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The Motley Fool December 28, 2005 Selena Maranjian	Credit Cards ... for the Bankrupt? Is offering credit to bankrupt folks the right thing to do? While bankruptcy filings increased 17% over the last eight years, credit card profits went up 163% to $30.2 billion. This may discourage you as a citizen, but perhaps it will titillate you as an investor.
Registered Rep. December 27, 2005 Stan Luxenberg	Merrill Funds To Change Name In the latest move, the Wall Street giant announced that it intends to change the name of Merrill Lynch Investment Management's funds to -- well, that has yet to be determined and won't be until sometime in early 2006.
IDB America December 2005	IDB Makes First Disbursement in Mexican Pesos Under Local Currency Option The disbursement of 202,255,248 Mexican pesos (equivalent to US$19,047,620) was made from a loan to support decentralization by helping subnational governments modernize their administration and improve their financial standing.
OCC Bulletin December 23, 2005	Bank Security Act/Anti-Money Laundering Process for taking administrative enforcement actions against banks based on BSA violations.
The Motley Fool December 23, 2005 Philip Durell	First Data Fiddles Around A stock-option plan won't hurt the parent company of Western Union financially, or change its valuation, but it does say something about the board and the executives who deem it worth fiddling with the plan to dress up future income statements.
The Motley Fool December 23, 2005 Tom Taulli	Harvard Learns Econ 101 The Harvard endowment has been a standout. And the top portfolio managers are taking their experience to Wall Street. The incumbent question that falls upon the average investor is whether -- in spite of salaries, management fees, and others -- a fund outperforms the overall market.
The Motley Fool December 22, 2005 Jeremy MacNealy	Paychex Still Cashing In Sales, earnings, margins -- however you slice it, this payroll processor is looking good. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool December 22, 2005 Jason Ramage	What's New About NewAlliance? This community bank lays claim to being the first U.S. bank to complete an initial public offering and a three-way merger all in a single day's work. Investors may want to wait and see before diving in.
The Motley Fool December 22, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Taking a Swipe at Growth Valuation is pretty healthy for Global Payments, but so is the potential for electronic transactions around the world.
The Motley Fool December 22, 2005 Rich Smith	Three Cheers for ABN Lost client information leads to positive changes for the banking group. Other financial institute should be following suit. But will they?
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