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The Motley Fool March 15, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Lehman Brothers: Great Not Quite Good Enough Lehman performs well but still can't match its rivals. Even so, this investment bank still posted numbers that any shareholder should be more than happy with.
IDB America February 2006	Tough Love Brings Microfinance Success An interview highlighting how an Inter-American Development Bank official and a Mexico-based microfinance organization director turn from sparring partners to each other's biggest fans.
IDB America February 2006	A Brighter Outlook for Pensions? The new book, A Quarter Century of Pension Reform in Latin America and the Caribbean: Lessons Learned and Next Steps, analyzes triumphs and pitfalls of the pension reforms that swept Latin America, and offers lessons for the road ahead.
IDB America February 2006	IDB Supports Improvement of Public Financial Management in Argentina The Inter-American Development Bank approved a $500 million loan to Argentina to support a sector program to increase effectiveness, efficiency and transparency of public financial management.
IDB America February 2006	IDB Expands Support for Private Sector The bank's newly appointed Private Sector Coordinator discusses new challenges and responses to Latin America's and the Caribbean's private sector financial needs.
The Motley Fool March 13, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Capital One Opens Up Its Wallet Buying North Fork Bank brings Capital One a well-run source of low-cost funds. It's always dangerous to extrapolate big trends from a single deal, but one wonders if this is the beginning of the long-awaited consolidation in the banking industry. Investors, take note.
Registered Rep. March 10, 2006 Halah Touryalai	Stan O'Neal Meets Black Brokers; Gets Criticized for Being Sexist While Merrill Lynch executives strive to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging systemic racism on the part of the firm, when news got around that CEO Stan O'Neal, who is black, personally attended one meeting with litigants, charges of sexism abounded.
Finance & Development March 1, 2006 Hilbers, Otker-Robe & Pazarba	Going too Fast? Managing rapid credit growth in Central and Eastern Europe.
Finance & Development March 1, 2006 Jeremy Clift	The Quiet Integrationist A profile of Asian Development Bank President Haruhiko Kuroda and his ambitious agenda to promote a new financial architecture for Asia.
Finance & Development March 1, 2006 Raghuram Rajan	Separate and Unequal Instead of focusing on microcredit for the poor, we should make financial services available to all. On that path lies the possibility of a true, and large-scale, escape from poverty.
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