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The Motley Fool March 26, 2007 S.J. Caplan	Freddie Mac's Two Left Feet The mortgage finance company trots out the same old dance steps. Investors, take note.
Wall Street & Technology March 19, 2007 Penny Crosman	The High-Speed Arms Race on Wall Street Is Leading Firms to Tap High-Performance Computing Citigroup, Wachovia, Mellon and other major Wall Street firms seeking to take their high-performance computing grids to the next level are considering new products.
Wall Street & Technology March 19, 2007 Penny Crosman	Citigroup Moves to a Large-Scale Grid for High-Performance Computing The financial giant is in the middle of a major shift in its approach to high-performance computing, moving from clustered servers to a large-scale grid.
Wall Street & Technology March 19, 2007 Ivy Schmerken	Capital Markets Firms Can Run Spreadsheets on a Server With Microsoft's New Excel Services Responding to Wall Street firms' compliance concerns over spreadsheets in Excel 2007, Microsoft is now offering firms the ability to run Excel Services on a server.
Wall Street & Technology March 19, 2007 Penny Crosman	Wachovia Delivers High-Performance Computing Through a Services-Oriented 'Utility' In a pioneering approach, Wachovia is becoming more and more discriminating about how and to whom it provides high-performance computing.
Wall Street & Technology March 19, 2007 Cory Levine	The Proxy Plan: The Future of Shareholder Material Delivery Is Paperless The SEC has laid plans for proxy voting and shareholder materials to be delivered to investors electronically using a notice and access, but questions remain about voter adoption.
Wall Street & Technology March 19, 2007 Paul Allen	Many Firms Lack the Processing Infrastructure to Support Growth in Alternative Investments On Wall Street, the great demand for sources of alpha have fueled innovation in instrument development and front-office trading strategies, but automation challenges and data management problems must be addressed.
Wall Street & Technology March 19, 2007 Anthony Guerra	WestLB Securities Inc. Looks to Outsource Back-Office Functions Without Giving Up Self-Clearing Status ADP will assume responsibility for WestLB Securities' back-office functions, such as clearing and custody, while allowing the firm to maintain self-clearing capability.
Wall Street & Technology March 19, 2007	A Few Common Clearing Service Providers The DTC is a member of the U.S. Federal Reserve System... The Fedwire Funds Service provides a real-time gross settlement system... The Fedwire Securities Service consists of a safekeeping function...
Wall Street & Technology March 19, 2007 Cory Levine	SIFMA and NetCoalition Set Off Market Data Dispute Lobbyists SIFMA and NetCoalition have convinced the SEC to conduct a rare review of market data fees, setting off a spirited debate between exchanges and broker-dealers, such as Charles Schwab.
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