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Registered Rep. March 30, 2007 John Churchill	Surprise! FPA Wins Lawsuit Against SEC and the Broker-Dealer Exemption Three years after suing the SEC over the controversial "Broker Dealer Exemption" rule, a federal court has ruled that the SEC exceeded its authority in adopting the rule.
The Motley Fool April 3, 2007 Nathan Parmelee	Quick Take: Barclays Steals One From Regions Barclay's redoes its deal for Region Financial's subprime business and gets a fat discount. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool April 3, 2007 S.J. Caplan	New Rules Coming for Fannie and Freddie The House passes a bill creating a new regulator for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. There's no doubt that accounting irregularities have to be cleaned up and confidence restored, but an increase in long-term capital requirements would be unnecessary and harmful.
The Motley Fool April 2, 2007 Nathan Parmelee	Quick Take: Credit Tightens Outside U.S. Too Consumer credit is tightening in Japan.
The Motley Fool April 2, 2007 Nathan Parmelee	M&T Bank's Rude Alt-Awakening If Alt-A loans hurt M&T's earnings, what should we expect from similar lenders? Investors, the answer will be different for each.
Financial Advisor April 2007 Andrew Gluck	Silver Bullets And Web Services Web services have been around six years, but they are just starting to offer what advisors need.
Financial Advisor April 2007 Grove & Prince	Tune In To America's Core Wealthy Small business owners represent that greatest potential for growth and wealth in America. Historically, they have been a lucrative and complex client for financial advisors and will remain so.
Financial Advisor April 2007 David Lawrence	RIM Shot Service pricing is not the sole issue for today's financial advisors to deal with. There are several issues unique to Retirement Income Management practices that require attention.
Financial Advisor April 2007 Rebecca Pomering	The Eat-What-You-Kill Model For advisory firms, the eat-what-you-kill, production-based compensation model inevitably promotes personal development of business and thus implicitly undermines teamwork, integration and sharing of clients, ideas and knowledge.
Financial Advisor April 2007 Mary Rowland	No One Size Suits All Advisors Finding the right fit for how you build and grow your financial advisory practice depends on what you want -- and need.
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