Despite all the talk about the "seamlessness" of the mergers being planned in the nation's fast-consolidating banking industry, CFOs of bank customers aren't all that convinced. And their concerns are both financial and personal: Will the merger of their bank hurt their access to capital, they ask? And how will their relationship with bank officers change?
InsideFlyer March 2004	Don't Look a Gift Card in the Mouth From the moment the miles-and-points game was invented, mileage junkies have been on the lookout for ways to beat the system. Recently, they seem to have stumbled upon a doozy. But though perfectly legal, there are some potential dangers involved.
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