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Registered Rep. August 30, 2006 David A. Geracioti	American Funds Slapped Today, an NASD Hearing Panel fined American Funds Distributors, the principal underwriter and distributor of the shares of the American Fund family, for directed brokerage.
U.S. Banker August 2006 John Engen	Southern Exposure Wachovia's Ken Thompson's appetite for deals has raised eyebrows with investors and analysts. Yet proponents say Thompson's ambition, coupled with strong organizational skills, is sure to keep customers and investors satisfied.
U.S. Banker August 2006	Mid Tiers' Performance Proves Size Matters Little While the industry may be at odds over what accurately defines a community bank versus a mid-tier one, strong financial performance isn't at issue. Mid tiers have made that point this year.
U.S. Banker August 2006 Karen Krebsbach	Fourth Conviction in NHSB Case Shakes Up Industry Regulators hope the fourth fraud conviction in the 2004 mutual-stock conversion of New Haven Savings Bank to a stock-issuing bank sends a strong message to those contemplating similar get-rich-quick schemes.
U.S. Banker August 2006 Lee Conrad	Banks Refocus Staff and Mutual Funds Sales Surge Banks are making a fundamental change in the way they sell mutual funds by streamlining the process and unleashing a bigger, less expensive, sales force.
U.S. Banker August 2006 Glen Fest	Burn to Bloom: Is Profit in the Offing? A new credit - and debit - card enabled offering from Yodlee is a sign the Web-banking industry may finally be emerging from the bill-pay subsidy game. Or is it?
Registered Rep. August 29, 2006 Kristen French	Pru Agrees to $600 Million Market-Timing Settlement Prudential Equity Group admitted to criminal wrongdoing in connection with the market-timing practices of a number of its brokers between 1999 and June, 2003.
The Motley Fool August 28, 2006 Alex Dumortier	Going for Olympic Goldman Goldman Sachs sets its sights on a potential site for the 2016 Summer Games. While the numbers look good on paper, there are a number of problems with Goldman's plan.
The Motley Fool August 28, 2006 Tim Hanson	Back in Business, Better Than Before A look at how one regional bank is recovering from Hurricane Katrina. Interested investors should be aware that much of that growth has already been priced into Hancock Bank's stock.
Bank Systems & Technology August 25, 2006 Maria Bruno-Britz	CIO 2006: First Horizon's Patrick Ruckh Creates a Unified Front for Success First Horizon EVP & CIO Patrick Ruckh talks about the role IT plays in enabling others at the bank to better serve the customers.
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