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Registered Rep. September 27, 2002 David A. Gaffen	Without Mentioning Schwab by Name, Merrill's Gorman Bites Back Speaking at SIA's Retail Management Conference in Chicago, James Gorman, president of Merrill Lynch's private client group, directed blunt comments at those who imply that Merrill and other big wirehouses are "boiler rooms."
Registered Rep. September 25, 2002 Rick Weinberg	The Axe Falls at DB Alex. Brown Deutsche Bank Alex. Brown yesterday began laying off employees.
Registered Rep. September 25, 2002 Rick Weinberg	NY Attorney General: I Could Have Nailed Merrill on More Serious Charges Eliot Spitzer said he could have pursued criminal charges against Merrill Lynch for its conflicts of interest in its research, but that he didn't want to "destroy" the firm or Wall Street.
Registered Rep. September 25, 2002 Ross Tucker	Suit Alleges Hidden Fees A suit filed in California last week alleges that major brokerage firms are charging customers unreasonable and undisclosed fees when selling municipal bonds.
Knowledge@Wharton	Have Banks, After 25 Years, Made Peace with the Community Reinvestment Act? History and enforcement of the CRA, and how it can be improved.
Knowledge@Wharton	The New New ATMs: Want Fries With Your Cash? To help increase the revenues generated by their ATMs, some banks are moving to offer services beyond mere cash withdrawals.
Registered Rep. September 24, 2002 David A. Gaffen	Former Brokers Sue SSB, Grubman, Even Sandy Weill Want $100 Million Each for Wrongful Termination, Defamation Spartis and Elias claim that they were wrongfully fired from their positions in February of this year after the firm, in their eyes, did not adequately represent them in complaints filed by customers related to WorldCom.
U.S. Banker September 2002 Michael Sisk	Power To Its People Since the late '70s Synovus Financial Corp. has made a habit of buying community banks and succeeding where others have failed. The trick has been to keep those community banks working like community banks and create as little disruption for employees and customers as possible.
U.S. Banker September 2002 Michael Sisk	Uncle Sam's New Market Is Virtually Impossible to Ignore Armed with a fresh presidential mandate to sell off federal loans and in love with Internet efficiency, the Small Business Administration has opened an on-line auction venue in an effort to dispose of $4 billion in disaster relief loans.
Bank Technology News September 2002 John Engen	Clash of the Internet Titans With five of the top 10 banks as clients, and about 25 percent of the industry's active end users on its platform, Corillian appears poised to be a winner in the battle of Internet banking technology vendors. But dig deeper, and the future looks far less certain.
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