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Managed Care July 2006 John Carroll	Banks Give Insurers an Offer Most of Them Cannot Refuse Managing the assets of a health savings account has banks excited, but leaving charges in the hands of members makes providers nervous.
OCC Bulletin July 28, 2006	Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering Notification on the release of the revised BSA/AML Examination.
The Motley Fool July 28, 2006 Anders Bylund	SEC's Positively Foolish Option Accounting Rules New SEC rules may put a stop to backdating scandals.
OCC Bulletin July 27, 2006	Identity Theft Red Flags and Address Discrepancies Proposed regulations would require financial institutions and creditors to develop and implement a written identity theft prevention program in connection with account openings and existing accounts.
Registered Rep. July 27, 2006 Kristen French	Ameriprise FAs, Without American Express, Gain New Assets, Improve Average Production by Double Digits So far, Ameriprise seems to be doing just fine without the backing of its former parent company. The firm had a good second quarter, meeting analyst expectations, enjoying strong asset flows, improving advisor productivity and increasing its mass affluent client base
The Motley Fool July 27, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	BankAtlantic Trying to Buy Growth Marketing and service initiatives are pushing up costs in a bid to gain deposits. All in all, this is a company (and a stock) that is going to require some faith and some patience.
Registered Rep. July 26, 2006 Kevin Burke	Asset-Management Deals Set Record Pace There was an unprecedented 89 deals for fund-management firms in the first half of 2006. Buyers spent at least $13.5 billion in disclosed and estimated dollars, almost as much as the total spent all last year, for nearly $1 trillion in assets.
OCC Bulletin	Updated Information Security Booklet The updated booklet addresses changes in technology, risk assessments, mitigation strategies, and regulatory guidance.
The Motley Fool July 26, 2006 Alex Dumortier	CME Does Well, Thinks Big The Chicago Mercantile Exchange has ambitious future plans. For investors thinking about purchasing CME shares, the principal risk relates to valuation.
The Motley Fool July 26, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Zion Still a Lion Zions is a distinctive bank with a decentralized management structure and a reputation for fairly innovative thinking. But investors, ratios don't always explain everything; dig deeper and you'll find better stories.
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