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InternetNews November 11, 2005 Jim Wagner	Report: ID Theft Haunting Bank Customers Banks need to address the growing concern among their customers over ID theft, or risk losing them.
Registered Rep. November 11, 2005 David A. Geracioti	Cox to SIA: No Regulatory Rollback When William Donaldson stepped down as SEC chairman, the perception was that the reform movement had also left the building. But Christopher Cox's first speech to the Securities Industry Association was to the contrary.
The Motley Fool November 11, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Buy Your Broker There are no guarantees in the market, but if a friendly market lures even more investors to the stock market -- and those with active accounts get even more active -- all of this momentum could lead to great results over the next quarter for discount brokerage firms.
Registered Rep. November 10, 2005 David A. Geracioti	News From the SIA Meeting The top executives of the nation's biggest securities firms gathered at their annual meeting and declared that 2005 will go down as one of the industry's best years ever.
National Real Estate Investor November 1, 2005 Carey Bartell	Are Your Overtime Pay Practices In Check? Many mortgage lenders are reviewing their own overtime pay practices to avoid a Department of Labor investigation or overtime pay lawsuit -- and the associated back wages and penalties.
National Real Estate Investor November 1, 2005 Mark Obrinsky	Will Rise in Foreclosures Derail the Housing Market? Even if you do not believe there is a bubble in house prices, fewer and fewer analysts are ruling out the possibility of at least some price declines in some markets. A dip in house prices, even in areas of substantial price appreciation, could cause foreclosure rates to rise.
National Real Estate Investor November 1, 2005 Gail Davis Cardwell	Lending Questions Arise in Wake of Hurricanes The disparate damage estimates surrounding Hurricanes Katrina and Rita indicate the challenges commercial loan servicers face in evaluating the adverse effects on properties located in these disaster areas.
Registered Rep. November 10, 2005 Kristen French	Morgan Stanley Waves Baby Carrot at Sales Assistants The brokerage announced plans to bump up the 2006 raise pool to 3.5 percent, and will offer an additional 5 percent to some underpaid SAs, starting in December.
U.S. Banker November 2005	Executive Compensation & The Boardroom Dilemma Investors shouldn't have to sift through every number on a proxy statement to determine total executive compensation. Now the SEC wants all payouts and perks -- including costs for corporate jets and housing -- out in plainer view.
U.S. Banker November 2005	MMDA: Banks Seen Losing Out to Mutual Funds In today's rising rate environment, money market mutual funds can offer better rates than those of banks, because many banks have been slow to ratchet up their rates, even when the Fed raises the fed funds rate.
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