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Wall Street & Technology March 26, 2004 Anthony Guerra	Raymond James Extends Security Blanket The financial-services provider is beefing up security with intrusion-detection software from WholeSecurity.
Wall Street & Technology March 26, 2004 Jim Middlemiss	IT Challenge: Settlement The Challenge: For financial services firms, moving away from batch processing is still a challenge. The DTCC's new inventory-management system offers delivery flexibility and helps firms find efficiencies and increase automation in the settlement process.
Wall Street & Technology March 26, 2004 Ian Bruce	JPMorgan, Schwab, Prove Web Services Is More Than Just Hype In October 2002, Wall Street & Technology ran a feature article titled, "Can Web Services Live Up to the Hype?" Just over a year later, the answer appears to be a resounding 'yes.'
Wall Street & Technology March 26, 2004 Larry Tabb	NYSE: Fast Market or No Market? If the NYSE becomes more electronic, its owners (the specialists and floor brokers) will be disadvantaged, and possibly jobless.
BusinessWeek April 5, 2004 Jason Bush	Can Alfa Be The Alpha Dog? The Russian bank's new CEO, a former GE whiz, aims to be No. 1 in private banking
BusinessWeek April 5, 2004 Frederik Balfour	Bank Reform in Thailand: Better Late Than Never An overdue plan to strengthen the financial sector will force consolidation.
BusinessWeek April 5, 2004 David Fairlamb	Digging Out At Allianz The German financial-services giant is back in the black -- but still struggling
BusinessWeek March 29, 2004 Gene G. Marcial	The Buyout Signs Point To Century Bancorp It's no secret small and mid-cap banks are being snapped up by larger ones. So what's the next target? Kevin Reevey of investment firm Ryan Beck analyzed 500 deals over the past three years, looking at such factors as return on equity, asset growth, price-to-book value, and location. He came up with 27 likely prospects.
The Motley Fool March 16, 2004 Jeff Hwang	Schwab Scores $1 Trillion, Again A healthy market puts the broker's assets over the milestone mark again.
The Motley Fool March 16, 2004 Alyce Lomax	Leapin' Lehman! The brokerage reports a fabulous first quarter. Things are looking good for brokerage companies, and their stocks reflect that.
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