Bank & Financial

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Wall Street & Technology February 13, 2006 Maria Wakem	Compliance for Less Unlike large financial services firms that have the money and manpower to support compliance systems, small firms face the burdens of meager budgets and skeletal IT staffs that often are already overwhelmed managing multiple projects.
BusinessWeek February 27, 2006 Justin Hibbard	How To Ride A Housing Bubble Golden West specializes in exotic mortgages - and in surviving downturns.
BusinessWeek February 27, 2006 Mara Der Hovanesian	Money Managers On The Block Banks and brokerages are selling, and plenty of deep-pocketed bidders await.
BusinessWeek February 27, 2006 Gene G. Marcial	BlackRock's Sale Will Line PNC's Pockets PNC Financial Services Group is a big winner in the deal between Merrill Lynch and investment manager BlackRock.
Registered Rep. February 15, 2006 Kevin Burke	What the BlackRock/Merrill Deal Means to Advisors The deal marks the biggest asset-management merger in history and has far-reaching implications for rank-and-file reps as well as the financial-services industry at large.
Insurance & Technology February 1, 2006 Maria Woehr	Convenience is Key Here is an interview with ING's COO on how technology supports all lines of business by providing convenience to ING's 200,000 points of distribution, including insurance agents, brokerage firms and third-party administrators.
Registered Rep. February 13, 2006 Kristen French	Merrill, BlackRock Deal Near Merrill Lynch is close to doing what Morgan Stanley could not: acquire a large stake in BlackRock, the stellar bond funds house, in a deal that would create a $1 trillion money manager.
BusinessWeek February 20, 2006 Mara Der Hovanesian	Rewiring Chuck Prince Citigroup CEO Charles O. Prince strives to make himself into a leader with vision.
Registered Rep. February 9, 2006 John Churchill	Pro Or Hourly Wage Earner? UBS Pays $89 Million to Settle Overtime Suits The settlement resolves claims that UBS incorrectly classified financial advisors and financial advisor trainees as exempt from overtime pay under federal and U.S. state laws.
U.S. Banker February 2006	Dwelling on the U.S.'s Affordable-Housing Crisis The housing boom of the last 13 years has lulled many people into a false sense of stability. Look past the numbers and one can easily find evidence of a housing crisis-and it increasingly involves the Everyman. The opportunity to address this crisis starts with banks.
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