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Entrepreneur January 2005 Joshua Kurlantzick	Word on the Street Scandal-ridden investment houses are leaving gaps in the financial market, and savvy entrepreneurs are jumping at the chance to fill them. How will this trend shape the new face of Wall Street?
Inc. January 2005 Jess McCuan	Entrepreneur of the Year: Frank Altman Thousands of small businesses in impoverished communities now have a shot at funding, thanks to him. But he had had to lobby Congress create a tax credit, then persuade the nation's seventh-largest securities firm to come onboard, to get it done.
OCC Bulletin December 22, 2004	Retail Lending: Interim Examination Procedures The procedures address the various risk management and control functions that banks need to manage more diverse and complex portfolios and provide targeted procedures for specific credit functions and types of retail loans.
The Motley Fool December 22, 2004 W.D. Crotty	Investors Still Buying Fannie Mae Fannie Mae's stock has traded up as much as 5% on news that the CEO and CFO have left the company and the auditors have been dismissed.
Registered Rep. December 21, 2004 Will Leitch	Ed Jones Agrees to Pay $75 Million in Revenue-Sharing Case Edward Jones has agreed to a $75 million settlement with the SEC, the NASD and the New York Stock Exchange as punishment for failing to disclose to clients information about the firm's revenue-sharing arrangements with mutual funds.
The Motley Fool December 21, 2004 Roger Nusbaum	A Different Look at iShares British bank Barclays' iShares exchange traded funds may make a good investment in more ways than one. While shareholders wait for the ETF industry to continue to evolve they will collect Barclays' 2.75% dividend yield.
OCC Bulletin December 20, 2004	Automated Clearing House Description: NACHA Rule Changes The purpose of this bulletin is to advise national banks and examiners of three amendments to National Automated Clearing House Association Operating Rules that became effective in 2004. The most important changes introduced by the amendments are described here.
OCC Bulletin December 20, 2004	Shared National Credit Program Comments are sought on the proposed changes to the Shared National Credit (SNC) Program data collection process.
The Motley Fool December 17, 2004 Bill Mann	Fannie Mae's Institutional Arrogance Pity that Fannie's management decided to test the limits of an implied Federal guarantee. Even if the government did step in and back Fannie and Freddie paper, there's not a chance that it'd back the equity.
Registered Rep. December 16, 2004 David A. Gaffen	Smith Barney's Matthews Retires; Johnston Steps In Tom Matthews, president of Smith Barney's global private client group, is retiring and Charles Johnston, currently director of the retail branch system at the firm, will replace him.
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