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U.S. Banker March 2007 Karen Krebsbach	The Dealmaker's Dealmaker: How Sandy Weill Built the Citigroup Brand Weill's autobiography The Real Deal: My Life in Business and Philanthropy spans more than 70 years, from his Brooklyn childhood to his retirement last year from Citigroup, the U.S.'s largest financial institution. The ride was bumpy, and, therefore, fascinating.
U.S. Banker March 2007 Lee Conrad	Best of the Best: Banking's Top 100 The banking industry had a tough gig last year. For proof, take a look at the falling trend in annual return-on-equity figures. Here are the top 100: TCF Financial Corp... Bank of Hawaii Corp... U.S. Bancorp... etc.
U.S. Banker March 2007 Karen Krebsbach	As Controversy Dogs Citi, Prince Buys 2 UK Firms, Aims to Cut Costs Excessive spending is the last thing CEO Charles Prince should put up with; even more, Todd Thomson's departure allows for some internal moves of greater significance.
U.S. Banker March 2007 Karen Krebsbach	Is London Center of Financial World? Say it isn't so. With London proclaiming itself king of the financial universe, New York's financial gurus are asking: Should U.S. banks simplify and have only one regulator?
U.S. Banker March 2007	Enterprise Rights Management: Sealing Data With Yet Another Lock Goldman Sachs is at the forefront of enterprise rights management, designed to protect the most tightly held intellectual capital. Expect commercial banks to be next in line.
U.S. Banker March 2007 Karen Krebsbach	AD Beat: It's a Bird. It's a Plane. Nope, It's EverBank. Few bank ads actually pretend to look like the competition. But EverBank's smart new ads are designed to do just that-and then draw consumers back home.
U.S. Banker March 2007 Lee Conrad	Established Institution Reinvents Itself as '$2 Billion Startup' With a young CEO at the helm, United Western Bank is reinventing itself. It's embarking on a long-term plan to turn its mortgage-based balance sheet into a more lucrative community-banking one.
U.S. Banker March 2007 Lee Conrad	Catch and (Accidental) Release: Capturing Approved Loans Banks are losing potential revenue even after going through the work of approving loan applications. But is more automation the automatic answer to solve the "breakage" conundrum?
U.S. Banker March 2007 Lee Conrad	Hispanic Demographic Commands Top Attention The Hispanic demographic is becoming ever more promising for mainstream and niche banks alike. But don't believe the Hispanic business owner is like the average business owner. He's not.
U.S. Banker March 2007 Lee Conrad	Lawsuit On Patent Technique Upsets Tax Apple Cart The number of business-method patents has been escalating for years. But now a new lawsuit on a common tax technique is threatening to upset the wealth-management cart.
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