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Registered Rep. March 1, 2006 John Churchill	The New Big Board--Or Is That Screen? Despite its dominating presence in the equity trading market as the world's largest exchange, the NYSE is a dinosaur that shows it age every day, doing business the same way it's done it for 214 years. Archipelago, however, will take its heft and program the NYSE Group into the future.
Registered Rep. March 1, 2006 David Weiss	Living with Reg SHO The new regulation opened up the possibility of completing a short sale without worrying if it complied with the uptick or bid test, and put into affect rules requiring greater effort on the part of brokers and other participants in the securities industry to ensure that short sales were covered.
U.S. Banker March 2006 John Engen	Tough Act To Follow Richard Kovacevich's 20-year run at Wells Fargo is nearing an end. His heir apparent, COO John Stumpf, is the popular in-house choice, and has what it takes to maintain the culture and keep the team together. But can he duplicate his mentor's strategic success?
U.S. Banker March 2006 Michael Dumiak	Value of Bank Deals Plunged in 2005 The number of M&A deals remained relatively flat last year, but their combined value fell through the floor. This year is not looking a lot better, but 2007 holds some promise, say analysts.
U.S. Banker March 2006 Holly Sraeel	Taking Stock of 115 Years Of Financial Innovation Innovation was never in short supply with Citibank's Walter Wriston, J.P. Morgan's Till Guldimann and CheckFree's Peter Kight. What's more, their contributions helped build empires- and cinched their legacies.
U.S. Banker March 2006 Michael Dumiak	Sagging Confidence: Bankers' Mood Plunges On Economy, Sector in '06 According to a new survey, just 38 percent of bankers are optimistic about the industry, down from 73 percent last year.
U.S. Banker March 2006 Michael Dumiak	Community Bankers Face A Slew of Issues This Year Based on a round of interviews with bankers, regulators and industry associations, the executives who run America's community banks have a host of concerns this year, both legislative and economic.
Registered Rep. March 3, 2006 Kevin Burke	NASD Proposal on Wholesalers Attracting Attention While the comment period has ended for the NASD proposal requiring more stringent rules governing gift and entertainment practices, the NASD won't say what the response has been until Thursday, though the proposal is getting attention.
Registered Rep. March 3, 2006 Halah Tourylai	Third Wirehouse Coughs Up Millions In Overtime Cases Yesterday, Morgan Stanley became the third wirehouse, after Merrill Lynch and UBS, to settle class action suits with California brokers over overtime pay in the past seven months -- the second in three weeks.
CRM March 1, 2006	Secret of My Success: Getting More for the Money Here's how Citizens National Bank turned to a smaller CRM company for bigger results.
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